About the Authors

Anjuman Ara

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Robin P. Love

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Linda Chelico

linda.chelico@usask.ca

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA RPL LC. Performed the experiments: AA RPL LC. Analyzed the data: AA RPL LC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA RPL LC. Wrote the paper: LC.