About the Authors

Jenna L. Sandala

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Infectious Diseases Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Bradley W. Eichar

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Laura G. Kuo

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Mark M. Hahn

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Infectious Diseases Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Akash K. Basak

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

William M. Huggins

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

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

Katherine Woolard

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Christian Melander

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

John S. Gunn

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

john.gunn@nationwidechildrens.org

Affiliations Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Infectious Diseases Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Dr. C. Melander is co-founder of Agile Sciences, a biotechnology company seeking to commercialize small molecule anti-biofilm agents.