About the Authors

Nadia Chaouche-Drider

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Unité de Pathogénie Bactérienne des Muqueuses, Paris, France

Maria Kaparakis

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Abdulgader Karrar

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Maria-Isabel Fernandez

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Unité de Pathogénie Microbienne Moléculaire, Paris, France, INSERM U389, Paris, France

Letitia A. M. Carneiro

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Groupe d'Immunité Innée et Signalisation, Paris, France, Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jérôme Viala

Affiliation Institut Pasteur, Groupe d'Immunité Innée et Signalisation, Paris, France

Ivo Gomperts Boneca

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Unité de Pathogénie Bactérienne des Muqueuses, Paris, France, Institut Pasteur, Groupe de Biologie et Génétique de la Paroi Bactérienne, Paris, France, INSERM, Groupe Avenir, Paris, France

Anthony P. Moran

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland

Dana J. Philpott

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Groupe d'Immunité Innée et Signalisation, Paris, France, Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Richard L. Ferrero

Richard.Ferrero@med.monash.edu.au

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Unité de Pathogénie Bactérienne des Muqueuses, Paris, France, Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NCD MK RLF. Performed the experiments: NCD MK AK RLF. Analyzed the data: NCD AK RLF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MIF LC JV IGB AM DJP. Wrote the paper: RLF.