About the Authors

Mazen Oneissi

Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, United States of America

Melissa R. Cruz

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, United States of America

Bernardo Ramírez-Zavala

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Infection Biology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Elena Lindemann-Perez

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, United States of America

Joachim Morschhäuser

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Infection Biology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Danielle A. Garsin

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, United States of America

J. Christian Perez

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

jose.c.perez@uth.tmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.