About the Authors

Gorm Mørk Hansen

gorm.moerk.hansen@regionh.dk

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark, Costerton Biofilm Center, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark

Martin Nilsson

Affiliation Costerton Biofilm Center, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark

Claus Henrik Nielsen

Affiliations Institute for Inflammation Research, Department of Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, Section of Periodontology, Department of Odontology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark

Palle Holmstrup

Affiliation Section of Periodontology, Department of Odontology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark

Steffen Helqvist

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Tim Tolker-Nielsen

Affiliation Costerton Biofilm Center, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark

Michael Givskov

Affiliations Costerton Biofilm Center, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark, Singapore Center on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Peter Riis Hansen

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PRH PH CHN MG TTN GMH. Performed the experiments: GMH MN. Analyzed the data: PRH PH CHN MG TTN GMH SH MN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PRH MG TTN GMH SH MN. Wrote the paper: PRH PH CHN MG TTN GMH SH MN.