About the Authors

Francisco S. Mesquita

Affiliation Section of Microbiology, Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Mair Thomas

Affiliation Section of Microbiology, Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Martin Sachse

Affiliation Imagopole, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

António J. M. Santos

Affiliation Section of Microbiology, Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Rita Figueira

Affiliation Section of Microbiology, Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

David W. Holden

d.holden@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation Section of Microbiology, Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FSM MT DWH MS RF. Performed the experiments: FSM MT MS RF AJMS. Analyzed the data: FSM MT DWH MS RF AJMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FSM MT RF. Wrote the paper: FSM MT DWH.