PolyGlcNAc-containing exopolymers enable surface penetration by non-motile Enterococcus faecalis

• Yusibeska Ramos,

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

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3964-800X

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• Jorge Rocha,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Conacyt-Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Agrobiotecnología Alimentaria, San Agustin Tlaxiaca, Mexico.

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8083-4325

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• Ana L. Hael,

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

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

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• Jordi van Gestel,

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

  Affiliations Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Lausanne, Switzerland, Department of Environmental Microbiology, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5598-5239

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• Hera Vlamakis,

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

  Current address: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, United States of America

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

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• Colette Cywes-Bentley,

  Roles Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

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• Juan R. Cubillos-Ruiz,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4267-4893

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• Gerald B. Pier,

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

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9112-2331

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• Michael S. Gilmore,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

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• Roberto Kolter,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States of America

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• Diana K. Morales

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

  * E-mail: dim2018@med.cornell.edu

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6942-9989

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