About the Authors

Leanne E. Lewis

Affiliation Division of Applied Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Judith M. Bain

Affiliation Division of Applied Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Christina Lowes

Affiliation Division of Applied Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Collette Gillespie

Affiliation Division of Applied Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Fiona M. Rudkin

Affiliations Division of Applied Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, Aberdeen Fungal Group, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Neil A. R. Gow

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Lars-Peter Erwig

l.p.erwig@abdn.ac.uk

Affiliations Division of Applied Medicine, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, Aberdeen Fungal Group, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LEL NARG LPE. Performed the experiments: LEL JMB CG CL FMR. Analyzed the data: LEL NARG LPE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NARG. Wrote the paper: LEL JMB NARG LPE.