About the Authors

Marijo S. Roiko

Current address: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Nadezhda Svezhova

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Vern B. Carruthers

vcarruth@umich.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSR NS VBC. Performed the experiments: MSR NS. Analyzed the data: MSR NS VBC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSR NS. Wrote the paper: MSR VBC.