About the Authors

Paolo Miotto

Affiliation Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, S. Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Francesca Forti

Affiliation Dipartimento di BioScienze, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Alessandro Ambrosi

Affiliation University Statistical Center for Biomedical Sciences – Università Vita-Salute S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Danilo Pellin

Affiliation University Statistical Center for Biomedical Sciences – Università Vita-Salute S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Diogo F. Veiga

Affiliation Department of Systems Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Gabor Balazsi

Affiliation Department of Systems Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Maria L. Gennaro

Affiliation Public Health Research Institute, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Clelia Di Serio

Affiliation University Statistical Center for Biomedical Sciences – Università Vita-Salute S. Raffaele, Milan, Italy

Daniela Ghisotti

Affiliation Dipartimento di BioScienze, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Daniela M. Cirillo

cirillo.daniela@hsr.it

Affiliation Emerging Bacterial Pathogens Unit, S. Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PM DMC DG MLG. Performed the experiments: PM FF. Analyzed the data: PM FF AA DP DFV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CDS GB. Wrote the paper: PM DMC MLG DG.