About the Authors

David Seidman

Current address: Naval Medical Center, Primary Care, Clinical Pathology, Boone Branch Little Creek, Portsmouth, Virginia, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Kathryn S. Hebert

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Hilary K. Truchan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Daniel P. Miller

Current address: Department of Oral Health and Rehabilitation, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Brittney K. Tegels

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Richard T. Marconi

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Jason A. Carlyon

jacarlyon@vcu.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DS KSH HKT BKT DPM JAC RTM. Performed the experiments: DS KSH HKT BKT DPM. Analyzed the data: DS KSH HKT JAC RTM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAC RTM. Wrote the paper: DS JAC RTM.