About the Authors

Adrián Golic

Affiliation Microbiology Division, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR- CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

Mario Vaneechoutte

Affiliation Laboratory for Bacteriology Research, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Alexandr Nemec

Affiliation Laboratory of Bacterial Genetics, National Institute of Public Health, Prague, Czech Republic

Alejandro M. Viale

Affiliation Microbiology Division, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR- CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

Luis A. Actis

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, United States of America

María Alejandra Mussi

mussi@ibr.gov.ar

Affiliation Microbiology Division, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR- CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAM LAA. Performed the experiments: AG MAM. Analyzed the data: MAM LAA MV AN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAM AMV. Wrote the paper: MAM LAA AMV AN MV.