About the Authors

Mark Lyte

mlyte@iastate.edu

Affiliations Department of Immunotherapeutics and Biotechnology, School of Pharmacy, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Abilene, Texas, 79606, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Microbiology & Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011, United States of America

Ashley Chapel

Affiliation School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, 79905, United States of America

Joshua M. Lyte

Affiliation Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, College of Human Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011, United States of America

Yongfeng Ai

Affiliation Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, College of Human Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011, United States of America

Alexandra Proctor

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology & Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011, United States of America

Jay-Lin Jane

Affiliation Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, College of Human Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011, United States of America

Gregory J. Phillips

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology & Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, 50011, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ML AC JL YA AP JJ GP. Performed the experiments: ML AC JL YA AP. Analyzed the data: ML AC JL YA AP JJ GP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ML JJ GP. Wrote the paper: ML AC JL YA AP JJ GP.