About the Authors

Alice Gerlini

Contributed equally to this work with: Alice Gerlini, Leonarda Colomba

Affiliation LAMMB, Department of Biotechnology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Leonarda Colomba

Contributed equally to this work with: Alice Gerlini, Leonarda Colomba

Affiliation LAMMB, Department of Biotechnology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Leonardo Furi

Affiliation LAMMB, Department of Biotechnology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Tiziana Braccini

Affiliation LAMMB, Department of Biotechnology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Ana Sousa Manso

Affiliation LAMMB, Department of Biotechnology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Andrea Pammolli

Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology, Experimental Medicine and Public Health, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Bo Wang

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Antonio Vivi

Affiliation Centro NMR, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Maria Tassini

Affiliation Centro NMR, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Nico van Rooijen

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Gianni Pozzi

Affiliations LAMMB, Department of Biotechnology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy, UOC Batteriologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Siena, Italy

Susanna Ricci

Affiliation LAMMB, Department of Biotechnology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Peter W. Andrew

Affiliation Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Uwe Koedel

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, München, Germany

E. Richard Moxon

Affiliation Division of Medical Sciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Marco R. Oggioni

mro5@leicester.ac.uk

Affiliations LAMMB, Department of Biotechnology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy, UOC Batteriologia, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Siena, Italy, Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AG LC LF AP AV GP PWA UK ERM MRO. Performed the experiments: AG LC LF ASM BW TB AP MT NvR. Analyzed the data: AG LC LF AP BW AV GP SR PWA UK ERM MRO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NvR. Wrote the paper: AG PWA SR UK ERM MRO.