About the Authors
- Kate Reddington
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Affiliations Microbiology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, Molecular Diagnostics Research Group, National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science (NCBES), National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
- Justin O'Grady
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Current address: Department of Infection, Windeyer Institute of Medical Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Affiliations Microbiology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, Molecular Diagnostics Research Group, National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science (NCBES), National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
- Siobhan Dorai-Raj
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Affiliations Microbiology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, Molecular Diagnostics Research Group, National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science (NCBES), National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
- Stefan Niemann
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Affiliation Molecular Mycobacteriology, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany
- Dick van Soolingen
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Affiliation National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
- Thomas Barry
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* E-mail: thomas.barry@nuigalway.ie
Affiliations Microbiology, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland, Molecular Diagnostics Research Group, National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Science (NCBES), National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KR JO SDR TB. Performed the experiments: KR SDR. Analyzed the data: KR JO TB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SN DvS TB. Wrote the paper: KR JO SDR SN DvS TB.