MAP1LC3B and infection: In line with our infection studies using ATG5fl/fl and ATG5fl/fl-LysM-Cre BMDMΦ, we found that, unlike R. montanensis, both R. typhi and R. rickettsii (SS) strains colocalized with LC3B in Beclin1fl/fl BMDMΦ, and not in Beclin1fl/fl-LysM-Cre BMDMΦ (Fig. S3).