**Author details**

Zhenbo Xu1,2\*, Brian M. Peters3 , Bing Li1 , Lin Li1 and Mark E. Shirtliff2

\*Address all correspondence to: zhenbo.xu@hotmail.com

1 College of Light Industry and Food Sciences, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China

2 Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, School of Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA

3 Department of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN, USA

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