About the Authors

Igor Golovliov

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Bacteriology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Susan M. Twine

Affiliation National Research Council Canada, Human Health and Therapeutics Portfolio, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Hua Shen

Affiliation National Research Council Canada, Human Health and Therapeutics Portfolio, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Anders Sjostedt

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Bacteriology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Wayne Conlan

wayne.conlan@nrc-cnrc.ca

Affiliation National Research Council Canada, Human Health and Therapeutics Portfolio, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IG SMT AS WC. Performed the experiments: IG HS AS SMT WC. Analyzed the data: WC SMT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IG SMT HS AS WC. Wrote the paper: SMT AS WC.