About the Authors

Sébastien Bontemps-Gallo

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Kevin A. Lawrence

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Crystal L. Richards

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Frank C. Gherardini

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

frank.gherardini@nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.