About the Authors

Alessandra Bragonzi

Contributed equally to this work with: Alessandra Bragonzi, Ilaria Farulla, Moira Paroni

Affiliation Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Infections and Cystic Fibrosis Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Ilaria Farulla

Contributed equally to this work with: Alessandra Bragonzi, Ilaria Farulla, Moira Paroni

Affiliation Technical Unit for Sustainable Development and Innovation of Agro-Industrial System, ENEA Casaccia Research Centre, Rome, Italy

Moira Paroni

Contributed equally to this work with: Alessandra Bragonzi, Ilaria Farulla, Moira Paroni

Affiliation Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Infections and Cystic Fibrosis Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Kate B. Twomey

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, BioSciences Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Luisa Pirone

Affiliation Technical Unit for Sustainable Development and Innovation of Agro-Industrial System, ENEA Casaccia Research Centre, Rome, Italy

Nicola Ivan Lorè

Affiliation Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Infections and Cystic Fibrosis Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Irene Bianconi

Affiliation Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, Infections and Cystic Fibrosis Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Claudia Dalmastri

Affiliation Technical Unit for Sustainable Development and Innovation of Agro-Industrial System, ENEA Casaccia Research Centre, Rome, Italy

Robert P. Ryan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, BioSciences Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Annamaria Bevivino

annamaria.bevivino@enea.it

Affiliation Technical Unit for Sustainable Development and Innovation of Agro-Industrial System, ENEA Casaccia Research Centre, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: A. Bevivino A. Bragonzi RR. Performed the experiments: IF MP KBT. Analyzed the data: A. Bevivino A. Bragonzi RR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IF MP KBT LP NIL IB CD. Wrote the paper: A. Bevivino A. Bragonzi RR.