About the Authors

R. Christopher D. Furniss

Affiliation MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Markus Kostrzewa

Affiliation Bruker Daltonik GmbH, Bremen, Germany

Despoina A. I. Mavridou

despoina.mavridou@austin.utexas.edu (DAIM); g.larrouy-maumus@imperial.ac.uk (GLM)

Affiliations MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Gerald Larrouy-Maumus

despoina.mavridou@austin.utexas.edu (DAIM); g.larrouy-maumus@imperial.ac.uk (GLM)

Affiliation MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: RCDF and DAIM declare no conflict of interest. MK is currently employed by Bruker Daltonics. GLM is one of the inventors of the MALDIxin test for which a patent has been filed by Imperial Innovations.