About the Authors

Mariana N. Xavier

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Departamento de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinárias, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Maria G. Winter

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Alanna M. Spees

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Kim Nguyen

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Vidya L. Atluri

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Teane M. A. Silva

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Departamento de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinárias, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Andreas J. Bäumler

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Werner Müller

Affiliation Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Renato L. Santos

Affiliation Departamento de Clínica e Cirurgia Veterinárias, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Renée M. Tsolis

rmtsolis@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MNX RMT RLS. Performed the experiments: MNX MGW KN AMS VLA TMAS. Analyzed the data: MNX AMS TMAS RLS RMT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WM. Wrote the paper: MNX MGW TMAS AJB RLS RMT.