About the Authors

Elizabeth M. Selleck

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Sarah J. Fentress

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Wandy L. Beatty

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Daniel Degrandi

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Heinrich-Heine-University, Dusseldorf, Germany

Klaus Pfeffer

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Heinrich-Heine-University, Dusseldorf, Germany

Herbert W. Virgin IV

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

John D. MacMicking

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Boyer Centre for Molecular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

L. David Sibley

sibley@wustl.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EMS SJF WLB LDS. Performed the experiments: EMS SJF WLB. Analyzed the data: EMS SJF WLB HWV JDM LDS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DD KP HWV JDM. Wrote the paper: EMS HWV JDM LDS.