About the Authors

Annette E. LaBauve

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and The Vermont Lung Center, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Matthew J. Wargo

mwargo@uvm.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and The Vermont Lung Center, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AEL MJW. Performed the experiments: AEL MJW. Analyzed the data: AEL MJW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AEL MJW. Wrote the paper: AEL MJW.