About the Authors

Christian M. Harding

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Rachel L. Kinsella

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Lauren D. Palmer

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Eric P. Skaar

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Mario F. Feldman

mfeldman@wusm.wustl.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMH RLK LDP EPS MFF. Performed the experiments: CMH RLK LDP. Analyzed the data: CMH RLK LDP EPS MFF. Wrote the paper: CMH MFF.