About the Authors

Assaf Raz

araz@rockefeller.edu

Affiliation Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue Box 172, New York, New York, 10065, United States of America

Ana-Maria Tanasescu

Affiliation Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue Box 172, New York, New York, 10065, United States of America

Anna M. Zhao

Affiliation Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue Box 172, New York, New York, 10065, United States of America

Anna Serrano

Affiliation Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue Box 172, New York, New York, 10065, United States of America

Tricia Alston

Affiliation Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue Box 172, New York, New York, 10065, United States of America

Asaf Sol

Affiliation Institute of Dental Sciences, Hebrew University - Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem 91120, Israel

Gilad Bachrach

Affiliation Institute of Dental Sciences, Hebrew University - Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem 91120, Israel

Vincent A. Fischetti

Affiliation Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue Box 172, New York, New York, 10065, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AR VAF. Performed the experiments: AR AMT AMZ A. Serrano TA. Analyzed the data: AR AMT AMZ A. Serrano TA VAF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: A. Sol GB. Wrote the paper: AR VAF.