About the Authors

Alexandra Ehrens

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

AE and CSL share first authorship on this work. AH and MPH share last authorship on this work.

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Christopher S. Lunde

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

AE and CSL share first authorship on this work. AH and MPH share last authorship on this work.

Affiliation Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Robert T. Jacobs

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Dominique Struever

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Marianne Koschel

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Stefan J. Frohberger

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Franziska Lenz

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Martina Fendler

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Joseph D. Turner

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Stephen A. Ward

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Mark J. Taylor

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Drugs and Diagnostics, Department of Tropical Disease Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Yvonne R. Freund

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration

Affiliation Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Rianna Stefanakis

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Eric Easom

Roles Conceptualization, Resources

Affiliation Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Xianfeng Li

Roles Conceptualization, Resources

Affiliation Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Jacob J. Plattner

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources

Affiliation Anacor Pharmaceuticals, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Achim Hoerauf

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

AE and CSL share first authorship on this work. AH and MPH share last authorship on this work.

Affiliations Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Bonn-Cologne, Bonn, Germany

Marc P. Hübner

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

huebner@uni-bonn.de

AE and CSL share first authorship on this work. AH and MPH share last authorship on this work.

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: RTJ, JDT, SAW, MJT, AH and MPH are non-paid members of the MacroDA consortium. RTJ, CSL, YRF, RS, EE, XL, and JCP were employees of Anacor. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.