About the Authors

Robert M. Q. Shanks

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Campbell Laboratory of Ophthalmic Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States of America

Viral R. Davra

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Eric G. Romanowski

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Campbell Laboratory of Ophthalmic Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States of America

Kimberly M. Brothers

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Campbell Laboratory of Ophthalmic Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States of America

Nicholas A. Stella

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Campbell Laboratory of Ophthalmic Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States of America

Dipti Godboley

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Daniel E. Kadouri

kadourde@umdnj.edu

Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DEK RMQS. Performed the experiments: VRD EGR KMB DG DEK. Analyzed the data: DEK RMQS NAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RMQS DEK. Wrote the paper: RMQS DEK NAS.