About the Authors

Juhi Bagaitkar

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Donald R. Demuth

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Oral Health and Systemic Disease Research Group, Department of Oral Health and Rehabilitation, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Carlo Amorin Daep

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Diane E. Renaud

Affiliation Oral Health and Systemic Disease Research Group, Department of Oral Health and Rehabilitation, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Deanne L. Pierce

Affiliation Oral Health and Systemic Disease Research Group, Department of Oral Health and Rehabilitation, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

David A. Scott

dascot07@louisville.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America, Oral Health and Systemic Disease Research Group, Department of Oral Health and Rehabilitation, School of Dentistry, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB DD DAS. Performed the experiments: JB CAD DER DLP. Analyzed the data: JB DAS. Wrote the paper: JB DAS.