About the Authors

Eric Morello

Affiliation Molecular Biology of the Gene in Extremophiles Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Emilie Saussereau

Affiliation Molecular Biology of the Gene in Extremophiles Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Damien Maura

Affiliation Molecular Biology of the Gene in Extremophiles Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Michel Huerre

Affiliation Histotechnology and Pathology Unit, Department of Infection and Epidemiology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Lhousseine Touqui

Affiliations Innate Host Defense and Inflammation Unit, Department of Infection and Epidemiology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, INSERM, U874, Paris, France

Laurent Debarbieux

laurent.debarbieux@pasteur.fr

Affiliation Molecular Biology of the Gene in Extremophiles Unit, Department of Microbiology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LT LD. Performed the experiments: EM ES DM MH. Analyzed the data: MH LT LD. Wrote the paper: LD.