About the Authors

Gillian J. Wilson

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Keun Seok Seo

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Robyn A. Cartwright

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Timothy Connelley

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Olivia N. Chuang-Smith

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Joseph A. Merriman

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Caitriona M. Guinane

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Joo Youn Park

Affiliation Department of Basic Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Gregory A. Bohach

Affiliations Department of Basic Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, United States of America

Patrick M. Schlievert

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

W. Ivan Morrison

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, United Kingdom

J. Ross Fitzgerald

Ross.Fitzgerald@ed.ac.uk

Affiliation The Roslin Institute and Centre for Infectious Diseases, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GJW KSS GAB PMS WIM JRF. Performed the experiments: GJW KSS RAC ONCS JAM JYP PMS JRF. Analyzed the data: GJW KSS RAC TC ONCS JAM CMG JYP GAB PMS WIM JRF. Wrote the paper: GJW JRF.