About the Authors

Daniela Heeg

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniela Heeg, David A. Burns

David A. Burns

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniela Heeg, David A. Burns

Stephen T. Cartman
Nigel P. Minton

nigel.minton@nottingham.ac.uk

Affiliation Clostridia Research Group, School of Molecular Medical Sciences, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Dr. David Burns is currently employed by Pharmacom Media. All work carried out by Dr. Burns and described in this manuscript has been carried out prior to this employment. Pharmacom Media has had no interest in the work described in this manuscript.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DH DB. Performed the experiments: DH DB. Analyzed the data: DH DB SC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DH DB SC NM. Wrote the paper: DH DB SC NM.