About the Authors

Prabhat Dwivedi

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Texas, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Angela Thompson

Affiliation Division of Periodontology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Zhihong Xie

Affiliation Division of Periodontology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Helena Kashleva

Affiliation Division of Periodontology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Shantanu Ganguly

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Aaron P. Mitchell

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Anna Dongari-Bagtzoglou

adongari@uchc.edu

Affiliation Division of Periodontology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ADB APM. Performed the experiments: PD AT HK ZX SG. Analyzed the data: PD AT HK SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: APM. Wrote the paper: ADB.