About the Authors

Yibing Wang

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology and Infection, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Rachel J. Skilton

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology and Infection, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Lesley T. Cutcliffe

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology and Infection, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Emma Andrews

Affiliation Regional Microbiology Network Southampton Laboratory, Health Protection Agency, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom

Ian N. Clarke

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology and Infection, School of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom

Pete Marsh

Peter.Marsh@suht.swest.nhs.uk

Affiliation Regional Microbiology Network Southampton Laboratory, Health Protection Agency, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: INC PM. Performed the experiments: YW RJS. Analyzed the data: YW INC PM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YW EA INC. Wrote the paper: YW RS INC PM. Tissue culture and archiving samples used in this study: LC.