About the Authors

Daniel Unterweger

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniel Unterweger, Maya Kitaoka

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Maya Kitaoka

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniel Unterweger, Maya Kitaoka

Current address: Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Sarah T. Miyata

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Verena Bachmann

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Teresa M. Brooks

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Jessica Moloney

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Oscar Sosa

Current address: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas, United States of America

David Silva

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas, United States of America

Jorge Duran-Gonzalez

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas, United States of America

Daniele Provenzano

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas, United States of America

Stefan Pukatzki

spukatzki@ualberta.ca

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DU MK STM DP SP. Performed the experiments: DU MK STM VB TB JM OS DS JDG. Analyzed the data: DU MK STM VB TB JM OS DS JDG DP SP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DP. Wrote the paper: DU MK DP SP.