About the Authors

Sheryl Zajdowicz

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Biology, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Jon C. Haller

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Amy E. Krafft

Affiliation Respiratory Diseases Branch/Division of Microbiology and Infections Diseases/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/National Institutes of Health/Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Steve W. Hunsucker

Current address: Integrated Diagnostics, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Colin T. Mant

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Mark W. Duncan

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Robert S. Hodges

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

David N. M. Jones

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Randall K. Holmes

Randall.Holmes@ucdenver.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Krafft is currently Program Officer, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. This publication is based in part on work that she performed while an employee of the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD. The content of this report is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases or the National Institutes of Health.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SZ JCH AEK SWH CTM MWD RSH DNMJ RKH. Performed the experiments: SZ JCH AEK SWH CTM DNMJ. Analyzed the data: SZ JCH SWH CTM MWD RSH DNMJ RKH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SWH CTM MWD RSH DNMJ RKH. Wrote the paper: SZ JCH AEK SWH CTM MWD RSH DNMJ RKH.