About the Authors

Daniel E. Kadouri

kadourde@umdnj.edu

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Kevin To

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Robert M. Q. Shanks

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Campbell Laboratory of Ophthalmic Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Yohei Doi

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DEK RMQS YD. Performed the experiments: KT. Analyzed the data: DEK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YD. Wrote the paper: DEK RMQS YD.