About the Authors

Fabien Cottier

Affiliations School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom, Singapore Immunology Network, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Immunos, Singapore

Martine Raymond

Affiliation Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer and Department of Biochemistry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Oliver Kurzai

Affiliation Septomics Research Centre, Friedrich-Schiller-University and Leibniz-Institute for Natural Products Research and Infection Biology, Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany

Marianne Bolstad

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom

Worraanong Leewattanapasuk

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom

Claudia Jiménez-López

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Michael C. Lorenz

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Dominique Sanglard

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, University of Lausanne and University Hospital Center, Lausanne, Switzerland

Libuše Váchová

Affiliations Institute of Microbiology of the ASCR, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic, Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Norman Pavelka

Affiliation Singapore Immunology Network, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Immunos, Singapore

Zdena Palková

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Fritz A. Mühlschlegel

F.A.Muhlschlegel@kent.ac.uk

Affiliations School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom, Clinical Microbiology Service, East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust, Ashford, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FC MCL ZP FAM. Performed the experiments: FC MB WL CJL LV ZP. Analyzed the data: FC MCL MR OK ZP FAM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MCL DS MR OK NP ZP. Wrote the paper: FC OK MCL FAM.