About the Authors

Jennifer A. Gaddy

Affiliations Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare Services, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Jana N. Radin

Current address: Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

John T. Loh

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

M. Blanca Piazuelo

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Thomas E. Kehl-Fie

Current address: Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Alberto G. Delgado

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Florin T. Ilca

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Richard M. Peek

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Timothy L. Cover

Affiliations Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare Services, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Walter J. Chazin

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Eric P. Skaar

Affiliations Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare Services, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Holly M. Scott Algood

holly.m.algood@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare Services, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAG JNR TEKF HMSA. Performed the experiments: JAG JNR AGD FTI HMSA MBP. Analyzed the data: JAG JNR JTL HMSA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EPS WJC RMP TLC HMSA. Wrote the paper: JAG JNR JTL TLC RMP EPS WJC TEKF.