About the Authors

Marc Pearton

Affiliation Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Sang-Moo Kang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jae-Min Song

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Alexander V. Anstey

Affiliation Aneurin Bevan Health Board Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport, United Kingdom

Matthew Ivory

Affiliation Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Richard W. Compans

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

James C. Birchall

birchalljc@cardiff.ac.uk

Affiliation Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP SMK AVA RWC JCB. Performed the experiments: MP MI JCB. Analyzed the data: MP SMK JMS MI RWC JCB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMK JMS. Wrote the paper: MP SMK JMS RWC JCB.