About the Authors

Molly R. Braun

Contributed equally to this work with: Molly R. Braun, Laure R. Deflubé

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America

Laure R. Deflubé

Contributed equally to this work with: Molly R. Braun, Laure R. Deflubé

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America

Sarah L. Noton

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America

Michael E. Mawhorter

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America

Chadene Z. Tremaglio

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America

Rachel Fearns

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

rfearns@bu.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Rachel Fearns is engaged in collaborative sponsored research agreements with Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. and Alios Biopharma.