About the Authors

Laura A. Novotny

Affiliation Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Amal O. Amer

Affiliation Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, Center for Microbial Interface Biology and the Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, and the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

M. Elizabeth Brockson

Affiliation Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Steven D. Goodman

Lauren.Bakaletz@NationwideChildrens.org (LOB); Steven.Goodman@NationwideChildrens.org (SDG)

Affiliation Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Lauren O. Bakaletz

Lauren.Bakaletz@NationwideChildrens.org (LOB); Steven.Goodman@NationwideChildrens.org (SDG)

Affiliation Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, and The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LOB AOA SDG LAN. Performed the experiments: LAN MEB AOA. Analyzed the data: LAN AOA MEB SDG LOB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LOB SDG AOA. Wrote the manuscript: LOB SDG LAN AOA.