About the Authors

Maya Merabishvili

Affiliations Eliava Institute of Bacteriophage, Microbiology and Virology (EIBMV), Tbilisi, Georgia, Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology (LabMCT), Burn Centre, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Bruynstraat, Neder-over-Heembeek, Brussels, Belgium, Laboratory of Bacteriology Research (LBR), Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

Jean-Paul Pirnay

jean-paul.pirnay@mil.be

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology (LabMCT), Burn Centre, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Bruynstraat, Neder-over-Heembeek, Brussels, Belgium

Gilbert Verbeken

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology (LabMCT), Burn Centre, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Bruynstraat, Neder-over-Heembeek, Brussels, Belgium

Nina Chanishvili

Affiliation Eliava Institute of Bacteriophage, Microbiology and Virology (EIBMV), Tbilisi, Georgia

Marina Tediashvili

Affiliation Eliava Institute of Bacteriophage, Microbiology and Virology (EIBMV), Tbilisi, Georgia

Nino Lashkhi

Affiliation Eliava Institute of Bacteriophage, Microbiology and Virology (EIBMV), Tbilisi, Georgia

Thea Glonti

Affiliation Eliava Institute of Bacteriophage, Microbiology and Virology (EIBMV), Tbilisi, Georgia

Victor Krylov

Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriophage Genetics, State Institute for Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms (SIGSIM), Moscow, Russia

Jan Mast

Affiliation Unit Electron Microscopy, Veterinary and Agricultural Research Centre (VAR), Ukkel, Brussels, Belgium

Luc Van Parys

Affiliation Section Health of the Division Well-Being (Belgian Defence Staff), Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Neder-over-Heembeek, Brussels, Belgium

Rob Lavigne

Affiliation Laboratory of Gene Technology (LoGT), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Guido Volckaert

Affiliation Laboratory of Gene Technology (LoGT), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Wesley Mattheus

Affiliation Laboratory of Gene Technology (LoGT), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Gunther Verween

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology (LabMCT), Burn Centre, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Bruynstraat, Neder-over-Heembeek, Brussels, Belgium

Peter De Corte

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology (LabMCT), Burn Centre, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Bruynstraat, Neder-over-Heembeek, Brussels, Belgium

Thomas Rose

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology (LabMCT), Burn Centre, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Bruynstraat, Neder-over-Heembeek, Brussels, Belgium

Serge Jennes

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology (LabMCT), Burn Centre, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Bruynstraat, Neder-over-Heembeek, Brussels, Belgium

Martin Zizi

Affiliations Section Health of the Division Well-Being (Belgian Defence Staff), Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Neder-over-Heembeek, Brussels, Belgium, Department of Physiology (FYSP), Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Jette Brussels, Belgium

Daniel De Vos

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology (LabMCT), Burn Centre, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Bruynstraat, Neder-over-Heembeek, Brussels, Belgium

Mario Vaneechoutte

Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology Research (LBR), Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM JPP GV NC MT VK RL GV MZ DDV MV. Performed the experiments: MM NL TG JM WM GV PDC TR. Analyzed the data: MM JPP GV NC MT NL TG VK JM LVP RL GV WM GV PDC TR SJ MZ DDV MV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM JPP GV NC MT VK JM RL SJ DDV MV. Wrote the paper: MM JPP GV NC MT VK JM LVP RL MZ DDV MV.