About the Authors

Taia T. Wang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, New York, United States of America

Gene S. Tan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, New York, United States of America

Rong Hai

Affiliation Department of Microbiology Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, New York, United States of America

Natalie Pica

Affiliation Department of Microbiology Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, New York, United States of America

Erin Petersen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, New York, United States of America

Thomas M. Moran

Affiliation Department of Microbiology Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, New York, United States of America

Peter Palese

peter.palese@mssm.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Medicine Mount Sinai School of Medicine New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TTW GST RH NP TMM PP. Performed the experiments: TTW GST RH NP. Analyzed the data: TTW GST RH NP TMM PP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EP PP. Wrote the paper: TTW.