About the Authors

Danielle T. Loughlin

Affiliation Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Carol M. Artlett

carol.artlett@drexelmed.edu

Affiliation Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

This work was funded in part by Dynamis Therapeutics, Inc. to C.M.A. C.M.A. is not an employee of Dynamis Therapeutics, Inc. This funding source does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on the sharing of data and materials. There are no other competing interests regarding this manuscript.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DTL CMA. Performed the experiments: DTL. Analyzed the data: DTL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DTL CMA. Wrote the paper: DTL CMA.