About the Authors

Daniel A. Pensinger

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin

Kyle M. Boldon

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin

Grischa Y. Chen

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin

William J. B. Vincent

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin

Kyle Sherman

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin

Meng Xiong

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin

Adam J. Schaenzer

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin

Emily R. Forster

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin

Jörn Coers

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina

Rob Striker

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, W. S. Middleton Memorial Veteran’s Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin

John-Demian Sauer

sauer3@wisc.edu

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DAP JDS. Performed the experiments: DAP KMB GYC WJBV KS MX JDS AJS ERF. Analyzed the data: DAP GYC WJBV MX JC RS JDS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JC RS JDS. Wrote the paper: DAP JDS.