About the Authors

Jenee N. Smith

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

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

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Craig D. Ellermeier

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

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

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

L. Garry Adams

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Vjollca Konjufca

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

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

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America

Brian M. M. Ahmer

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.