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About the Authors

Christopher D. Shave

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology & Infection and School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Linda Millyard

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology & Infection and School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Robin C. May

* E-mail: r.c.may@bham.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology & Infection and School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Prototheca
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Algae
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Cattle
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Biofilms
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Milk
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Virulence factors
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Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry
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Opportunistic pathogens
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