About the Authors

Andrew Woodard

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

David O. Wood

dowood@jaguar1.usouthal.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

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