About the Authors

Robert L. Watkins

Affiliation Department of Immunology/Infectious Diseases, Montana State University-Bozeman, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Kyler B. Pallister

Affiliation Department of Immunology/Infectious Diseases, Montana State University-Bozeman, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Jovanka M. Voyich

jovanka@montana.edu

Affiliation Department of Immunology/Infectious Diseases, Montana State University-Bozeman, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RLW JMV. Performed the experiments: RLW KBP. Analyzed the data: RLW KBP JMV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMV. Wrote the paper: RLW JMV.