About the Authors

Christopher J. Jones

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America, Department of Infection and Immunity and Center for Microbial Interface Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

David Newsom

Affiliation Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Benjamin Kelly

Affiliation Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Yasuhiko Irie

Affiliation Department of Biology & Biochemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, United Kingdom

Laura K. Jennings

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Binjie Xu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Dominique H. Limoli

Affiliation Department of Infection and Immunity and Center for Microbial Interface Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Joe J. Harrison

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Matthew R. Parsek

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Peter White

Affiliation Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Daniel J. Wozniak

daniel.wozniak@osumc.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJJ DN MRP PW DJW. Performed the experiments: CJJ DN YI LKJ BX DHL. Analyzed the data: CJJ BK PW DJW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJJ BK BX JJH DHL. Wrote the paper: CJJ DJW.