About the Authors
- Jenee N. Smith
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Contributed equally to this work with: Jenee N. Smith, Jessica L. Dyszel
Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Jessica L. Dyszel
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Contributed equally to this work with: Jenee N. Smith, Jessica L. Dyszel
Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Jitesh A. Soares
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Craig D. Ellermeier
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Current address: Department of Microbiology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
- Craig Altier
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Current address: Department of Population Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
- Sara D. Lawhon
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
- L. Garry Adams
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Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America
- Vjollca Konjufca
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Current address: Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Roy Curtiss III
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Current address: The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Biology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- James M. Slauch
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
- Brian M. M. Ahmer
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* E-mail: ahmer.1@osu.edu
Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CA LGA RCI BMMA. Performed the experiments: JNS JLD JAS CA SL VK. Analyzed the data: JNS JLD BMMA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CDE JS. Wrote the paper: JNS JLD BMMA.