About the Authors

Rustin R. Lovewell

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Ryan M. Collins

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Julie L. Acker

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

George A. O'Toole

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Matthew J. Wargo

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Brent Berwin

berwin@dartmouth.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RRL MJW GAO BB. Performed the experiments: RRL RMC JLA BB. Analyzed the data: RRL GAO MJW BB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJW GAO BB. Wrote the paper: RRL BB.