About the Authors

Roger D. Pechous

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Center for Biopreparedness and Infectious Diseases, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Travis R. McCarthy

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Center for Biopreparedness and Infectious Diseases, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Nrusingh P. Mohapatra

Affiliation Center for Microbial Interface Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Shilpa Soni

Affiliation Center for Microbial Interface Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Renee M. Penoske

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Center for Biopreparedness and Infectious Diseases, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Nita H. Salzman

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Center for Biopreparedness and Infectious Diseases, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Dara W. Frank

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Center for Biopreparedness and Infectious Diseases, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

John S. Gunn

Affiliation Center for Microbial Interface Biology, Department of Molecular Biology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Thomas C. Zahrt

tzahrt@mcw.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and Center for Biopreparedness and Infectious Diseases, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JG TZ RP TM. Performed the experiments: NM RP TM SS RP. Analyzed the data: TZ NS RP TM. Wrote the paper: DF JG TZ NS RP TM.