About the Authors

Andrew M. Edwards

Current address: Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

Maria Gabriela Bowden

Current address: Natural Sciences Department, University of Houston-Downtown, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Center for Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Eric L. Brown

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Maisem Laabei

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

Ruth C. Massey

r.c.massey@bath.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AME RCM. Performed the experiments: AME MGB ELB ML. Analyzed the data: AME MGB ELB ML RCM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RCM MGB ELB. Wrote the paper: AME RCM.