About the Authors

Otmane Lamrabet

Affiliation URMITE CNRS-IRD UMR 6236, IFR48, Méditerranée Infection, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France

Vicky Merhej

Affiliation URMITE CNRS-IRD UMR 6236, IFR48, Méditerranée Infection, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France

Pierre Pontarotti

Affiliation Equipe Evolution Biologique et Modélisation UMR 6632, IRF48, Aix-Marseille Université/CNRS, Marseille, France

Didier Raoult

Affiliation URMITE CNRS-IRD UMR 6236, IFR48, Méditerranée Infection, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France

Michel Drancourt

Michel.Drancourt@univmed.fr

Affiliation URMITE CNRS-IRD UMR 6236, IFR48, Méditerranée Infection, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DR MD. Performed the experiments: OL VM PP. Analyzed the data: OL VM PP MD DR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DR PP. Wrote the paper: OL PP MD.