About the Authors

Jana N. Radin

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America

Jessica L. Kelliher

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America

Paola K. Párraga Solórzano

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America, Departmento de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Sangolquí, Ecuador

Kyle P. Grim

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America

Rouhallah Ramezanifard

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America

James M. Slauch

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America

Thomas E. Kehl-Fie

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

kehlfie@illinois.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.