About the Authors

Christopher Cheleuitte-Nieves

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

cheleuic@mskcc.org

Affiliations Tri-Institutional Training Program in Laboratory Animal Medicine and Science, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, and The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America, Center of Comparative Medicine and Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Christopher A. Gulvik

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Bacterial Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

John R. McQuiston

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Bacterial Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ben W. Humrighouse

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Bacterial Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Melissa E. Bell

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Bacterial Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Aaron Villarma

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Special Bacteriology Reference Laboratory, Bacterial Special Pathogens Branch, Division of High-Consequence Pathogens and Pathology, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Vincent A. Fischetti

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Lars F. Westblade

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Neil S. Lipman

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Tri-Institutional Training Program in Laboratory Animal Medicine and Science, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, and The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America, Center of Comparative Medicine and Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.