About the Authors

Brian H. Youseff

Affiliation Departments of Microbiology and Microbial Infection and Immunity, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Eric D. Holbrook

Contributed equally to this work with: Eric D. Holbrook

Affiliation Departments of Microbiology and Microbial Infection and Immunity, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Katherine A. Smolnycki

Affiliation Departments of Microbiology and Microbial Infection and Immunity, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Chad A. Rappleye

rappleye.1@osu.edu

Affiliation Departments of Microbiology and Microbial Infection and Immunity, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BHY EDH CAR. Performed the experiments: BHY EDH KAS CAR. Analyzed the data: BHY EDH KAS CAR. Wrote the paper: EDH CAR.