About the Authors

Eva Pericolini

Contributed equally to this work with: Eva Pericolini, Elena Gabrielli

Affiliation Microbiology and Anatomy Sections, Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Elena Gabrielli

Contributed equally to this work with: Eva Pericolini, Elena Gabrielli

Affiliation Microbiology and Anatomy Sections, Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Giovanni Bistoni

Affiliation Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Rome “La Sapienza” Medical School, Rome, Italy

Elio Cenci

Affiliation Microbiology and Anatomy Sections, Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Stefano Perito

Affiliation Microbiology and Anatomy Sections, Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Siu-Kei Chow

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Francesca Riuzzi

Affiliation Microbiology and Anatomy Sections, Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Rosario Donato

Affiliation Microbiology and Anatomy Sections, Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Arturo Casadevall

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, United States of America

Anna Vecchiarelli

vecchiar@unipg.it

Affiliation Microbiology and Anatomy Sections, Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EP EG EC AC AV. Performed the experiments: EP EG GB EC SKC FR. Analyzed the data: EP EG GB EC SP AV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SKC FR RD AC AV. Wrote the paper: EP EG EC RD AC AV.