About the Authors

Bhagwati Khatri

Affiliation Animal Health Veterinary Laboratories (Weybridge), Department for Bovine Tuberculosis, New Haw, Surrey, United Kingdom

Mark Fielder

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Kingston University London, Penrhyn Road, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom

Gareth Jones

Affiliation Animal Health Veterinary Laboratories (Weybridge), Specialist Scientific Services Department, New Haw, Surrey, United Kingdom

William Newell

Affiliation Animal Health Veterinary Laboratories (Weybridge), Specialist Scientific Services Department, New Haw, Surrey, United Kingdom

Manal Abu-Oun

Affiliation Animal Health Veterinary Laboratories (Weybridge), Department of Bacteriology, New Haw, Surrey, United Kingdom

Paul R. Wheeler

Paul.Wheeler@ahvla.gsi.gov.uk

Affiliation Animal Health Veterinary Laboratories (Weybridge), Department for Bovine Tuberculosis, New Haw, Surrey, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PRW BK MF. Performed the experiments: BK PRW. Analyzed the data: GJ WN MA-O PRW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PRW MF. Wrote the paper: PRW BK WN.