About the Authors

Li-Hong Chen

Current address: College of Agriculture, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, People's Republic of China

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Volkan K. Köseoğlu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Zehra T. Güvener

Current address: Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Tanya Myers-Morales

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Joseph M. Reed

Current address: Integrative Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Sarah E. F. D'Orazio

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Kurt W. Miller

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Mark Gomelsky

gomelsky@uwyo.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SEFDO KWM MG. Performed the experiments: LHC VKK ZTG TMM JMR. Analyzed the data: LHC VKK ZTG TMM JMR SEFDO KWM MG. Wrote the paper: LHC VKK ZTG SEFDO KWM MG.