About the Authors

Nina Gouba

Affiliation Aix Marseille Université, URMITE, UMR63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm 1095, Marseille, France

Didier Raoult

Affiliation Aix Marseille Université, URMITE, UMR63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm 1095, Marseille, France

Michel Drancourt

michel.drancourt@univ-amu.fr

Affiliation Aix Marseille Université, URMITE, UMR63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, Inserm 1095, Marseille, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MD. Performed the experiments: NG. Analyzed the data: NG MD DR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DR. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: NG MD DR.