About the Authors

Nansalmaa Amarsaikhan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine – Terre Haute, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America

Evan M. O’Dea

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine – Terre Haute, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America

Angar Tsoggerel

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine – Terre Haute, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America

Henry Owegi

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine – Terre Haute, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America

Jordan Gillenwater

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine – Terre Haute, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America

Steven P. Templeton

sptemple@iupui.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine – Terre Haute, Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ST NA. Performed the experiments: NA EO AT HO JG. Analyzed the data: ST NA EO. Wrote the paper: ST NA EO.