Clostridium sordellii outer spore proteins maintain spore structural integrity and promote bacterial clearance from the gastrointestinal tract

• Rebecca Rabi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Infection and Immunity Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

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• Sarah Larcombe,

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

  Affiliation Infection and Immunity Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5002-1956

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• Rommel Mathias,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Infection and Immunity Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, Infection and Immunity Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3064-4897

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• Sheena McGowan,

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

  Affiliation Infection and Immunity Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6863-1106

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• Milena Awad ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to the work and should be regarded as joint senior authors.

  Affiliation Infection and Immunity Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

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• Dena Lyras

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

  * E-mail: Dena.Lyras@monash.edu

  ¶‡ These authors contributed equally to the work and should be regarded as joint senior authors.

  Affiliation Infection and Immunity Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute and Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2345-9271

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