About the Authors

Martinna Bertolini

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Oral Health Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Amit Ranjan

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oral Health Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Angela Thompson

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

Affiliation Department of Oral Health Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Patricia I. Diaz

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oral Health Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Takanori Sobue

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oral Health Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Kendra Maas

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Microbial Analysis, Resources, and Services Core, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Anna Dongari-Bagtzoglou

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

adongari@uchc.edu

Affiliation Department of Oral Health Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

N/A