About the Authors

Kate Reddington

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

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

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

Affiliation Molecular Mycobacteriology, Research Center Borstel, Borstel, Germany

Dick van Soolingen

Affiliation National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

Thomas Barry

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.