About the Authors

Jacqueline Abranches

Contributed equally to this work with: Jacqueline Abranches, Pamella Tijerina, Alejandro Avilés-Reyes

Affiliations Center for Oral Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Pamella Tijerina

Contributed equally to this work with: Jacqueline Abranches, Pamella Tijerina, Alejandro Avilés-Reyes

Affiliations Center for Oral Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Alejandro Avilés-Reyes

Contributed equally to this work with: Jacqueline Abranches, Pamella Tijerina, Alejandro Avilés-Reyes

Affiliations Center for Oral Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Anthony O. Gaca

Affiliations Center for Oral Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Jessica K. Kajfasz

Affiliation Center for Oral Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

José A. Lemos

jose_lemos@urmc.rochester.edu

Affiliations Center for Oral Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JA PT AAR AOG JKK JAL. Performed the experiments: JA PT AAR AOG JKK. Analyzed the data: JA PT AAR AOG JKK JAL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JA PT AAR AOG JKK JAL. Wrote the paper: JA PT AAR AOG JKK JAL.