About the Authors

Eirini D. Tseligka

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland

Komla Sobo

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland

Luc Stoppini

Roles Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Tissue Engineering Laboratory, HES-SO/University of Applied Sciences, Geneva, Western Switzerland

Valeria Cagno

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland

Fabien Abdul

Roles Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland

Isabelle Piuz

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland

Pascal Meylan

Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland

Song Huang

Roles Resources

Affiliation Epithelix Sàrl, Geneva, Switzerland

Samuel Constant

Roles Resources

Affiliation Epithelix Sàrl, Geneva, Switzerland

Caroline Tapparel

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Caroline.Tapparel@unige.ch

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

SH and SC are employees of Epithelix Sàrl. There is no other relevant information linked to this affiliation that presents any conflict of interest. Moreover, we confirm that this affiliation does not alter our adherence to all PLOS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials.