About the Authors

Liwen Deng

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

Affiliations Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States of America, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States of America

Brady L. Spencer

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States of America

Joshua A. Holmes

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States of America

Rong Mu

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States of America

Sara Rego

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Bristol Dental School, University of Bristol, Lower Maudlin Street, Bristol, United Kingdom

Thomas A. Weston

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States of America

Yoonsung Hu

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America

Glenda F. Sanches

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States of America, Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Physiology of Streptococci, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sunghyun Yoon

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America

Nogi Park

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America

Prescilla E. Nagao

Roles Resources

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Physiology of Streptococci, Instituto de Biologia Roberto Alcantara Gomes, Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Howard F. Jenkinson

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Bristol Dental School, University of Bristol, Lower Maudlin Street, Bristol, United Kingdom

Justin A. Thornton

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America

Keun Seok Seo

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, United States of America

Angela H. Nobbs

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

Affiliation Bristol Dental School, University of Bristol, Lower Maudlin Street, Bristol, United Kingdom

Kelly S. Doran

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

kelly.doran@ucdenver.edu

Affiliations Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States of America, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.