About the Authors

Bengt Guss

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

Margareta Flock

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cellbiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Lars Frykberg

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden

Andrew S. Waller

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Animal Health Trust, Lanwades Park, Kentford, Newmarket, United Kingdom

Carl Robinson

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Animal Health Trust, Lanwades Park, Kentford, Newmarket, United Kingdom

Ken C. Smith

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Hatfield, Herts, United Kingdom

Jan-Ingmar Flock

jan-ingmar.flock@ki.se

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cellbiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BG MF LF ASW CR JIF. Performed the experiments: BG MF LF ASW CR KCS JIF. Analyzed the data: BG MF LF ASW CR KCS JIF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KCS. Wrote the paper: JIF.