About the Authors

Paul J. S. Skipp

pjss@soton.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Proteomic Research, Centre for Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Chris Hughes

Affiliation Waters Corporation, Stamford Avenue, Wilmslow, United Kingdom

Thérèse McKenna

Affiliation Waters Corporation, Stamford Avenue, Wilmslow, United Kingdom

Richard Edwards

Affiliation School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Australia, and School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

James Langridge

Affiliation Waters Corporation, Stamford Avenue, Wilmslow, United Kingdom

Nicholas R. Thomson

Affiliation Pathogen Genomics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, United Kingdom

Ian N. Clarke

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology Group, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors C.H., T.M. and J.L. are employees of Waters Corporation. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PJSS NT RE INC. Performed the experiments: PJSS CH TM JL INC. Analyzed the data: PJSS CH TM JL RE NT INC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PJSS CH TM JL RE NT INC. Wrote the paper: PJSS CH TM JL RE NT INC.