About the Authors

James R. J. Haycocks

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

David C. Grainger

d.grainger@bham.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Biosciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DCG. Performed the experiments: JRJH. Analyzed the data: DCG JRJH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DCG JRJH. Wrote the paper: DCG JRJH.