About the Authors

Robert Jan Lebbink

Current address: Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Diabetes Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Maggie Lowe

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Diabetes Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Theresa Chan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Diabetes Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Htet Khine

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Diabetes Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Xiaoyin Wang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Diabetes Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Michael T. McManus

michael.mcmanus@ucsf.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Diabetes Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RJL MTM. Performed the experiments: RJL ML TC HK. Analyzed the data: RJL ML HK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XW. Wrote the paper: RJL MTM.