About the Authors

Lieke B. van Alphen

Contributed equally to this work with: Lieke B. van Alphen, Cory Q. Wenzel

Affiliation Alberta Glycomics Centre, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Cory Q. Wenzel

Contributed equally to this work with: Lieke B. van Alphen, Cory Q. Wenzel

Affiliation Alberta Glycomics Centre, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Michele R. Richards

Affiliation Alberta Glycomics Centre, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Christopher Fodor

Affiliation Alberta Glycomics Centre, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Roger A. Ashmus

Affiliation Alberta Glycomics Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Martin Stahl

Affiliation Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Andrey V. Karlyshev

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Kingston University, London, United Kingdom

Brendan W. Wren

Affiliation London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Alain Stintzi

Affiliation Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

William G. Miller

Affiliation Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Albany, California, United States of America

Todd L. Lowary

Affiliation Alberta Glycomics Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Christine M. Szymanski

cszymans@ualberta.ca

Affiliation Alberta Glycomics Centre, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LBVA CQW RAA AVK AS WGM TLL CMS. Performed the experiments: LBVA CQW MRR CF RAA MS AVK WGM. Analyzed the data: LBVA CQW MRR MS AVK AS WGM TLL CMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BWW AS WGM TLL CMS. Wrote the paper: LBVA CQW MRR MS RAA AVK WGM CMS.