About the Authors

Mohammad F. Saeed

Affiliations Department of Microbiology & Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Galveston National Laboratory, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Institute of Human Infection and Immunity, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Andrey A. Kolokoltsov

Affiliations Department of Microbiology & Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Galveston National Laboratory, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Institute of Human Infection and Immunity, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Thomas Albrecht

Affiliation Department SK, Building 37, NASA, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Robert A. Davey

radavey@utmb.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology & Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Galveston National Laboratory, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America, Institute of Human Infection and Immunity, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MFS AAK RAD. Performed the experiments: MFS AAK TA. Analyzed the data: MFS AAK RAD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TA RAD. Wrote the paper: MFS RAD.