About the Authors

Alexander Dmitriev

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America, Department of Molecular Microbiology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Saswat S. Mohapatra

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Patrick Chong

Current address: Antimicrobial Resistance and Nosocomial Infections, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Melody Neely

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Wayne State School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Saswati Biswas

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Indranil Biswas

ibiswas@kumc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AD SSM SB IB. Performed the experiments: AD SSM PC MN SB IB. Analyzed the data: AD SSM PC MN IB. Wrote the paper: AD SSM IB.