About the Authors

Susanne Homolka

Affiliation Molecular Mycobacteriology, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany

Stefan Niemann

Affiliation Molecular Mycobacteriology, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany

David G. Russell

dgr8@cornell.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Kyle H. Rohde

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SH DGR KHR. Performed the experiments: SH KHR. Analyzed the data: SH SN DGR KHR. Wrote the paper: SH SN DGR KHR.