About the Authors

Sylvain Brisse

sylvain.brisse@pasteur.fr

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Genotyping of Pathogens and Public Health, Paris, France, Institut Pasteur, Biodiversité des Bactéries Pathogènes Emergentes, Paris, France

Cindy Fevre

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Genotyping of Pathogens and Public Health, Paris, France, Institut Pasteur, Biodiversité des Bactéries Pathogènes Emergentes, Paris, France

Virginie Passet

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Genotyping of Pathogens and Public Health, Paris, France, Institut Pasteur, Biodiversité des Bactéries Pathogènes Emergentes, Paris, France

Sylvie Issenhuth-Jeanjean

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Biodiversité des Bactéries Pathogènes Emergentes, Paris, France

Régis Tournebize

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Unité de Pathogénie Microbienne Moléculaire, Paris, France, Unité INSERM U786, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Laure Diancourt

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Genotyping of Pathogens and Public Health, Paris, France, Institut Pasteur, Biodiversité des Bactéries Pathogènes Emergentes, Paris, France

Patrick Grimont

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Biodiversité des Bactéries Pathogènes Emergentes, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB CF RT PG. Performed the experiments: SB CF VP SIJ RT LD. Analyzed the data: SB CF RT. Wrote the paper: SB.