About the Authors

Isabelle Hug

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Marc R. Couturier

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

Michelle M. Rooker

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

Diane E. Taylor

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

Markus Stein

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

Mario F. Feldman

mfeldman@ualberta.ca

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IH MRC MMR DET MS MFF. Performed the experiments: IH MRC MMR MS. Analyzed the data: IH MRC MS MFF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS MFF. Wrote the paper: IH MFF.