About the Authors

Sónia T. Almeida

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology of Human Pathogens, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal

Hermínia de Lencastre

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal, Laboratory of Microbiology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Raquel Sá-Leão

rsaleao@itqb.unl.pt

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology of Human Pathogens, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal

Competing Interests

HL is an editor for PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RS-L. Performed the experiments: SA. Analyzed the data: RS-L HdL SA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RS-L HdL. Wrote the paper: RS-L SA. Reviewed the manuscript and contributed to its final version: RS-L SA HdL.