About the Authors

Maia Merabishvili

maia.merabishvili@mil.be

Affiliations Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology (LabMCT), Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium, Eliava Institute of Bacteriophage, Microbiology and Virology, Tbilisi, Georgia, Laboratory for Bacteriology Research (LBR), Faculty Medicine & Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Dieter Vandenheuvel

Affiliation Laboratory of Gene Technology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Andrew M. Kropinski

Affiliations Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Jan Mast

Affiliation Electron Microscopy Unit, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Brussels, Belgium

Daniel De Vos

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology (LabMCT), Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

Gilbert Verbeken

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology (LabMCT), Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

Jean-Paul Noben

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Poultry Diseases, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Rob Lavigne

Affiliation Laboratory of Gene Technology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Mario Vaneechoutte

Affiliation Laboratory for Bacteriology Research (LBR), Faculty Medicine & Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Jean-Paul Pirnay

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology (LabMCT), Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM DV AK RL JPP. Performed the experiments: MM DV JM. Analyzed the data: MM DV AK DDV JPN MV JPP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM DV AK JM GV JPN RL MV JPP. Wrote the paper: MM DV RL MV JPP.