About the Authors

Celia McNeilly

Affiliation Bacterial Pathogenesis Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, 300 Herston Rd, Herston, QLD, 4006, Australia

Samantha Cosh

Affiliation Bacterial Pathogenesis Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, 300 Herston Rd, Herston, QLD, 4006, Australia

Therese Vu

Affiliation Bacterial Pathogenesis Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, 300 Herston Rd, Herston, QLD, 4006, Australia

Jemma Nichols

Affiliation Inflammation and Healing Research Cluster, School of Health and Sport Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, QLD, 4558, Australia

Anna Henningham

Affiliation Australian Infectious Disease Research Centre and School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia

Andreas Hofmann

Affiliation Structural Chemistry Program, Eskitis Institute for Cell and Molecular Therapies, Griffith University, Nathan, and Queensland Tropical Health Alliance, Smithfield, QLD, Australia

Anne Fane

Affiliation Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia

Pierre R. Smeesters

Affiliation Laboratoire de Génétique et Physiologie Bactérienne, Institut de Biologie et de Médecine Moléculaires, Faculté des Sciences, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium, and Murdoch Children Research Institute, Melbourne, VIC, 3052, Australia

Catherine M. Rush

Affiliation Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia

Louise M. Hafner

Affiliation School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health & Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI), Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia

Natkuman Ketheesan

Affiliation Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia

Kadaba S. Sriprakash

Affiliation Bacterial Pathogenesis Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, 300 Herston Rd, Herston, QLD, 4006, Australia

David J. McMillan

david.mcmillan@usc.edu.au

Affiliations Bacterial Pathogenesis Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, 300 Herston Rd, Herston, QLD, 4006, Australia, Inflammation and Healing Research Cluster, School of Health and Sport Sciences, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, QLD, 4558, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DM KS CM PS LH NK CR A. Hofmann. Performed the experiments: CM SC TV JN A. Henningham A. Hofmann AF NK. Analyzed the data: CM SC AH AF CR LH DM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DM AH CR NK KS A. Hofmann. Wrote the paper: CM DM SC TV JN A. Henningham A. Hofmann PS CR LH NK KS.