About the Authors

Timothy M. Hanley

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wendy Blay Puryear

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Suryaram Gummuluru

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Gregory A. Viglianti

gviglian@bu.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TMH SG GAV. Performed the experiments: TMH WBP. Analyzed the data: TMH WBP SG GAV. Wrote the paper: TMH SG GAV.