Funding for this research was provided by:
US National Science Foundation (1605191)
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (Hatch project 1006789)
Article History
Received: 2 August 2017
Revised: 18 August 2017
Accepted: 28 August 2017
First Online: 13 September 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
: This study has been approved by the Ethical committee of University of Minnesota and has been performed in accordance to the ethical standards and guidelines of University of Minnesota.
: Dr. Abbas has filled out an international patent application no. PCT/US2017/015044, related to “Methods of attaching probes to microorganisms and methods of use”. The authors declare that they have no financial or nonfinancial conflict of interest.