About the Authors

Susana Gardete

Affiliations Laboratory of Microbiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America, Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal

Choonkeun Kim

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Boris M. Hartmann

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Michael Mwangi

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Christelle M. Roux

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Paul M. Dunman

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Henry F. Chambers

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Alexander Tomasz

tomasz@mail.rockefeller.edu

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AT. Performed the experiments: SG CK BMH. Analyzed the data: AT BMH MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HFC PMD CMR. Wrote the paper: AT SG.