About the Authors

Blaise R. Boles

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Matthew Thoendel

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Aleeza J. Roth

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Alexander R. Horswill

alex-horswill@uiowa.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BRB ARH. Performed the experiments: BRB MT AJR. Analyzed the data: BRB MT ARH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BRB MT. Wrote the paper: BRB ARH.