About the Authors

Aaron P. White

Current address: Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Aalim M. Weljie

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Dmitry Apel

Current address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Ping Zhang

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Rustem Shaykhutdinov

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Hans J. Vogel

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Michael G. Surette

surette@ucalgary.ca

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: APW MGS. Performed the experiments: APW AW DA PZ RS. Analyzed the data: APW AW DA PZ RS HJV MGS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AW HJV. Wrote the paper: APW MGS.