About the Authors

Hao Feng

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Xiaonan Dong

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Ashley Negaard

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Pinghui Feng

Pinghui.Feng@UTSouthwestern.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HF PF. Performed the experiments: HF XD AN PF. Analyzed the data: HF XD AN PF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HF PF. Wrote the paper: HF PF.