About the Authors

Rafael N. Stipp

Affiliation Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Sao Paolo, Brazil

Heike Boisvert

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Daniel J. Smith

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

José F. Höfling

Affiliation Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Sao Paolo, Brazil

Margaret J. Duncan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Renata O. Mattos-Graner

rmgraner@fop.unicamp.br

Affiliation Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Sao Paolo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RNS MJD DJS ROMG. Performed the experiments: RNS HB. Analyzed the data: RNS MJD JFH ROMG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DJS MJD ROMG. Wrote the paper: RNS MJD ROMG.