About the Authors

David L. Hahn

Affiliation Departments of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, and Dean Clinic, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Allison Schure

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Katir Patel

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Tawanna Childs

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Eduard Drizik

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wilmore Webley

wilmore@microbio.umass.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DLH WW. Performed the experiments: AS KP TC ED. Analyzed the data: DLH WW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WW AS KP TC ED. Wrote the paper: DLH WW.