About the Authors
- Carina Valente
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Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology of Human Pathogens, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
- Jason Hinds
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Affiliation Bacterial Microarray Group, St. George's, University of London, London, United Kingdom
- Francisco Pinto
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Affiliation Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Silvio D. Brugger
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Affiliation Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Katherine Gould
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Affiliation Bacterial Microarray Group, St. George's, University of London, London, United Kingdom
- Kathrin Mühlemann
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Affiliation Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
- Hermínia de Lencastre
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Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal, Laboratory of Microbiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America
- Raquel Sá-Leão
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* E-mail: rsaleao@itqb.unl.pt
Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology of Human Pathogens, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
Competing Interests
RSL has received research funding (for other projects distinct from this study) from Pfizer through the Investigator Initiated Research Program. All other authors declare that no conflicts exist. This does not alter authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RSL HL CV. Performed the experiments: CV SB KG. Analyzed the data: RSL CV JH FP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RSL HL JH KM FP. Wrote the paper: RSL CV. Critically revised the manuscript: CV JH FP SB KG KM HL RSL.