About the Authors

Haley S. Ruther

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Kalyn Phillips

Affiliation Southwood High School, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Dolores Ross

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Alyssa Crawford

Affiliation Southwood High School, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

M. Payton Weidner

Affiliation Southwood High School, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Osama Sammra

Affiliation Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie,Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen, Germany

Christoph Lämmler

Affiliation Institut für Pharmakologie und Toxikologie,Justus-Liebig-Universität, Gießen, Germany

David J. McGee

dmcgee@lsuhsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HSR DJM. Performed the experiments: HSR KP DR AC MPW OS CL DJM. Analyzed the data: HSR KP DR MPW DJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OS CL. Wrote the paper: HSR CL DJM.