About the Authors

Gregory Spear

Affiliation Department Immunology/Microbiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Kristina Rothaeulser

Affiliations Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, California National Primate Research Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Linda Fritts

Affiliations Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, California National Primate Research Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Patrick M. Gillevet

Affiliations Microbiome Analysis Center, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, Manassas, Virginia, United States of America

Christopher J. Miller

cjmiller@ucdavis.edu

Affiliations Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, California National Primate Research Center, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GS PG CM. Performed the experiments: KR LF GS. Analyzed the data: KR GS CM PG. Wrote the paper: CM GS PG.