About the Authors

Christopher J. Alteri

Contributed equally to this work with: Christopher J. Alteri, Erin C. Hagan, Kelsey E. Sivick

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Erin C. Hagan

Contributed equally to this work with: Christopher J. Alteri, Erin C. Hagan, Kelsey E. Sivick

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Kelsey E. Sivick

Contributed equally to this work with: Christopher J. Alteri, Erin C. Hagan, Kelsey E. Sivick

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Sara N. Smith

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Harry L. T. Mobley

hmobley@umich.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJA ECH KES HLTM. Performed the experiments: CJA ECH KES SNS. Analyzed the data: CJA ECH KES HLTM. Wrote the paper: CJA ECH KES HLTM.