About the Authors
- Robert C. Shields
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Affiliation School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Norehan Mokhtar
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Affiliations School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
- Michael Ford
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Affiliation Microbiology Department, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Michael J. Hall
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Affiliation School of Chemistry, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- J. Grant Burgess
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Affiliation School of Marine Science and Technology, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Mohamed Reda ElBadawey
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Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Otolaryngology Department, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
- Nicholas S. Jakubovics
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* E-mail: nick.jakubovics@ncl.ac.uk
Affiliation School of Dental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RCS MF MJH JGB MR NSJ. Performed the experiments: RCS NM. Analyzed the data: RCS JGB MR NSJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RCS JGB MR NSJ. Wrote the paper: RCS JGB MR NSJ.