About the Authors

Emma K. Lofthouse

Affiliations Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (Weybridge), Department for Bovine Tuberculosis, New Haw, Surrey, United Kingdom, Department of Microbial and Cellular Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Stag Hill, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom

Paul R. Wheeler

Affiliation Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (Weybridge), Department for Bovine Tuberculosis, New Haw, Surrey, United Kingdom

Dany J. V. Beste

Affiliation Department of Microbial and Cellular Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Stag Hill, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom

Bhagwati L. Khatri

Affiliation Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (Weybridge), Department for Bovine Tuberculosis, New Haw, Surrey, United Kingdom

Huihai Wu

Affiliation Department of Microbial and Cellular Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Stag Hill, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom

Tom A. Mendum

Affiliation Department of Microbial and Cellular Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Stag Hill, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom

Andrzej M. Kierzek

Affiliation Department of Microbial and Cellular Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Stag Hill, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom

Johnjoe McFadden

j.mcfadden@surrey.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Microbial and Cellular Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Stag Hill, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EKL PRW DJVB BLK AMK JM. Performed the experiments: EKL PRW BLK. Analyzed the data: EKL PRW DJVB HW JM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PRW HW AMK. Wrote the manuscript: EKL PRW DJVB JM. Making the reaction networks: EKL HW TAM AMK JM.