About the Authors

Manoranjan Sahoo

Contributed equally to this work with: Manoranjan Sahoo, Laura del Barrio

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Laura del Barrio

Contributed equally to this work with: Manoranjan Sahoo, Laura del Barrio

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Mark A. Miller

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Biochemistry University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Fabio Re

fabio.re@rosalindfranklin.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LdB MS FR. Performed the experiments: LdB MS FR. Analyzed the data: LdB MS FR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LdB MS MAM FR. Wrote the paper: LdB MS FR.