About the Authors

Holland M. Hendrick

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America, Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center (EPIC) Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Brenda H. Welter

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America, Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center (EPIC) Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Matthew A. Hapstack

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America, Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center (EPIC) Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Steven E. Sykes

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America, Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center (EPIC) Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

William J. Sullivan Jr.

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology Indiana University School of Medicine Indianaplois, IN United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology Indiana University School of Medicine Indianapolis, IN United States of America

Lesly A. Temesvari

ltemesv@clemson.edu

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America, Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center (EPIC) Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: HMH BHW WJS LAT. Formal analysis: HMH MAH BHW. Funding acquisition: WJS LAT. Investigation: HMH BHW MAH SES. Methodology: HMH BHW SES WJS LAT. Project administration: LAT. Supervision: LAT. Validation: HMH BHW LAT. Visualization: HMH BHW LAT. Writing – original draft: HMH LAT. Writing – review & editing: HMH BHW WJS LAT.