About the Authors

Vijay R. Ramakrishnan

vijay.ramakrishnan@ucdenver.edu

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Leah M. Feazel

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Sarah A. Gitomer

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Diana Ir

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Charles E. Robertson

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America

Daniel N. Frank

Affiliations Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Microbiome Research Consortium, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VRR LMF DNF. Performed the experiments: LMF SAG DI. Analyzed the data: CER DNF VRR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VRR CER DNF. Wrote the manuscript: VRR DNF.