About the Authors

Malgorzata Benedyk

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Dominic P. Byrne

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Izabela Glowczyk

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Jan Potempa

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, Department of Oral Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville School of Dentistry, Louisville, United States of America

Mariusz Olczak

Affiliation Faculty of Biotechnology, Laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland

Teresa Olczak

Affiliation Faculty of Biotechnology, Laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland

John W. Smalley

josmall@liv.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Dentistry, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JWS JP TO. Performed the experiments: JWS DPB TO MO MB IG. Analyzed the data: JWS JP TO MO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JWS JP TO. Wrote the paper: JWS MB MO JP TO.