About the Authors
- Erin E. McClelland
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* E-mail: erin.mcclelland@mtsu.edu
Affiliations The Commonwealth Medical College, Department of Basic Sciences, Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Middle Tennessee State University, Department of Biology, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States of America
- Letizia M. Hobbs
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Affiliations The Commonwealth Medical College, Department of Basic Sciences, Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation, Microbiology Laboratory, Jessup, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Johanna Rivera
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Affiliation Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Arturo Casadevall
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Affiliation Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Wayne K. Potts
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Affiliation University of Utah, Department of Biology, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
- Jennifer M. Smith
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Affiliation The Commonwealth Medical College, Department of Basic Sciences, Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Jeramia J. Ory
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Affiliations The Commonwealth Medical College, Department of Basic Sciences, Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America, King's College, Department of Biology, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: EEM JMS JJO. Performed the experiments: EEM LMH JR JMS JJO. Analyzed the data: EEM JR JJO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EEM AC WKP JMS JJO. Wrote the paper: EEM AC JR WKP JMS JJO.