About the Authors

Priscilla Branchu

Current address: INRA/AgroParisTech, UMR 1319 MicAliS, Massy, France.

Affiliation INRA, UR454 Microbiologie, Centre de Clermont-Ferrand-Theix, Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France

Stéphanie Matrat

Affiliation INRA, UR454 Microbiologie, Centre de Clermont-Ferrand-Theix, Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France

Marjolaine Vareille

Current address: INRA/Université d'Auvergne, UMR 1019, Faculté de Médecine et Pharmacie, Clermont-Ferrand, France.

Affiliation INRA, UR454 Microbiologie, Centre de Clermont-Ferrand-Theix, Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France

Annie Garrivier

Affiliation INRA, UR454 Microbiologie, Centre de Clermont-Ferrand-Theix, Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France

Alexandra Durand

Affiliation INRA, UR454 Microbiologie, Centre de Clermont-Ferrand-Theix, Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France

Sébastien Crépin

Current address: Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America.

Affiliation Groupe de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses du Porc and Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie Porcine, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Josée Harel

Affiliation Groupe de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses du Porc and Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie Porcine, Université de Montréal, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada

Grégory Jubelin

Affiliation INRA, UR454 Microbiologie, Centre de Clermont-Ferrand-Theix, Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France

Alain P. Gobert

alain.gobert@clermont.inra.fr

Affiliation INRA, UR454 Microbiologie, Centre de Clermont-Ferrand-Theix, Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PB JH GJ APG. Performed the experiments: PB SM MV AG AD SC GJ APG. Analyzed the data: PB GJ APG. Wrote the paper: PB GJ APG.