About the Authors

Andrew D. S. Cameron

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, Department of Biology, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada

Carsten Kröger

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Heather J. Quinn

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Isobel K. Scally

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Anne J. Daly

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Stefani C. Kary

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada

Charles J. Dorman

cjdorman@tcd.ie

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Moyne Institute of Preventive Medicine, School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ADSC CK HJQ IKS AD CJD. Performed the experiments: ADSC CK HJQ IKS SCK AD. Analyzed the data: ADSC CK HJQ IKS AD SCK CJD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ADSC CK HJQ IKS AD SCK CJD. Wrote the manuscript: ADSC CK CJD.