About the Authors

Mafalda X. Henriques

Contributed equally to this work with: Mafalda X. Henriques, Maria João Catalão

Affiliation Laboratory of Bacterial Cell Surfaces and Pathogenesis, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal

Maria João Catalão

Contributed equally to this work with: Mafalda X. Henriques, Maria João Catalão

Affiliation Laboratory of Bacterial Cell Surfaces and Pathogenesis, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal

Joana Figueiredo

Affiliation Laboratory of Bacterial Cell Surfaces and Pathogenesis, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal

João Paulo Gomes

Affiliation Department of Infections Diseases, National Institute of Health, Lisbon, Portugal

Sergio R. Filipe

sfilipe@itqb.unl.pt

Affiliation Laboratory of Bacterial Cell Surfaces and Pathogenesis, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MXH MJC JPG SRF. Performed the experiments: MXH MJC JF. Analyzed the data: MXH MJC JPG SRF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MXH MJC JF. Wrote the paper: MXH MJC SRF.