About the Authors

Patricia A Ryan

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ryanp@mail.rockefeller.edu

Affiliation Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Brian W Kirk

Affiliation Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Chad W Euler

Affiliation Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Raymond Schuch

Affiliation Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Vincent A Fischetti

Affiliation Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Immunology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

PAR, BWK, and VAF conceived and designed the experiments. PAR and CWE performed the experiments. PAR and BWK analyzed the data. PAR, RS, and VAF contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. PAR and VAF wrote the paper.