About the Authors

Valerie J. Rodriguez-Irizarry

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Robert W. Maples

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Julie K. Pfeiffer

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Julie.Pfeiffer@UTSouthwestern.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.