About the Authors

Robert M. Brucker

bruckerm@gmail.com (RMB); s.bordenstein@vanderbilt.edu (SRB)

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Seth R. Bordenstein

bruckerm@gmail.com (RMB); s.bordenstein@vanderbilt.edu (SRB)

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

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