About the Authors

Sunisa Chirakul

Contributed equally to this work with: Sunisa Chirakul, Thanatchaporn Bartpho

Affiliations Melioidosis Research Center, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Thanatchaporn Bartpho

Contributed equally to this work with: Sunisa Chirakul, Thanatchaporn Bartpho

Affiliation Melioidosis Research Center, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Thidathip Wongsurawat

Affiliation National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Pathumthani, Thailand

Suwimol Taweechaisupapong

Affiliation Biofilm Research Group, Faculty of Dentistry, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Nitsara Karoonutaisiri

Affiliation National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Pathumthani, Thailand

Adel M. Talaat

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, SVM, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Surasakdi Wongratanacheewin

Affiliations Melioidosis Research Center, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Robert K. Ernst

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Dentistry, University of Maryland-Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Rasana W. Sermswan

rasanaw@gmail.com

Affiliations Melioidosis Research Center, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RWS NK SW RE AT. Performed the experiments: SC TB. Analyzed the data: TB TW NK RWS ST RE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RWS NK RE. Wrote the paper: SC TB RE RWS. Histopathology: ST.