About the Authors

Guillaume Bruant

Affiliation Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Marie-Josée Lévesque

Affiliation Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Chardeen Peter

Affiliation Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Serge R. Guiot

Affiliations Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Département de Microbiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Luke Masson

luke.masson@cnrc-nrc.gc.ca

Affiliations Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Département de Microbiologie et Immunologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GB SRG LM. Performed the experiments: GB MJL CP. Analyzed the data: GB MJL CP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SRG LM. Wrote the paper: GB LM. Revised manuscript critically for important intellectual content: MJL CP SRG.