About the Authors

Agnieszka Rynda

Affiliations Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Massimo Maddaloni

Affiliation Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Javier Ochoa-Repáraz

Affiliations Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Gayle Callis

Affiliation Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

David W. Pascual

dpascual@montana.edu

Affiliation Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AR MM JOR DWP. Performed the experiments: AR JOR GC. Analyzed the data: AR DWP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AR MM GC. Wrote the paper: AR DWP.