About the Authors

Sara R. Palmer

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

James H. Miller

Affiliation Center for Oral Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Jacqueline Abranches

Affiliations Center for Oral Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Lin Zeng

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

Tristan Lefebure

Affiliations Université de Lyon, CNRS, Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Naturels et Anthropisés; Université Lyon, Villeurbanne, France, Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Vincent P. Richards

Affiliation Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

José A. Lemos

Affiliations Center for Oral Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Michael J. Stanhope

Affiliation Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Robert A. Burne

rburne@dental.ufl.edu

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

Competing Interests

Robert A. Burne is a PLOS ONE editorial board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SRP LZ JA JL RAB. Performed the experiments: SRP JA JM LZ. Analyzed the data: SRP JA VR LZ RAB TL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL MJS RAB. Wrote the paper: SRP JL JA MJS RAB.