About the Authors

Megan E. Grund

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States of America

Soo J. Choi

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States of America

Dudley H. McNitt

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States of America

Mariette Barbier

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States of America

Gangqing Hu

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States of America, Cancer Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States of America, Bioinformatics Core, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States of America

P. Rocco LaSala

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Pathology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States of America

Christopher K. Cote

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bacteriology Division, The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID), Frederick, MD, United States of America

Rita Berisio

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Institute of Biostructures and Bioimaging, National Research Council, Naples, Italy

Slawomir Lukomski

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

slukomski@hsc.wvu.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States of America, Cancer Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.