About the Authors

Adela S. Oliva Chávez

achavez@antilles.inra.fr

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

James W. Fairman

Affiliations Emerald Bio, Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States of America, Seattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Roderick F. Felsheim

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Curtis M. Nelson

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Michael J. Herron

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

LeeAnn Higgins

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Nicole Y. Burkhardt

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Jonathan D. Oliver

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Todd W. Markowski

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Timothy J. Kurtti

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Thomas E. Edwards

Affiliations Emerald Bio, Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States of America, Seattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Ulrike G. Munderloh

Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: JWF and TEE are employed by Emerald Bio. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ASOC JWF RFF LH TWM NYB CMN JDO TJK TEE UGM. Performed the experiments: ASOC JWF MJH CMN NYB JDO LH TWM. Analyzed the data: ASOC JWF RFF CMN NYB JDO TJK UGM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ASOC JWF RFF MJH LH JDO CMN NYB TWM TJK TEE UGM. Wrote the paper: ASOC JWF RFF LH CMN NYB TWM TJK UGM.