About the Authors

Jing Jin

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Infectious Disease and Microbiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Timothy Sturgeon

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ora A. Weisz

Affiliations Renal-Electrolyte Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Walther Mothes

Affiliation Section of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Ronald C. Montelaro

rmont@pitt.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Infectious Disease and Microbiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJ OAW WM RCM. Performed the experiments: JJ TS. Analyzed the data: JJ. Wrote the paper: JJ OAW WM RCM.