About the Authors

Michele L. Kadnar

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

Gulnara Articov

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

Irina L. Derkatch

irina.derkatch@med.nyu.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, New York University 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: MLK ILD. Performed the experiments: MLK GA ILD. Analyzed the data: MLK GA ILD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ILD. Wrote the paper: ILD.