About the Authors

Shi-qi An

Affiliation Division of Molecular Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom

Delphine L. Caly

Affiliation School of Microbiology, Biosciences Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Yvonne McCarthy

Affiliation School of Microbiology, Biosciences Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Sarah L. Murdoch

Affiliation Division of Molecular Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom

Joseph Ward

Affiliation Genomic Sequencing Unit, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom

Melanie Febrer

Affiliation Genomic Sequencing Unit, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom

J. Maxwell Dow

Affiliation School of Microbiology, Biosciences Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Robert P. Ryan

rpryan@dundee.ac.uk

Affiliation Division of Molecular Microbiology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SqA DLC JMD RPR. Performed the experiments: SqA DLC YM SLM JW MF JMD RPR. Analyzed the data: SqA DLC JW MF JMD RPR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MF JW. Wrote the paper: SqA YM DLC SLM MF JMD RPR.