About the Authors

Izabela A. Rodenhuis-Zybert

These authors share first authorship.

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Júlia M. da Silva Voorham

These authors share first authorship.

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Silvia Torres

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Denise van de Pol

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Jolanda M. Smit

jolanda.smit@umcg.nl

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IARZ JMdSV JMS. Performed the experiments: IARZ JMdSV ST DvdP. Analyzed the data: IARZ JMdSV ST DvdP JMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMdSV JMS. Wrote the paper: IARZ JMdSV JMS.