Bacterial size matters: Multiple mechanisms controlling septum cleavage and diplococcus formation are critical for the virulence of the opportunistic pathogen Enterococcus faecalis

• Bartłomiej Salamaga,

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

  Affiliations Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

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• Tomasz K. Prajsnar,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

  Affiliations Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Department of Infection and Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, The Bateson Centre, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

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• Ana Jareño-Martinez,

  Roles Investigation, Validation

  Affiliations Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3562-4943

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• Joost Willemse,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Software

  Affiliation Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

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• Martin A. Bewley,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Validation

  Affiliations Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Department of Infection and Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

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• Françoise Chau,

  Roles Investigation, Validation

  Affiliation INSERM, UMR 1137, Infection, Antimicrobiens Modelisation, Evolution (IAME), Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris cité, Paris, France

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• Tassadit Ben Belkacem,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3425-3132

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• Annemarie H. Meijer,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1325-0725

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• David H. Dockrell,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

  Affiliations Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Department of Infection and Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2718-4861

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• Stephen A. Renshaw,

  Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Department of Infection and Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, The Bateson Centre, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1790-1641

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• Stéphane Mesnage

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: s.mesnage@sheffield.ac.uk

  Affiliations Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1648-4890

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