About the Authors

Choon Seok Oh

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Jean Sippy

jean-sippy@uiowa.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Bridget Charbonneau

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Jennifer Crow Hutchinson

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Olga Esther Mejia-Romero

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Michael Barton

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Priyal Patel

Current address: Department of Pathology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Rachel Sippy

Current address: Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Michael Feiss

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MF. Performed the experiments: CSO JS BC JCH OEM-R MB PP RS MF. Analyzed the data: CSO JS MF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MF. Wrote the paper: MF.