About the Authors

David M. Bulmer

Affiliation Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, The Medical School, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Lubna Kharraz

Affiliation Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, The Medical School, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Andrew J. Grant

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Paul Dean

Affiliation Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, The Medical School, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Fiona J. E. Morgan

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Michail H. Karavolos

Affiliation Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, The Medical School, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Anne C. Doble

Affiliation Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, The Medical School, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Emma J. McGhie

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Vassilis Koronakis

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Richard A. Daniel

Affiliation Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, The Medical School, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Pietro Mastroeni

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

C. M. Anjam Khan

anjam.khan@ncl.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, The Medical School, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DMB AJG PD PM CMAK. Performed the experiments: DMB LK AJG PD FJEM. Analyzed the data: DMB MHK ACD AJG PD PM CMAK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EJM VK RAD. Wrote the paper: DMB CMAK.