About the Authors

Mohamed M. Ali

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

David L. Newsom

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

Juan F. González

Affiliation Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Anice Sabag-Daigle

Affiliation Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Christopher Stahl

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

Brandi Steidley

Affiliation Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Judith Dubena

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Jessica L. Dyszel

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

Jenee N. Smith

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

Yakhya Dieye

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

Razvan Arsenescu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Prosper N. Boyaka

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Steven Krakowka

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Tony Romeo

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Edward J. Behrman

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 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

Brian M. M. Ahmer

ahmer.1@osu.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The 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: MMA DLN EJB PW BMMA. Performed the experiments: MMA DLN JFG ASD CS BS JD JLD JNS YD RA PNB SK EJB PW. Analyzed the data: MMA DLN JFG ASD CS SK TR EJB PW BMMA. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MMA DLN JFG ASD CS BS TR EJB PW BMMA.