About the Authors

Gregory Tombline

gtombline@urmc.rochester.edu (GT); Barbara_Iglewski@URMC.Rochester.edu (BHI)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Johanna M. Schwingel

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

John D. Lapek Jr

Affiliation Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Alan E. Friedman

Affiliation Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Thomas Darrah

Affiliation Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Michael Maguire

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Nadine E. Van Alst

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Melanie J. Filiatrault

Current address: Robert W. Holley Center for Agriculture and Health, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Barbara H. Iglewski

gtombline@urmc.rochester.edu (GT); Barbara_Iglewski@URMC.Rochester.edu (BHI)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GT JMS JL AEF TD NVA MJF BHI. Performed the experiments: GT JMS JL AEF TD MM NVA. Analyzed the data: GT JMS JL AEF TD MM NVA MJF BHI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GT JMS JL AEF TD MM NVA MJF BHI. Wrote the paper: GT JMS JL AEF TD BHI.