About the Authors

Stefan S. Tunev

Current address: Medtronic Inc., Santa Rosa, California, United States of America

Affiliations Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Graduate Group in Comparative Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Christine J. Hastey

Affiliations Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Graduate Group in Microbiology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Emir Hodzic

Affiliation Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Sunlian Feng

Affiliation Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Stephen W. Barthold

Affiliations Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Graduate Group in Comparative Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Graduate Group in Microbiology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Nicole Baumgarth

nbaumgarth@ucdavis.edu

Affiliations Center for Comparative Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Graduate Group in Comparative Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Graduate Group in Microbiology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SST CJH SWB NB. Performed the experiments: SST CJH EH. Analyzed the data: SST CJH EH SWB NB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SF SWB NB. Wrote the paper: SST CJH SWB NB.