About the Authors

Christopher J. Alteri

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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

Stephanie D. Himpsl

These authors contributed equally to this work.

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

Harry L. T. Mobley

hmobley@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: CJA. Performed the experiments: CJA SDH. Analyzed the data: CJA. Wrote the paper: CJA SDH HLTM.