About the Authors

Danielle T. Loughlin

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Carol M. Artlett

carol.artlett@drexelmed.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

This work was funded by Dynamis Therapeutics, Inc to C.M. Artlett. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies including the sharing of data and materials.

Author Contributions

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