About the Authors

Xiao Xuan Huang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia

Nadezda Urosevic

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia

Timothy J. J. Inglis

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Tim.Inglis@health.wa.gov.au

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health & Medical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

We have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: receipt of in-kind support from Thermo Fisher Scientific in the form of loan equipment (acoustic flow cytometer). Statement has been made that this does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on data sharing.