The type IV pili component PilO is a virulence determinant of Francisella novicida

• Mateja Ozanic ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mateja Ozanic, Valentina Marecic

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7028-1245

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• Valentina Marecic ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mateja Ozanic, Valentina Marecic

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia

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• Masa Knezevic,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia

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• Ina Kelava,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5176-5850

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• Pavla Stojková,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology and Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

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• Lena Lindgren,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology and Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

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• Jeanette E. Bröms,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology and Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

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• Anders Sjöstedt,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology and Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0768-8405

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• Yousef Abu Kwaik,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Center for Predictive Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

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• Marina Santic

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: marina.santic@uniri.hr

  Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4138-3581

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