About the Authors

Tina M. Cairns

tmcairns@upenn.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Noah T. Ditto

Affiliation Wasatch Microfluidics, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Huan Lou

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Benjamin D. Brooks

Affiliation Wasatch Microfluidics, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Doina Atanasiu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Roselyn J. Eisenberg

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Gary H. Cohen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: NTD and BDB are employed by a commercial company, Wasatch Microfluidics.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: TMC NTD BDB RJE GHC. Data curation: TMC NTD BDB. Formal analysis: TMC NTD. Funding acquisition: BDB GHC. Investigation: TMC NTD. Methodology: TMC NTD BDB DA RJE GHC. Project administration: TMC RJE GHC. Resources: NTD HL BDB RJE GHC. Software: NTD BDB. Supervision: BDB RJE GHC. Validation: TMC NTD. Visualization: TMC NTD DA RJE GHC. Writing – original draft: TMC NTD BDB DA RJE GHC. Writing – review & editing: TMC NTD BDB DA RJE GHC.