About the Authors

Michael S. M. Brouwer

Affiliation Department of Microbial Diseases, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Philip J. Warburton

Affiliation Department of Microbial Diseases, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Adam P. Roberts

Affiliation Department of Microbial Diseases, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Peter Mullany

Affiliation Department of Microbial Diseases, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Elaine Allan

e.allan@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Microbial Diseases, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EA AR PM MB. Performed the experiments: MB PW. Analyzed the data: MB EA AR PM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EA AR PM. Wrote the paper: MB EA AR PM PW.