About the Authors

Daniel Paredes-Sabja

daniel.paredes.sabja@gmail.com (DPS); sarkerm@oregonstate.edu (MRS)

Affiliations Laboratorio de Mecanismos de Patogénesis Bacteriana, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Glenda Cofre-Araneda

Affiliation Laboratorio de Mecanismos de Patogénesis Bacteriana, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

Christian Brito-Silva

Affiliation Laboratorio de Mecanismos de Patogénesis Bacteriana, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

Marjorie Pizarro-Guajardo

Affiliation Laboratorio de Mecanismos de Patogénesis Bacteriana, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile

Mahfuzur R. Sarker

daniel.paredes.sabja@gmail.com (DPS); sarkerm@oregonstate.edu (MRS)

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DPS. Performed the experiments: DPS GCA MPG CBS. Analyzed the data: DPS GCA MRS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DPS MRS. Wrote the paper: DPS MRS.