About the Authors

Heidi Mulcahy

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Christopher D. Sibley

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Michael G. Surette

Current address: Department of Medicine and Department of Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences, Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Shawn Lewenza

slewenza@ucalgary.ca

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HM CDS MGS SL. Performed the experiments: HM CDS. Analyzed the data: HM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CDS MGS. Wrote the paper: HM SL.