About the Authors

Andrew S. Wagner

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Trevor J. Hancock

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Stephen W. Lumsdaine

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Sarah J. Kauffman

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Mikayla M. Mangrum

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Elise K. Phillips

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Timothy E. Sparer

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Todd B. Reynolds

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

treynol6@utk.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.