Commensal Neisseria cinerea impairs Neisseria meningitidis microcolony development and reduces pathogen colonisation of epithelial cells

• Rafael Custodio,

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

  Affiliation Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Errin Johnson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Guangyu Liu,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Christoph M. Tang,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Rachel M. Exley

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: rachel.exley02@path.ox.ac.uk

  Affiliation Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9120-5586

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