About the Authors

Linda M. Holland

Affiliation School of Biomedical and Biomolecular Science, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland

Markus S. Schröder

Affiliation School of Biomedical and Biomolecular Science, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland

Siobhán A. Turner

Affiliation School of Biomedical and Biomolecular Science, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland

Heather Taff

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

David Andes

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Zsuzsanna Grózer

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary

Attila Gácser

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary

Lauren Ames

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

Ken Haynes

Affiliation School of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom

Desmond G. Higgins

Affiliation School of Medicine and Medical Science, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland

Geraldine Butler

gbutler@ucd.ie

Affiliation School of Biomedical and Biomolecular Science, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LMH GB MSS. Performed the experiments: LMH MSS SAT HT ZG LA. Analyzed the data: LMH MSS DA GB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DA AG KH DGH. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: LMH MSS GB.