About the Authors

Cristina Colomer-Winter

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Ana L. Flores-Mireles

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

Affiliations Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Center for Women’s Infectious Disease Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Shannon P. Baker

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Philips Institute for Oral Health Research, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

Kristi L. Frank

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Aaron J. L. Lynch

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Scott J. Hultgren

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Center for Women’s Infectious Disease Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Todd Kitten

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Philips Institute for Oral Health Research, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America

José A. Lemos

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

jlemos@dental.ufl.edu

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida College of Dentistry, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.