About the Authors

Jian-Ping Dai

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Wei-Zhong Li

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Xiang-Feng Zhao

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Ge-Fei Wang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Jia-Cai Yang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Lin Zhang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Xiao-Xuan Chen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Yan-Xuan Xu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Kang-Sheng Li

ksli@stu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JPD KSL. Performed the experiments: JPD KSL JCY LZ. Analyzed the data: WZL GFW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XFZ XXC YXX. Wrote the paper: JPD KSL.