About the Authors

Isabella Bon

Affiliation Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Microbiology Section, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

David Lembo

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Orbassano, Torino, Italy

Marco Rusnati

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Alberto Clò

Affiliation Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Microbiology Section, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Silvia Morini

Affiliation Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Microbiology Section, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Anna Miserocchi

Affiliation Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Microbiology Section, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Antonella Bugatti

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy

Sonia Grigolon

Affiliation Spider Biotech srl, Colleretto Giacosa, Torino, Italy

Giuseppina Musumeci

Affiliation Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), Microbiology Section, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Santo Landolfo

Affiliation Department of Public Health and Microbiology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy

Maria Carla Re

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

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.