About the Authors

Christophe Beloin

Affiliation Unité de Génétique des Biofilms, Institut Pasteur, CNRS URA 2172, Paris, France

Ali Houry

Affiliation Laboratoire Physico-Chimie Curie, Institut Curie, CNRS UMR 168, Université Paris VI , Paris, France

Manuel Froment

Affiliation Laboratoire Physico-Chimie Curie, Institut Curie, CNRS UMR 168, Université Paris VI , Paris, France

Jean-Marc Ghigo

Affiliation Unité de Génétique des Biofilms, Institut Pasteur, CNRS URA 2172, Paris, France

Nelly Henry

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: nelly.henry@curie.fr

Affiliation Laboratoire Physico-Chimie Curie, Institut Curie, CNRS UMR 168, Université Paris VI , Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

CB, JMG, and NH conceived and designed the experiments. CB, AH, MF, and NH performed the experiments. CB, AH, and NH analyzed the data. CB, JMG, and NH wrote the paper.