About the Authors

Christopher J. Jones

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Andrew Utada

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California Nano Systems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Kimberly R. Davis

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Wiriya Thongsomboon

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

David Zamorano Sanchez

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Vinita Banakar

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Lynette Cegelski

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America

Gerard C. L. Wong

gclwong@seas.ucla.edu (GCLW); fyildiz@ucsc.edu (FHY)

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California Nano Systems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Fitnat H. Yildiz

gclwong@seas.ucla.edu (GCLW); fyildiz@ucsc.edu (FHY)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJJ AU KRD WT DZS VB LC GCLW FHY. Performed the experiments: CJJ AU KRD WT DZS VB. Analyzed the data: CJJ AU KRD WT DZS VB LC GCLW FHY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJJ AU KRD WT DZS VB LC GCLW FHY. Wrote the paper: CJJ AU DZS LC GCLW FHY.