About the Authors

Rebecca A. Bozym

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Stefanie A. Morosky

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Kwang S. Kim

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Sara Cherry

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Penn Genome Frontiers Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Carolyn B. Coyne

coynec2@pitt.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RAB CBC. Performed the experiments: RAB SAM CBC. Analyzed the data: RAB SAM CBC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KSK SC. Wrote the paper: RAB CBC.