About the Authors

Jun Cao

Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, PR China

Guanghui Dang

Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, PR China

Huafang Li

Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, PR China

Tiantian Li

Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, PR China

Zhiguo Yue

Affiliation Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital for Prevention and Treatment of Tuberculosis, Harbin, PR China

Na Li

Affiliation Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital for Prevention and Treatment of Tuberculosis, Harbin, PR China

Yajun Liu

Affiliation Heilongjiang Provincial Hospital for Prevention and Treatment of Tuberculosis, Harbin, PR China

Siguo Liu

siguo_liu@hvri.ac.cn (SL); clp@hvri.ac.cn (LC)

Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, PR China

Liping Chen

siguo_liu@hvri.ac.cn (SL); clp@hvri.ac.cn (LC)

Affiliation Division of Bacterial Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin, PR China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SL LC. Performed the experiments: JC GD HL TL ZY NL YL. Analyzed the data: JC SL LC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SL LC. Wrote the paper: JC LC.