About the Authors

Morgan R. Herod

Contributed equally to this work with: Morgan R. Herod, Omar Salim

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Group, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Omar Salim

Contributed equally to this work with: Morgan R. Herod, Omar Salim

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Group, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Rachel J. Skilton

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Group, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Cynthia A. Prince

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Group, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Vernon K. Ward

Affiliation Otago School of Medical Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Paul R. Lambden

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Group, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Ian N. Clarke

I.N.Clarke@soton.ac.uk

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Group, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MRH OS VKW PRL INC. Performed the experiments: MRH OS RJS CAP PRL. Analyzed the data: MRH OS RJS CAP VKW PRL INC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VKW. Wrote the paper: MRH INC.