About the Authors

Anthony W. Maresso

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Gabriella Garufi

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Olaf Schneewind

oschnee@bsd.uchicago.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AWM OS. Performed the experiments: AWM. Analyzed the data: AWM GG OS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AWM GG. Wrote the paper: AWM OS.