About the Authors

Ajay Grover

ajay.grover@colostate.edu

Affiliation Departments of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Angelo A. Izzo

Affiliation Departments of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Angelo Izzo, co-author on this manuscript, is a PLoS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS One policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AG AI. Performed the experiments: AG. Analyzed the data: AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AI. Wrote the paper: AG AI.