About the Authors

Richard B. Meagher

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Zachary A. Lewis

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Suresh Ambati

Affiliation Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Xiaorong Lin

Xiaorong.Lin@uga.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: The authors have applied for a patent (62/913,489, WO/2020/146514) on this technology.