About the Authors

Shan Goh

Affiliations Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Jaroslaw M. Boberek

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Nobutaka Nakashima

Affiliation Research Institute of Genome-based biofactory, Toyohira-Ku, Sapporo, Japan

Jem Stach

Affiliation School of Biology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Liam Good

lgood@rvc.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Pathology and Infectious Diseases, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LG. Performed the experiments: SG. Analyzed the data: SG LG. Wrote the paper: SG LG. Carried out cloning of fabI, ftsZ and murA over-expressing strains and all antisense RNA rescue experiments: JMB. Carried out cloning of acpP over-expressing strain: NN. Helped design and supervise rescue experiments: JS.