About the Authors

Mónica Estupiñán

Affiliations Unitat de Microbiologia i Parasitologia Sanitàries, Facultat de Farmàcia, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Daniel Álvarez-García

Affiliations Departament de Fisicoquímica, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Institut de Biomedicina de la Universitat de Barcelona (IBUB), PCB-Edifici Hèlix Baldiri Reixac, Barcelona, Spain

Xavier Barril

Affiliations Departament de Fisicoquímica, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, Institut de Biomedicina de la Universitat de Barcelona (IBUB), PCB-Edifici Hèlix Baldiri Reixac, Barcelona, Spain, Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Passeig Lluís Companys, Barcelona, Spain

Pilar Diaz

pdiaz@ub.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Angeles Manresa

Affiliation Unitat de Microbiologia i Parasitologia Sanitàries, Facultat de Farmàcia, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors declare that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ME, DA-G, AM, PD. Performed the experiments: ME, DA-G. Analyzed the data: ME, DA-G, AM, PD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PD, AM, XB. Wrote the paper: ME, AM, PD.