About the Authors

Masamitsu Kono

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

M. Ammar Zafar

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America

Marisol Zuniga

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America

Aoife M. Roche

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Shigeto Hamaguchi

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America

Jeffrey N. Weiser

Jeffrey.Weiser@nyumc.org

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK JNW. Performed the experiments: MK MAZ AMR SH MZ. Analyzed the data: MK JNW SH. Wrote the paper: MK JNW.