About the Authors

Olivia N. Chuang-Smith

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Carol L. Wells

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Michelle J. Henry-Stanley

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Gary M. Dunny

dunny001@umn.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ONC GMD CLW. Performed the experiments: ONC-S CLW MJH-S. Analyzed the data: ONC-S CLW MHJ-S GMD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ONC-S CLW MJH-S. Wrote the paper: ONC-S GMD.