About the Authors

Daniel J. Reiss

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

Frederick M. Howard

Affiliation University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Harry L. T. Mobley

hmobley@umich.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, 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: DJR HLTM. Performed the experiments: DJR. Analyzed the data: DJR FMH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DJR FMH. Wrote the paper: DJR HLTM.