About the Authors

Jessica N. Snowden

jsnowden@unmc.edu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Matt Beaver

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Karen Beenken

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University for Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Mark Smeltzer

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University for Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Alexander R. Horswill

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Tammy Kielian

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JS TK. Performed the experiments: JS MB KB. Analyzed the data: JS MB TK AH MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS TK MS AH. Wrote the paper: JS TK AH.