About the Authors

Radha Gupta

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Minny Bhatty

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Edwin Swiatlo

eswiatlo@umc.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Bindu Nanduri

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BN ES. Performed the experiments: RG MB. Analyzed the data: MB BN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RG ES MB BN. Wrote the paper: RG MB.