About the Authors

Laura J. Marinelli

Affiliation Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Mariana Piuri

Affiliation Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Zuzana Swigoňová

Affiliation Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Amrita Balachandran

Affiliation Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Lauren M. Oldfield

Affiliation Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Julia C. van Kessel

Affiliation Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Graham F. Hatfull

gfh@pitt.edu

Affiliation Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LM MP ZS AB LO JvK GFH. Performed the experiments: LM MP ZS AB LO JvK. Analyzed the data: LM MP ZS AB LO JvK GFH. Wrote the paper: LM JvK GFH.