About the Authors

Anuradha Ghosh

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Scot E. Dowd

Affiliation Medical Biofilm Research Institute, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Ludek Zurek

lzurek@vet.k-state.edu

Affiliations Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America, Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LZ. Performed the experiments: AG SED LZ. Analyzed the data: AG SED LZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LZ. Wrote the paper: AG LZ.