About the Authors

Karine Frénal

karine.frenal@unige.ch

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, CMU, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Jean-Baptiste Marq

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, CMU, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Damien Jacot

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, CMU, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Valérie Polonais

Current address: Clermont Université, Université d'Auvergne, Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome et Environnement, Clermont-Ferrand, France; CNRS, UMR 6023, LMGE, Aubière, France

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, CMU, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Dominique Soldati-Favre

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, CMU, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KF DSF. Performed the experiments: KF JBM DJ VP. Analyzed the data: KF DSF. Wrote the paper: KF DSF.