The peptidoglycan and biofilm matrix of Staphylococcus epidermidis undergo structural changes when exposed to human platelets

• Maria Loza-Correa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Innovation, Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, Canada, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

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• Juan A. Ayala,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

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• Iris Perelman,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Innovation, Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, Canada

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• Keith Hubbard,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Miloslav Kalab,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Agriculture and Agri-food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Qi-Long Yi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Innovation, Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, Canada

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• Mariam Taha,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Innovation, Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, Canada

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• Miguel A. de Pedro,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

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• Sandra Ramirez-Arcos

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sandra.ramirez@blood.ca

  Affiliations Centre for Innovation, Canadian Blood Services, Ottawa, Canada, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0705-4987

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