About the Authors

Joanna Koziel

Contributed equally to this work with: Joanna Koziel, Agnieszka Maciag-Gudowska

kaniajoanna@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Agnieszka Maciag-Gudowska

Contributed equally to this work with: Joanna Koziel, Agnieszka Maciag-Gudowska

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Tomasz Mikolajczyk

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Malgorzata Bzowska

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Daniel E. Sturdevant

Affiliation Research Technologies Branch, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Adeline R. Whitney

Affiliation Laboratory of Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Lindsey N. Shaw

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Frank R. DeLeo

Affiliation Laboratory of Human Bacterial Pathogenesis, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Jan Potempa

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, Department of Periodontics, Endodontics and Dental Hygiene, University of Louisville School of Dentistry, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JK AMG JP. Performed the experiments: JK AMG TM ARW. Analyzed the data: JK AMG MB DES FRD JP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JK LNS FRD JP. Wrote the paper: JK AMG LNS FRD JP.