About the Authors

Serena Dollive

Affiliation University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ying-Yu Chen

Affiliation University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Stephanie Grunberg

Affiliation University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Kyle Bittinger

Affiliation University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Christian Hoffmann

Affiliation University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Lee Vandivier

Affiliation University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Christopher Cuff

Affiliation University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

James D. Lewis

Affiliation University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Gary D. Wu

bushman@mail.med.upenn.edu (FDB); gdwu@mail.med.upenn.edu (GDW)

Affiliation University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Frederic D. Bushman

bushman@mail.med.upenn.edu (FDB); gdwu@mail.med.upenn.edu (GDW)

Affiliation University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CC JDL GDW FDB. Performed the experiments: SD YYC SG CH LV. Analyzed the data: SD KB FDB CH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GDW FDB JDL. Wrote the paper: SD FDB. Performed preliminary experiments: CC.