About the Authors

Benjamin A. Turturice

Contributed equally to this work with: Benjamin A. Turturice, Michael A. Lamm

Affiliation Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Michael A. Lamm

Contributed equally to this work with: Benjamin A. Turturice, Michael A. Lamm

Affiliation Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

James J. Tasch

Affiliation Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Angelika Zalewski

Affiliation Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Rachel Kooistra

Affiliation Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Eric H. Schroeter

Affiliation Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Sapna Sharma

Affiliation Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Shin-Ichiro Kawazu

Affiliation Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinarian Medicine, National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan

Stefan M. Kanzok

skanzok@luc.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BAT SMK. Performed the experiments: BAT JJT MAL AZ RK. Analyzed the data: SMK BAT SS ES SIK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMK ES SIK. Wrote the paper: SMK BAT.