About the Authors

Andrés Obregón-Henao

Andres.Obregon@ColoState.EDU (AOH); D.Ordway@colostate.edu (DJO)

Affiliation Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Marcela Henao-Tamayo

Affiliation Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Ian M. Orme

Affiliation Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Diane J. Ordway

Andres.Obregon@ColoState.EDU (AOH); D.Ordway@colostate.edu (DJO)

Affiliation Mycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DJO IMO. Performed the experiments: AOH MHT. Analyzed the data: AOH MHT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DJO. Wrote the manuscript: AOH DJO IMO. Revised the manuscript critically for important intellectual content: DJO IMO.