About the Authors

Joshua M. Thornbrough

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Tom Hundley

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Raphael Valdivia

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Micah J. Worley

micah.worley@louisville.edu

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMT RV MJW. Performed the experiments: JMT TH MJW. Analyzed the data: JMT MJW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMT RV MJW. Wrote the paper: MJW.