About the Authors

Tyler K. Nygaard

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University – Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Kyler B. Pallister

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University – Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Ashley L. DuMont

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

Mark DeWald

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University – Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Robert L. Watkins

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University – Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Erik Q. Pallister

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University – Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Cheryl Malone

Affiliation Department of Microbiology University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Shannon Griffith

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University – Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Alexander R. Horswill

Affiliation Department of Microbiology University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Victor J. Torres

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

Jovanka M. Voyich

jovanka@montana.edu

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Montana State University – Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TKN VJT ALD JMV. Performed the experiments: TKN KBP EQP RLW ALD MD SG CLM. Analyzed the data: TKN JMV ALD VJT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TKN JMV VJT ARH. Wrote the paper: TKN JMV VJT.