About the Authors

Clinton R. Paden

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Immunology and Molecular Pathogenesis Graduate Program, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

J. Craig Forrest

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Scott A. Tibbetts

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Samuel H. Speck

sspeck@emory.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CRP JCF SHS. Performed the experiments: CRP JCF. Analyzed the data: CRP JCF SHS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SAT JCF. Wrote the paper: CRP SHS.