About the Authors

Natasha M. Girgis

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Uma Mahesh Gundra

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Lauren N. Ward

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Mynthia Cabrera

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Ute Frevert

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

P'ng Loke

png.loke@nyumc.org

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NMG UMG UF PL. Performed the experiments: NMG UMG LNW MC UF PL. Analyzed the data: NMG UMG PL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NMG UF PL. Wrote the paper: NMG PL.