About the Authors

Linda Franklin

Affiliations Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom, School of Oral and Dental Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Angela H. Nobbs

Affiliation School of Oral and Dental Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Laura Bricio-Moreno

Affiliation Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Christopher J. Wright

Affiliation School of Oral and Dental Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Sarah E. Maddocks

Affiliation School of Oral and Dental Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Jaspreet Singh Sahota

Affiliation Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Joe Ralph

Affiliation Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Matthew O’Connor

Affiliation Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Howard F. Jenkinson

Contributed equally to this work with: Howard F. Jenkinson, Aras Kadioglu

Affiliation School of Oral and Dental Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Aras Kadioglu

Contributed equally to this work with: Howard F. Jenkinson, Aras Kadioglu

a.kadioglu@liv.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom, Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HFJ AK. Performed the experiments: LF AHN CJW SEM JSS JR MO LBM. Analyzed the data: LF AHN CJW SEM JSS JR MO LBM HFJ AK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HFJ AK. Wrote the paper: LF HFJ AK.