About the Authors

Nichole Goodsmith

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Xinzheng V. Guo

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Omar H. Vandal

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Julien Vaubourgeix

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Ruojun Wang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Hélène Botella

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Shuang Song

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Kamlesh Bhatt

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Center for Emerging Pathogens, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Amir Liba

Affiliation Agilent Technologies, Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America

Padmini Salgame

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Center for Emerging Pathogens, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Dirk Schnappinger

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Sabine Ehrt

sae2004@med.cornell.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: AL is employed by Agilent Technologies. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NG XVG OHV JV HB RW KB PS AL DS SE. Performed the experiments: NG XVG OHV JV RW SS KB AL. Analyzed the data: NG XVG OHV JV RW HB KB PS AL DS SE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AL. Wrote the paper: NG SE.