About the Authors

Nrusingh P. Mohapatra

Affiliation Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Shilpa Soni

Affiliation Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Murugesan V. S. Rajaram

Affiliation Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Kristi L. Strandberg

Affiliation Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

John S. Gunn

gunn.43@osu.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, Center for Microbial Interface Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NM SS JG. Performed the experiments: NM SS MR KS. Analyzed the data: NM SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NM SS MR KS. Wrote the paper: NM JG.