About the Authors

Kelly A. Fimlaid

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America, Program in Cellular, Molecular & Biomedical Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Owen Jensen

Current address: Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

M. Lauren Donnelly

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Michael B. Francis

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Joseph A. Sorg

Affiliation Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Aimee Shen

aimee.shen@uvm.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KAF OJ MLD MBF JAS AS. Performed the experiments: KAF OJ MLD MBF AS. Analyzed the data: KAF OJ MLD MBF JAS AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KAF OJ JAS AS. Wrote the paper: KAF JAS AS.