About the Authors

Paul A. Roberts

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

p.a.roberts@univ.oxon.org

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

Ryan M. Huebinger

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Emma Keen

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

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

Anne-Marie Krachler

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

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

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: AMK is a co-inventor on the patent ‘Modulating bacterial MAM polypeptides in pathogenic disease’ (US9529005, issued Dec 27, 2016).