Acknowledgments
The authors thank the support from NIH 9R01AI152416-06.
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Reviewer disclosures
A peer review on this manuscript has disclosed that they have more than 60 patents on antimicrobial peptides and have started 3 companies in this space although the companies highlighted in this review are not direct competitors. All other peer reviewers on this manuscript have no relevant financial relationships or otherwise to disclose.