About the Authors

Paola Brun

paola.brun.1@unipd.it

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Unit of Microbiology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Surajit Pathak

Affiliations Department of Molecular Medicine, Unit of Microbiology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Ignazio Castagliuolo

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Unit of Microbiology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Giorgio Palù

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Unit of Microbiology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Paola Brun

Affiliation Department of Molecular Medicine, Unit of Histology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Matteo Zuin

Affiliations Consorzio RFX, Padova, Italy, Istituto Gas Ionizzati del CNR, Padova, Italy

Roberto Cavazzana

Affiliation Consorzio RFX, Padova, Italy

Emilio Martines

Affiliations Consorzio RFX, Padova, Italy, Istituto Gas Ionizzati del CNR, Padova, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PB∧ IC MZ EM ∧Unit of Microbiology. Performed the experiments: PB∧ SP MZ RC EM ∧Unit of Microbiology. Analyzed the data: PB∧ SP IC MZ EM ∧Unit of Microbiology. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PB∧ IC GP MZ EM ∧Unit of Microbiology. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: PB∧ SP PB* MZ EM ∧Unit of Microbiology *Unit of Histology.