About the Authors

Hui Zhu

blei@montana.edu (BL) (HZ); dzhuhui@aliyun.com (HZ) (BL)

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America, Department of Physiology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, People's Republic of China

Dengfeng Li

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Mengyao Liu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Valerie Copié

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Benfang Lei

blei@montana.edu (BL) (HZ); dzhuhui@aliyun.com (HZ) (BL)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HZ DL ML VC BL. Performed the experiments: HZ DL ML BL. Analyzed the data: HZ DL ML BL. Wrote the paper: ZH DL VC BL.