About the Authors

Olivia Peuchant

Affiliations Université de Bordeaux, USC Mycoplasmal and Chlamydial Infections in Humans, French National Reference Centre for Chlamydial Infections, Bordeaux, France, INRA, USC Mycoplasmal and Chlamydial Infections in Humans, French National Reference Centre for Chlamydial Infections, Bordeaux, France, CHU de Bordeaux, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Bordeaux, France

Chloé Le Roy

Affiliations Université de Bordeaux, USC Mycoplasmal and Chlamydial Infections in Humans, French National Reference Centre for Chlamydial Infections, Bordeaux, France, INRA, USC Mycoplasmal and Chlamydial Infections in Humans, French National Reference Centre for Chlamydial Infections, Bordeaux, France

Björn Herrmann

Affiliation Section of Clinical Bacteriology, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Maithé Clerc

Affiliations Université de Bordeaux, USC Mycoplasmal and Chlamydial Infections in Humans, French National Reference Centre for Chlamydial Infections, Bordeaux, France, INRA, USC Mycoplasmal and Chlamydial Infections in Humans, French National Reference Centre for Chlamydial Infections, Bordeaux, France

Cécile Bébéar

Affiliations Université de Bordeaux, USC Mycoplasmal and Chlamydial Infections in Humans, French National Reference Centre for Chlamydial Infections, Bordeaux, France, INRA, USC Mycoplasmal and Chlamydial Infections in Humans, French National Reference Centre for Chlamydial Infections, Bordeaux, France, CHU de Bordeaux, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Bordeaux, France

Bertille de Barbeyrac

bertille.de.barbeyrac@u-bordeaux2.fr

Affiliations Université de Bordeaux, USC Mycoplasmal and Chlamydial Infections in Humans, French National Reference Centre for Chlamydial Infections, Bordeaux, France, INRA, USC Mycoplasmal and Chlamydial Infections in Humans, French National Reference Centre for Chlamydial Infections, Bordeaux, France, CHU de Bordeaux, Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Bordeaux, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BB CB. Performed the experiments: OP CL MC. Analyzed the data: OP CL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BB BH CB OP. Wrote the paper: OP BB CB BH.