About the Authors

Eshwar Mahenthiralingam

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: MahenthiralingamE@cardiff.ac.uk

Affiliation Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Adam Baldwin

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Warwick University, Coventry, United Kingdom

Pavel Drevinek

Affiliation Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Elke Vanlaere

Affiliation Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium

Peter Vandamme

Affiliation Laboratorium voor Microbiologie, Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium

John J. LiPuma

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Chris G. Dowson

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Warwick University, Coventry, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CD EM AB PD. Performed the experiments: EM AB PD EV. Analyzed the data: CD EM AB PD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EM AB PD PV JL. Wrote the paper: CD EM PV JL