About the Authors

Terry L. Bennett

Affiliation Department of Microbiology University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Shannon M. Kraft

Affiliation Infectious Diseases University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Barbara J. Reaves

Affiliation Infectious Diseases University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Joji Mima

Affiliation Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Kevin M. O’Brien

Affiliation Department of Microbiology University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Vincent J. Starai

vjstarai@uga.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, Infectious Diseases University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VJS. Performed the experiments: TLB SMK BJR KMO’B VJS. Analyzed the data: SMK BJR JM KMO’B VJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JM. Wrote the paper: VJS.