About the Authors

Jenna E. Achenbach

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Richard A. Bowen

rbowen@colostate.edu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JEA RAB. Performed the experiments: JEA RAB. Analyzed the data: JEA RAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JEA RAB. Wrote the paper: JEA RAB.