About the Authors

Michael F. Criscitiello

mcriscitiello@cvm.tamu.edu

Affiliations Comparative Immunogenetics Laboratory, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Martin B. Dickman

Affiliations Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Norman Borlaug Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

James E. Samuel

Affiliation Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Paul de Figueiredo

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Norman Borlaug Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America, Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.