About the Authors

Chika C. Nwugo

Current address: Crop Diseases Pests and Genetics Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture, Parlier, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States of America

Brock A. Arivett

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States of America

Daniel L. Zimbler

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States of America

Jennifer A. Gaddy

Current address: Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States of America

Ashley M. Richards

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States of America

Luis A. Actis

actisla@muohio.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CCN BAA DLZ JAG LAA. Performed the experiments: CCN BAA DLZ JAG AMR. Analyzed the data: CCN BAA DLZ JAG LAA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CCN BAA DLZ JAG AMR LAA. Wrote the paper: CCN BAA DLZ JAG AMR LAA.