About the Authors

Patrick A. McLaughlin

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

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Julie A. Bettke

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Jason W. Tam

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology

Current address: Lineberger Comprehensive Care Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Jesse Leeds

Roles Investigation

Current address: College of Medicine, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

James B. Bliska

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hannover, New Hampshire, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Brian P. Butler

Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine at Saint George’s University, Grenada, West-Indies

Adrianus W. M. van der Velden

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

a.vandervelden@stonybrook.edu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.