About the Authors

Diana N. Medina-Pérez

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

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America

Beau Wager

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

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University, School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Erin Troy

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University, School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Lihui Gao

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

Current address: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Steven J. Norris

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

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Tao Lin

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

Current address: Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Linden Hu

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

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University, School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jenny A. Hyde

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

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America

Meghan Lybecker

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

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America

Jon T. Skare

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

jskare@tamu.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Bryan, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.