About the Authors

Zhuo Wang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Stephanie Brandt

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Alexandra Medeiros

Affiliation Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho,” 14801–902 Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil

Soujuan Wang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Hao Wu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Alexander Dent

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

C. Henrique Serezani

hserezan@iu.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZW SB AM SW. Performed the experiments: ZW SB AM SW HW. Analyzed the data: ZW SB AM SW HW AD CHS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AD CHS. Wrote the paper: CHS.