About the Authors

Chloe Spalding

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

chloe-spalding@hotmail.co.uk (CS); s.jabbari@bham.ac.uk (SJ)

Affiliations School of Mathematics, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Campus, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Campus, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Emma Keen

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Campus, Birmingham, United Kingdom

David J. Smith

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations School of Mathematics, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Campus, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Institute for Metabolism and Systems Research, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Campus, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Anne-Marie Krachler

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Sara Jabbari

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

chloe-spalding@hotmail.co.uk (CS); s.jabbari@bham.ac.uk (SJ)

Affiliations School of Mathematics, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Campus, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Campus, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.