An intact S-layer is advantageous to Clostridioides difficile within the host

• Michael J. Ormsby ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Michael J. Ormsby, Filipa Vaz

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Current addresses: Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom

  Affiliation School of Infection and Immunity, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

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• Filipa Vaz ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Michael J. Ormsby, Filipa Vaz

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

  Current address: Department of Immunology, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

  Affiliation School of Infection and Immunity, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

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• Joseph A. Kirk,

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

  Affiliation Molecular Microbiology, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

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• Anna Barwinska-Sendra,

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

  Affiliation Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, England, United Kingdom

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• Jennifer C. Hallam,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation

  Affiliation School of Infection and Immunity, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

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• Paola Lanzoni-Mangutchi,

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

  Current address: Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, IBS, Grenoble, France

  Affiliation Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, England, United Kingdom

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• John Cole,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Infection and Immunity, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

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• Roy R. Chaudhuri,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Molecular Microbiology, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

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• Paula S. Salgado,

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

  Affiliation Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, England, United Kingdom

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• Robert P. Fagan,

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

  Affiliation Molecular Microbiology, School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8704-4828

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• Gillian R Douce

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

  * E-mail: Gillian.Douce@glasgow.ac.uk

  Affiliation School of Infection and Immunity, College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6654-7346

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