About the Authors

Yusibeska Ramos

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

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America

Jorge Rocha

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Conacyt-Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Agrobiotecnología Alimentaria, San Agustin Tlaxiaca, Mexico.

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

Ana L. Hael

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

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

Jordi van Gestel

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

Affiliations Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland, Department of Environmental Microbiology, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Hera Vlamakis

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

Current address: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

Colette Cywes-Bentley

Roles Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

Juan R. Cubillos-Ruiz

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America

Gerald B. Pier

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

Michael S. Gilmore

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

Roberto Kolter

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

Diana K. Morales

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

dim2018@med.cornell.edu

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: G.B.P. is an inventor of intellectual properties [human monoclonal antibody to PNAG and PNAG vaccines] that are licensed by Brigham and Women's Hospital to Alopexx Vaccine, LLC, and Alopexx Pharmaceuticals, LLC, entities in which GBP also holds equity. As an inventor of intellectual properties, GBP also has the right to receive a share of licensing-related income (royalties, fees) through Brigham and Women's Hospital from Alopexx Pharmaceuticals, LLC, and Alopexx Vaccine, LLC. GBP's interests were reviewed and are managed by the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Partners Healthcare in accordance with their conflict of interest policies. C.C-B. is an inventor of intellectual properties [use of human monoclonal antibody to PNAG and use of PNAG vaccines] that are licensed by Brigham and Women's Hospital to Alopexx Pharmaceuticals, LLC. As an inventor of intellectual properties, C.C-B also has the right to receive a share of licensing-related income (royalties, fees) through Brigham and Women's Hospital from Alopexx Pharmaceuticals, LLC.  J.R.C-R. is co-founder and scientific advisor for Quentis Therapeutics, Inc. The other authors declare no conflict of interest.