About the Authors

Rebecca C. Babb

Current address: Centre for Haematology, Division of Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Affiliation King's College London, Department of Microbiology, Dental Institute, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Karen A. Homer

Affiliation King's College London, Department of Microbiology, Dental Institute, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Jon Robbins

Affiliation King's College London, Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Disease, London, United Kingdom

Alistair J. Lax

alistair.lax@kcl.ac.uk

Affiliation King's College London, Department of Microbiology, Dental Institute, Guy's Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RB KH JR AL. Performed the experiments: RB KH JR. Analyzed the data: RB KH JR AL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RB KH JR. Wrote the paper: RB KH JR AL.