About the Authors

Jonathan Lowther

Affiliation Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases (IBID), University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Ultimo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Mark W. Robinson

Affiliation Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases (IBID), University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Ultimo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sheila M. Donnelly

Affiliation Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases (IBID), University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Ultimo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Weibo Xu

Affiliation Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases (IBID), University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Ultimo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Colin M. Stack

Current address: Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Western Sydney (UWS), Narellan Road, Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia

Affiliation Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases (IBID), University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Ultimo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Jacqueline M. Matthews

Affiliation School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

John P. Dalton

john.dalton@uts.edu.au

Affiliation Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases (IBID), University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Ultimo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL JMM JPD. Performed the experiments: JL MWR WX CMS. Analyzed the data: JL MWR JMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMD CMS JMM. Wrote the paper: JL MWR SMD JPD.