About the Authors

Allison L. Abplanalp

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Ian R. Morris

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Bijaya K. Parida

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Judy M. Teale

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Michael T. Berton

berton@uthscsa.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ALA JMT MTB. Performed the experiments: ALA IRM BKP JMT. Analyzed the data: ALA IRM JMT MTB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMT. Wrote the paper: ALA MTB.