About the Authors

Patrick M. Schlievert

schli001@umn.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Olivia N. Chuang-Smith

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Marnie L. Peterson

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Laura C. C. Cook

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Gary M. Dunny

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PMS ONCS MLP LCC GMD. Performed the experiments: PMS ONCS MLP LCC. Analyzed the data: PMS GMD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PMS ONCS GMD. Wrote the paper: PMS. Edited the manuscript: ONCS MLP LCC GMD. Funded the project: GMD.