About the Authors

Michael A. Joyce

maj2@ualberta.ca

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Kathie-Anne Walters

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Sue-Ellen Lamb

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Mathew M. Yeh

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Lin-Fu Zhu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Norman Kneteman

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Jason S. Doyle

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Vernon Jubilee Hospital, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada

Michael G. Katze

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

D. Lorne Tyrrell

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAJ KAW DLT. Performed the experiments: MAJ KAW SEL. Analyzed the data: MAJ KAW MMY JSD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAJ KAW LFZ NK MGK DLT. Wrote the paper: MAJ KAW DLT.