About the Authors

Armand Paauw

A.Paauw@umcutrecht.nl

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Martien P. M. Caspers

Affiliation TNO Department of Microbiology, Zeist, The Netherlands

Frank H. J. Schuren

Affiliation TNO Department of Microbiology, Zeist, The Netherlands

Maurine A. Leverstein-van Hall

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Alexis Delétoile

Affiliation Unité Biodiversité des Bactéries Pathogènes Emergentes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Roy C. Montijn

Affiliation TNO Department of Microbiology, Zeist, The Netherlands

Jan Verhoef

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Ad C. Fluit

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AP MPMC FHJS RCM JV ACF. Performed the experiments: AP MPMC. Analyzed the data: AP MPMC ACF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AP MPMC AD ACF. Wrote the paper: AP MPMC FHJS MALvH AD ACF. Contributed to hypothesis generation and overall study design: AP MPMC FHJS MALvH AD RCM JV ACF.