About the Authors

David A. Burns

Contributed equally to this work with: David A. Burns, Daniela Heeg

Affiliation Clostridia Research Group, School of Molecular Medical Sciences, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Daniela Heeg

Contributed equally to this work with: David A. Burns, Daniela Heeg

Affiliation Clostridia Research Group, School of Molecular Medical Sciences, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Stephen T. Cartman

Affiliation Clostridia Research Group, School of Molecular Medical Sciences, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Nigel P. Minton

nigel.minton@nottingham.ac.uk

Affiliation Clostridia Research Group, School of Molecular Medical Sciences, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DB DH. Performed the experiments: DB DH. Analyzed the data: DB DH SC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DB DH SC NM. Wrote the paper: DB DH SC NM.