About the Authors

Alicia R. Berard

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Manitoba Center for Proteomics and Systems Biology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

John P. Cortens

Affiliation Manitoba Center for Proteomics and Systems Biology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Oleg Krokhin

Affiliation Manitoba Center for Proteomics and Systems Biology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

John A. Wilkins

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Manitoba Center for Proteomics and Systems Biology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Alberto Severini

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, National Microbiology Laboratory, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Kevin M. Coombs

kcoombs@cc.umanitoba.ca

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Manitoba Center for Proteomics and Systems Biology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Manitoba Institute of Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ARB JAW AS KMC. Performed the experiments: ARB. Analyzed the data: ARB JPC OK JAW AS KMC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JPC OK. Wrote the paper: ARB JPC OK JAW AS KMC.