About the Authors

Corinne J. Smith

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jefferson Medical College, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Holly Turula

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jefferson Medical College, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Christopher M. Snyder

christopher.snyder@jefferson.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Jefferson Medical College, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJS CMS. Performed the experiments: CJS HT. Analyzed the data: CJS CMS. Wrote the paper: CJS CMS.