About the Authors

Carina Valente

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

Affiliation Bacterial Microarray Group, St. George's, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Francisco Pinto

Affiliation Centro de Química e Bioquímica, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Silvio D. Brugger

Affiliation Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Katherine Gould

Affiliation Bacterial Microarray Group, St. George's, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Kathrin Mühlemann

Affiliation Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Hermínia de Lencastre

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

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.