About the Authors
- Song Ok Kang
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Current address: Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
- Jordan O. Wright
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
- Rafael A. Tesorero
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
- Hyunwoo Lee
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Affiliation Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Bernard Beall
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Affiliation Streptococcus Laboratory, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Kyu Hong Cho
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* E-mail: cho@micro.siu.edu
Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Competing Interests
Co-author Bernard Beall is a PLoS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials..
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KC SK. Performed the experiments: KC SK RT JW HL. Analyzed the data: KC SK RT JW BB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KC BB. Wrote the paper: KC BB.