About the Authors

Sebastian E. Winter

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Max von Pettenkofer-Institut für Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany

Maria G. Winter

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Ivan Godinez

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Hee-Jeong Yang

Affiliation Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Holger Rüssmann

Affiliations Max von Pettenkofer-Institut für Hygiene und Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Germany, HELIOS Klinikum Emil von Behring, Institut für Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Laboratoriumsmedizin, Berlin, Germany

Helene L. Andrews-Polymenis

Affiliation Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis, College of Medicine, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Andreas J. Bäumler

ajbaumler@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SEW HR HLAP AJB. Performed the experiments: SEW MGW IG HJY HLAP. Analyzed the data: SEW MGW IG HJY HR HLAP AJB. Wrote the paper: SEW AJB.