About the Authors

Jeremiah Tattersall

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Geeta Vittal Rao

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Justin Runac

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Ted Hackstadt

Affiliation Host-Parasite Interactions Section, Laboratory of Intracellular Parasites, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Hamilton, Montana, United States of America

Scott S. Grieshaber

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Nicole A. Grieshaber

ngriesha@ufl.edu

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TH SSG NAG. Performed the experiments: JT GVR JR NAG. Analyzed the data: SSG NAG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TH SSG NAG. Wrote the paper: NAG.