About the Authors

Yvonne Pannekoek

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Center, Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Veerle Dickx

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Delphine S. A. Beeckman

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Keith A. Jolley

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Wendy C. Keijzers

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Center, Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Evangelia Vretou

Affiliation Laboratory of Biotechnology, Department of Microbiology, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Athens, Greece

Martin C. J. Maiden

Affiliation Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Daisy Vanrompay

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Arie van der Ende

a.vanderende@amc.uva.nl

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Center, Center for Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YP AvdE. Performed the experiments: WK. Analyzed the data: AvdE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YP VD DSAB KAJ EV MCJM DV. Wrote the paper: YP AvdE.