About the Authors

Deyanira Pérez-Morales

Contributed equally to this work with: Deyanira Pérez-Morales, María M. Banda

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current address: CONACYT, Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

María M. Banda

Contributed equally to this work with: Deyanira Pérez-Morales, María M. Banda

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

N. Y Elizabeth Chau

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Heladia Salgado

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Programa de Genómica Computacional, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

Irma Martínez-Flores

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Programa de Genómica Computacional, Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

J. Antonio Ibarra

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología, Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Ciudad de México, México

Bushra Ilyas

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Brian K. Coombes

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Víctor H. Bustamante

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

victor@ibt.unam.mx

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Instituto de Biotecnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.