About the Authors

Qing Wei

Affiliation Research Group Microbiology, VIB Department of Structural Biology, Department of Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Saeed Tarighi

Current address: Laboratory of Phytopathology, Department of Crop Protection, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

Affiliation Research Group Microbiology, VIB Department of Structural Biology, Department of Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Andreas Dötsch

Affiliation Chronic Pseudomonas Infections, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Susanne Häussler

Affiliations Chronic Pseudomonas Infections, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany, Twincore, Center for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research and the Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Mathias Müsken

Affiliations Chronic Pseudomonas Infections, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany, Twincore, Center for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research and the Medical School Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Victoria J. Wright

Affiliation School of Molecular Medical Sciences, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Miguel Cámara

Affiliation School of Molecular Medical Sciences, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Paul Williams

Affiliation School of Molecular Medical Sciences, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Steven Haenen

Affiliation Functional Genomics and Proteomics, Faculty of Sciences, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Bart Boerjan

Affiliation Functional Genomics and Proteomics, Faculty of Sciences, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Annelies Bogaerts

Affiliation Functional Genomics and Proteomics, Faculty of Sciences, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Evy Vierstraete

Affiliation Functional Genomics and Proteomics, Faculty of Sciences, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Peter Verleyen

Affiliation Functional Genomics and Proteomics, Faculty of Sciences, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Liliane Schoofs

Affiliation Functional Genomics and Proteomics, Faculty of Sciences, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Ronnie Willaert

Affiliation Structural Biology Brussels, VIB Department of Structural Biology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Valérie N. De Groote

Affiliation Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, K.U. Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium

Jan Michiels

Affiliation Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, K.U. Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium

Ken Vercammen

Affiliation Research Group Microbiology, VIB Department of Structural Biology, Department of Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Aurélie Crabbé

Affiliation The Biodesign Institute, Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

Pierre Cornelis

pcornel@vub.ac.be

Affiliation Research Group Microbiology, VIB Department of Structural Biology, Department of Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QW ST AD SH MC PW EV PV LS JM PC KV. Performed the experiments: QW ST AD MM VR SH BB AB PV RW VDG AC JM KV. Analyzed the data: QW PC SH AD MC PW KV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PC SH MC PW LS JM AC. Wrote the paper: QW PC MC PW SH JM. Phenotypic analysis and conception and analysis of the results: QW ST PC. Illumina and Sanger sequencinq: SH AD MM KV. Microarray analysis: PW MC VW. Drosophila and proteome experiments: LS PV AB EV BB. Atomic force microscopy: RW. Persisters analysis: VDG JM.