About the Authors

Jianzhong Hu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

German Nudelman

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Center for Translational Systems Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Yishai Shimoni

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Center for Translational Systems Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Madhu Kumar

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Yaomei Ding

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Carolina López

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Fernand Hayot

Affiliations Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Center for Translational Systems Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

James G. Wetmur

james.wetmur@mssm.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Center for Translational Systems Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Stuart C. Sealfon

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Neurology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JH SS JW. Performed the experiments: JH CL MK YD. Analyzed the data: JH JW GN YS FH SS. Wrote the paper: JH JW GN YS FH.