About the Authors

Talya R. Davis

Affiliation Program in Molecular Microbiology, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Paola C. Zucchi

Affiliation Program in Molecular Microbiology, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Carol A. Kumamoto

carol.kumamoto@tufts.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TRD PCZ CAK. Performed the experiments: TRD PCZ. Analyzed the data: TRD PCZ CAK. Wrote the paper: TRD CAK.