The role of bacterial size, shape and surface in macrophage engulfment of uropathogenic E. coli cells

• Elizabeth Peterson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Australian Institute for Microbiology & Infection, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

  ⨯
• Bill Söderström,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Australian Institute for Microbiology & Infection, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

  ⨯
• Nienke Prins,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Australian Institute for Microbiology & Infection, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

  ⨯
• Giang H. B. Le,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia

  ⨯
• Lauren E. Hartley-Tassell,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia

  ⨯
• Chris Evenhuis,

  Roles Software

  Affiliation Australian Institute for Microbiology & Infection, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

  ⨯
• Rasmus Birkholm Grønnemose,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Unit of Clinical Microbiology, University of Southern Denmark and Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

  ⨯
• Thomas Emil Andersen,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Unit of Clinical Microbiology, University of Southern Denmark and Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

  ⨯
• Jakob Møller-Jensen,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

  ⨯
• Gregory Iosifidis,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Australian Institute for Microbiology & Infection, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

  ⨯
• Iain G. Duggin,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Australian Institute for Microbiology & Infection, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

  ⨯
• Bernadette Saunders,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia

  ⨯
• Elizabeth J. Harry,

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

  Affiliation Australian Institute for Microbiology & Infection, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

  ⨯
• Amy L. Bottomley

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: Amy.Bottomley@uts.edu.au

  Affiliation Australian Institute for Microbiology & Infection, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0255-0869

  ⨯