About the Authors

Ryoma Nakao

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology and Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Madeleine Ramstedt

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Sun Nyunt Wai

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Bernt Eric Uhlin

bernt.eric.uhlin@molbiol.umu.se

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå Centre for Microbial Research (UCMR), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RN MR SNW BEU. Performed the experiments: RN MR. Analyzed the data: RN MR SNW BEU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RN MR SNW BEU. Wrote the paper: RN MR SNW BEU.