About the Authors

Philippe M. Hauser

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Thomas Bernard

Affiliation Vital-IT Group, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland

Gilbert Greub

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Katia Jaton

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Marco Pagni

Affiliation Vital-IT Group, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland

Gaudenz M. Hafen

gaudenz.hafen@chuv.ch

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics, Pulmonary Unit, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PH TB GG KJ MP GH. Performed the experiments: GH PH KJ. Analyzed the data: PH TB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PH GH MP. Wrote the paper: PH TB GG KJ MP GH.