About the Authors

Christian G. Ramos

Affiliation Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Paulo J. P. da Costa

Affiliation Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Gerd Döring

Affiliation Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Jorge H. Leitão

jorgeleitao@ist.utl.pt

Affiliations Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Department of Bioengineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CGR JHL. Performed the experiments: CGR PJPC. Analyzed the data: CGR JHL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHL. Wrote the paper: JHL GD CGR.