About the Authors

Paulo H. Rodrigues

Current address: Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, São Paulo, Brazil

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry and Center for Molecular Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Leticia Reyes

lreyes@ufl.edu

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry and Center for Molecular Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Amandeep S. Chadda

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry and Center for Molecular Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Myriam Bélanger

Current address: Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine and Georgia Genomics Facility, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry and Center for Molecular Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Shannon M. Wallet

Affiliations Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry and Center for Molecular Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America, Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Debra Akin

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

William Dunn Jr

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Ann Progulske-Fox

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry and Center for Molecular Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LR PHR MB ASC WD APF DA SMW. Performed the experiments: LR PHR ASC MB DA SMW. Analyzed the data: LR PHR ASC SMW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LR PHR MB ASC WD APF DA SMW. Wrote the paper: LR PHR MB ASC WD APF SMW.