About the Authors

Robert P. Ryan

rpryan@dundee.ac.uk (RPR); m.dow@ucc.ie (JMD)

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

Shi-qi An

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

John H. Allan

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

Yvonne McCarthy

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

J. Maxwell Dow

rpryan@dundee.ac.uk (RPR); m.dow@ucc.ie (JMD)

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.