About the Authors

Adam M. Sullivan

Affiliations Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, National Institute of Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Xiaopeng Zhao

xzhao9@utk.edu

Affiliations Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, National Institute of Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Yasuhiro Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Eri Ochiai

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Stephen Crutcher

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Michael A. Gilchrist

Affiliations National Institute of Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMS XZ YS EO SC MAG. Performed the experiments: YS EO SC. Analyzed the data: AMS XZ MAG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMS XZ YS MAG. Wrote the paper: AMS XZ YS MAG.