About the Authors

Julia E. Martin

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Lauren S. Waters

watersl@uwosh.edu (LSW); jimlay@illinois.edu (JAI)

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America

Gisela Storz

Affiliation Cell Biology and Metabolism Program, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

James A. Imlay

watersl@uwosh.edu (LSW); jimlay@illinois.edu (JAI)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAI JEM GS LSW. Performed the experiments: JEM LSW. Analyzed the data: JEM LSW GS JAI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LSW GS JAI. Wrote the paper: JEM LSW GS JAI.