Rhinoscleroma pathogenesis: The type K3 capsule of Klebsiella rhinoscleromatis is a virulence factor not involved in Mikulicz cells formation

• Barbara Corelli,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Molecular Microbial Pathogenesis Unit, Department of Cell Biology and Infection, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, INSERM U1202, Paris, France, Unit of Technology and Service Photonic BioImaging (UTechS PBI), Center for Innovation and Technological Research (Citech), Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France

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• Ana S. Almeida,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Current address: APC Microbiome Institute and School of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.

  Affiliations Molecular Microbial Pathogenesis Unit, Department of Cell Biology and Infection, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, INSERM U1202, Paris, France

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• Fabiane Sonego,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Current address: genOway, Lyon, France.

  Affiliation Unit of Technology and Service Photonic BioImaging (UTechS PBI), Center for Innovation and Technological Research (Citech), Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

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• Virginia Castiglia,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Unit of Technology and Service Photonic BioImaging (UTechS PBI), Center for Innovation and Technological Research (Citech), Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

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• Cindy Fevre,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

  Current address: Pherecydes-Pharma, Romainville, France.

  Affiliation Genotyping of Pathogens and Public Health, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

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• Sylvain Brisse,

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Biodiversity and Epidemiology of Bacterial Pathogens, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

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• Philippe J. Sansonetti,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition

  Affiliations Molecular Microbial Pathogenesis Unit, Department of Cell Biology and Infection, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, INSERM U1202, Paris, France, Chaire de Microbiologie et Maladies Infectieuses, Collège de France, Paris, France

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• Régis Tournebize

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: regis.tournebize@pasteur.fr

  Affiliations Molecular Microbial Pathogenesis Unit, Department of Cell Biology and Infection, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, INSERM U1202, Paris, France, Unit of Technology and Service Photonic BioImaging (UTechS PBI), Center for Innovation and Technological Research (Citech), Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3718-3130

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