About the Authors

Brooke B. Sahin

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

Denish Patel

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

Nicholas K. Conrad

nicholas.conrad@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: NKC. Performed the experiments: BBS DP NKC. Analyzed the data: BBS DP NKC. Wrote the paper: NKC.