About the Authors

Mila Brum Ortigoza

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Oliver Dibben

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Jad Maamary

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Luis Martinez-Gil

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Victor H. Leyva-Grado

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Pablo Abreu Jr.

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Juan Ayllon

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Peter Palese

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Megan L. Shaw

megan.shaw@mssm.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MBO PP MLS. Performed the experiments: MBO OD JM LMG VHLG PA JA. Analyzed the data: MBO PP MLS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MBO OD JM LMG VHLG JA PP MLS. Wrote the paper: MBO MLS.