About the Authors

Pieter Deschaght

Affiliation Laboratory Bacteriology Research (LBR), Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium

Petra Schelstraete

Affiliation MucoCenter Ghent, Ghent University Hospital (UZ Gent), Ghent, Belgium

Leen Van Simaey

Affiliation Laboratory Bacteriology Research (LBR), Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium

Marleen Vanderkercken

Affiliation MucoCenter Ghent, Ghent University Hospital (UZ Gent), Ghent, Belgium

Ann Raman

Affiliation MucoCenter Ghent, Ghent University Hospital (UZ Gent), Ghent, Belgium

Linda Mahieu

Affiliation MucoCenter Ghent, Ghent University Hospital (UZ Gent), Ghent, Belgium

Sabine Van daele

Affiliation MucoCenter Ghent, Ghent University Hospital (UZ Gent), Ghent, Belgium

Frans De Baets

Affiliation MucoCenter Ghent, Ghent University Hospital (UZ Gent), Ghent, Belgium

Mario Vaneechoutte

Mario.Vaneechoutte@ugent.be

Affiliation Laboratory Bacteriology Research (LBR), Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, Universiteit Gent, Ghent, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PD PS SVd FDB M. Vaneechoutte. Performed the experiments: PD LVS M. Vanderkercken AR LM. Analyzed the data: PD PS LVS SVd FDB M. Vaneechoutte. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PD LVS M. Vanderkercken AR LM M. Vaneechoutte. Wrote the paper: PD PS LVS SVd FDB M. Vaneechoutte.