About the Authors

Miri Yoon

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Sarah J. Kopp

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Joann M. Taylor

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Christopher S. Storti

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Patricia G. Spear

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

William J. Muller

wjmuller@northwestern.edu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MY PGS WJM. Performed the experiments: MY SJK JMT CSS WJM. Analyzed the data: MY PGS WJM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MY PGS WJM. Wrote the paper: PGS WJM.