About the Authors

Abhiram Maddi

Contributed equally to this work with: Abhiram Maddi, Anne Dettman

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America, Department of Periodontics and Endodontics, School of Dental Medicine, State University of New York, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Anne Dettman

Contributed equally to this work with: Abhiram Maddi, Anne Dettman

Affiliation Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany

Ci Fu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Stephan Seiler

sseiler@gwdg.de (SS); free@buffalo.edu (SF)

Affiliation Institute for Microbiology and Genetics, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany

Stephen J. Free

sseiler@gwdg.de (SS); free@buffalo.edu (SF)

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS SF AM AD. Performed the experiments: AM AD CF SS SF. Analyzed the data: AM AD CF SS SF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM AD CF SS SF. Wrote the paper: SF SS.