About the Authors

Christopher C. Thompson

Affiliation Jefferiss Trust Laboratories, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, St. Mary’s Hospital Campus, London, United Kingdom

Cherry Griffiths

Affiliation Jefferiss Trust Laboratories, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, St. Mary’s Hospital Campus, London, United Kingdom

Sophie S. Nicod

Affiliation MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Nicole M. Lowden

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Sivaramesh Wigneshweraraj

Affiliation MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Derek J. Fisher

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Myra O. McClure

m.mcclure@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation Jefferiss Trust Laboratories, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, St. Mary’s Hospital Campus, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CCT DJF SW. Performed the experiments: CCT CG DJF NML SSN. Analyzed the data: CCT DJF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CCT CG NML DJF SSN SW. Wrote the paper: CCT DJF MOM.