About the Authors

Sunil K. Joshi

Contributed equally to this work with: Sunil K. Joshi, Gillian A. Lang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Gillian A. Lang

Contributed equally to this work with: Sunil K. Joshi, Gillian A. Lang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Jason L. Larabee

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

T. Scott Devera

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Lindsay M. Aye

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Hemangi B. Shah

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Jimmy D. Ballard

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Mark L. Lang

mark-lang@ouhsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SKJ GAL JDB MLL. Performed the experiments: SKJ GAL JLL TSD LMA HBS MLL. Analyzed the data: SKJ GAL JDB MLL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JDB. Wrote the paper: SKJ GAL JDB MLL.