About the Authors

Dorota M. Jamrozy

d.jamrozy@vla.defra.gsi.gov.uk

Affiliations Department of Bacteriology, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, New Haw, United Kingdom, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing, Kingston University, London, United Kingdom

Mark D. Fielder

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing, Kingston University, London, United Kingdom

Patrick Butaye

Affiliations Unit of General Bacteriology, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Brussels, Belgium, Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Poultry Diseases, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Nick G. Coldham

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency, New Haw, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DMJ MDF NGC. Performed the experiments: DMJ. Analyzed the data: DMJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MDF PB NGC. Wrote the paper: DMJ. Critical revision of the article: MDF PB NGC.