About the Authors

Xin Xu

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China

Lindsay Ball

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Wangyang Chen

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China

Xuelei Tian

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China

Amanda Lambrecht

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Michelle Hanna

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Wei Xiao

wei.xiao@usask.ca

Affiliations College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XX WX. Performed the experiments: XX LB WC XT AL MH. Analyzed the data: XX WX. Wrote the paper: XX WX.