About the Authors
- Michael A. Apicella
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Contributed equally to this work with: Michael A. Apicella, Deborah M. B. Post
* E-mail: michael-apicella@uiowa.edu
Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Deborah M. B. Post
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Contributed equally to this work with: Michael A. Apicella, Deborah M. B. Post
Affiliation Buck Institute for Age Research, Novato, California, United States of America
- Andrew C. Fowler
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Bradley D. Jones
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Jed A. Rasmussen
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Jason R. Hunt
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Sayaka Imagawa
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Affiliation Glycotechnology Core Resource, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Biswa Choudhury
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Affiliation Glycotechnology Core Resource, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Thomas J. Inzana
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Affiliation Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America
- Tamara M. Maier
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Affiliation Center for Biopreparedness and Infectious Diseases, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Dara W. Frank
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Affiliation Center for Biopreparedness and Infectious Diseases, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Thomas C. Zahrt
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Affiliation Center for Biopreparedness and Infectious Diseases, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Kathryn Chaloner
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Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Michael P. Jennings
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Affiliation Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia
- Molly K. McLendon
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Bradford W. Gibson
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Affiliation Buck Institute for Age Research, Novato, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MAA DMBP MPJ MKM BWG. Performed the experiments: MAA DMBP ACF BJ JR JH SI BC TJI TMM DWF TCZ MKM BWG. Analyzed the data: MAA DMBP ACF BJ JR JH SI BC KC BWG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAA TJI TMM DWF TCZ KC MPJ MKM BWG. Wrote the paper: MAA DMBP.