About the Authors

Robert M. Q. Shanks

shanksrm@upmc.edu

Affiliation Charles T. Campbell Laboratory of Ophthalmic Microbiology, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh Eye Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Roni M. Lahr

Affiliation Charles T. Campbell Laboratory of Ophthalmic Microbiology, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh Eye Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nicholas A. Stella

Affiliation Charles T. Campbell Laboratory of Ophthalmic Microbiology, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh Eye Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Kristin E. Arena

Affiliation Charles T. Campbell Laboratory of Ophthalmic Microbiology, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh Eye Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Kimberly M. Brothers

Affiliation Charles T. Campbell Laboratory of Ophthalmic Microbiology, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh Eye Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Daniel H. Kwak

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Xinyu Liu

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Eric J. Kalivoda

Current address: University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Affiliation Charles T. Campbell Laboratory of Ophthalmic Microbiology, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Pittsburgh Eye Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RS. Performed the experiments: NS RL EK KA RS DK XL KB. Analyzed the data: RS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RL EK RS XL. Wrote the paper: NS RL EK KA RS DK XL KB.