About the Authors

Meghan C. Drummond

Current address: NIDCD/NIH, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America.

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Karen H. Friderici

frideric@msu.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCD KHF. Performed the experiments: MCD. Analyzed the data: MCD KHF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCD KHF. Wrote the paper: MCD KHF.