About the Authors

Antonia Blank

Contributed equally to this work with: Antonia Blank, Solomon Ngwira

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America, Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Solomon Ngwira

Contributed equally to this work with: Antonia Blank, Solomon Ngwira

Roles Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America, Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Manuel A. Fierro

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

fierroc@clemson.edu

Affiliations Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America, Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.