About the Authors
- Fen Z. Hu
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Affiliations Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel College of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Rory Eutsey
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Affiliation Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Azad Ahmed
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Affiliation Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Nelson Frazao
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Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica Oeiras, Portugal, Laboratory of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Evan Powell
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Affiliation Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- N. Luisa Hiller
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Affiliation Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Todd Hillman
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Affiliation Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Farrel J. Buchinsky
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Affiliation Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Robert Boissy
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Affiliation Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Benjamin Janto
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Affiliations Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel College of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Jennifer Kress-Bennett
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Affiliations Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel College of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Mark Longwell
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Affiliation Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Suzanne Ezzo
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Affiliation Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- J. Christopher Post
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Affiliations Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel College of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Deparment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Drexel College of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Mirjana Nesin
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Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Alexander Tomasz
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Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Garth D. Ehrlich
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* E-mail: gehrlich@wpahs.org
Affiliations Center for Genomic Sciences, Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel College of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Deparment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Drexel College of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FZH RE NF NLH AT GDE. Performed the experiments: RE AA NF EP NLH BJ JB ML SE. Analyzed the data: FZH TH FJB RB JCP AT GDE MN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FZH AT GDE. Wrote the paper: FZH NLH AT GDE.