About the Authors

John J. Schellenberg

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Teenus Paramel Jayaprakash

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Niradha Withana Gamage

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Mo H. Patterson

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Mario Vaneechoutte

Affiliation Laboratory for Bacteriology Research, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Janet E. Hill

Janet.Hill@usask.ca

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJS TPJ MV JEH. Performed the experiments: JJS TPJ NWG MHP. Analyzed the data: JJS TPJ NWG MHP MV JEH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JJS MV. Wrote the paper: JJS TPJ NWG MHP MV JEH.