About the Authors

Gabriel C. Uguru

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

Madhav Mondhe

Current address: Department of Infection, Immunity and Biochemistry, Cardiff University School of Medicine, Heath Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom

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

Shan Goh

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

Andrew Hesketh

Current address: School of the Biological Sciences, Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Affiliation John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom

Mervyn J. Bibb

Affiliation John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom

Liam Good

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

James E. M. Stach

jem.stach@ncl.ac.uk

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GCU LG JEMS. Performed the experiments: GCU MM. Analyzed the data: GCU MM SG AH MJB LG JEMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG AH MJB. Wrote the paper: GCU LG JEMS.