About the Authors

Jessica S. Tyler

Contributed equally to this work with: Jessica S. Tyler, Karen Beeri

Current address: Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics, Inc. Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Karen Beeri

Contributed equally to this work with: Jessica S. Tyler, Karen Beeri

Current address: Microbial and Environmental Genomics, J. Craig Venter Institute, San Diego, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Jared L. Reynolds

Current address: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Christopher J. Alteri

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Katherine G. Skinner

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Jonathan H. Friedman

Affiliation Department of Mathwork, Mathworks, Natick, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kathryn A. Eaton

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

David I. Friedman

davidfri@umich.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DIF CJA KAE JHF JST KB. Performed the experiments: DIF CJA JST KB KGS KAE JLR. Analyzed the data: DIF KAE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JST DIF JHF. Wrote the paper: DIF.