About the Authors
- Isabella Bon
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Affiliation Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Microbiology Section, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- David Lembo
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Affiliation Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Orbassano, Torino, Italy
- Marco Rusnati
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
- Alberto Clò
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Affiliation Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Microbiology Section, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Silvia Morini
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Affiliation Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Microbiology Section, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Anna Miserocchi
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Affiliation Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Microbiology Section, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Antonella Bugatti
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Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
- Sonia Grigolon
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Affiliation Spider Biotech srl, Colleretto Giacosa, Torino, Italy
- Giuseppina Musumeci
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Affiliation Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Microbiology Section, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Santo Landolfo
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Affiliation Department of Public Health and Microbiology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
- Maria Carla Re
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Affiliations Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Microbiology Section, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Interuniversity Consortium, National Institute Biostructure and Biosystems (INBB) Roma, Italy
- Davide Gibellini
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* E-mail: davide.gibellini@unibo.it
Affiliation Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Microbiology Section, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Competing Interests
SG is a project associate, scientific consultant and researcher at Spider Biotech. SG provided that this study was partially funded by Spider Biotech grant to DG for the purchase of reagents. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors reported no potential conflicts of interest.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DG MCR DL MR SL. Performed the experiments: IB DG MR DL AC SM AM AB SG GM MCR. Analyzed the data: IB DG MR DL AC SM AM AB SG GM MCR SL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IB DG MR DL AC SM AM AB SG GM MCR SL. Wrote the paper: DG MCR DL MR.