About the Authors

Sujoy Dutta

sujoy.dutta@rosalindfranklin.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology/Immunology, Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Benson G. Ongarora

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Hairong Li

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Maria da Graca H. Vicente

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Bala K. Kolli

Affiliation Department of Microbiology/Immunology, Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Kwang Poo Chang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology/Immunology, Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SD KPC. Performed the experiments: SD KPC. Analyzed the data: SD BKK MdGHV KPC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BGO HL MdGHV. Wrote the paper: SD BKK MdGHV KPC. Synthesized and provided phthalocyanine compounds: BGO HL MdGHV.