About the Authors

Jonathan Ferrand

Affiliations Department of Bacteriology, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U853, Bordeaux, France

Philippe Lehours

Affiliations Department of Bacteriology, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U853, Bordeaux, France

Annie Schmid-Alliana

Affiliations Department of Immune & Inflammatory regulations, Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U576, Nice, France

Francis Mégraud

francis.megraud@chu-bordeaux.fr

Affiliations Department of Bacteriology, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U853, Bordeaux, France

Christine Varon

Affiliations Department of Bacteriology, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U853, Bordeaux, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JF PL FM CV. Performed the experiments: JF AS-A. Analyzed the data: JF AS-A CV PL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS-A. Wrote the paper: JF PL FM CV.