About the Authors

Josiah Petersen

Contributed equally to this work with: Josiah Petersen, Mary Jane Drake, Emily A. Bruce

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Mary Jane Drake

Contributed equally to this work with: Josiah Petersen, Mary Jane Drake, Emily A. Bruce

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Emily A. Bruce

Contributed equally to this work with: Josiah Petersen, Mary Jane Drake, Emily A. Bruce

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Amber M. Riblett

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Chukwuka A. Didigu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Craig B. Wilen

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Nirav Malani

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Frances Male

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Fang-Hua Lee

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Frederic D. Bushman

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sara Cherry

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Robert W. Doms

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Paul Bates

pbates@upenn.edu (PB); brileyke@upenn.edu (KB)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Kenneth Briley Jr.

pbates@upenn.edu (PB); brileyke@upenn.edu (KB)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JP MJD EAB AMR CAD CBW SC FDB RWD PB KB. Performed the experiments: JP MJD EAB AMR CAD CBW NM FM FHL KB. Analyzed the data: JP MJD EAB AMR CAD CBW NM FM FHL FDB SC RWD PB KB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NM FM FDB. Wrote the paper: JP MJD EAB AMR SC RWD KB PB.