About the Authors

Saima Rehman

Contributed equally to this work with: Saima Rehman, Lubov S. Grigoryeva, Katherine H. Richardson

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions, Dental Institute, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Lubov S. Grigoryeva

Contributed equally to this work with: Saima Rehman, Lubov S. Grigoryeva, Katherine H. Richardson

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Katherine H. Richardson

Contributed equally to this work with: Saima Rehman, Lubov S. Grigoryeva, Katherine H. Richardson

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Paula Corsini

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions, Dental Institute, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Richard C. White

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Rosie Shaw

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Theo J. Portlock

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions, Dental Institute, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Benjamin Dorgan

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions, Dental Institute, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Zeinab S. Zanjani

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Arianna Fornili

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Nicholas P. Cianciotto

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

n-cianciotto@northwestern.edu (NPC); james.garnett@kcl.ac.uk (JAG)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

James A. Garnett

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

n-cianciotto@northwestern.edu (NPC); james.garnett@kcl.ac.uk (JAG)

Affiliations Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions, Dental Institute, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom, Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

NPC and JAG have a pending patent application (63/005,592) that describes the use of ChiA for therapeutic applications.