About the Authors

Christelle Vogne

Affiliation Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Hansi Bisht

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Sagrario Arias

Affiliation Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Sofia Fraile

Affiliation National Centre for Biotechnology, CSIC, Madrid, Spain

Rup Lal

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Jan Roelof van der Meer

janroelof.vandermeer@unil.ch

Affiliation Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CV SA HB SF JRvdM. Performed the experiments: CV SA HB SF. Analyzed the data: CV SA SF RL JRvdM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SA SF. Wrote the paper: CV JRvdM.