About the Authors

Claire Cunningham

Affiliations Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials (NFB), National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI Galway), Galway, Ireland, Microbiology, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland

Akshay Srivastava

Affiliations Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials (NFB), National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI Galway), Galway, Ireland, Microbiology, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland

Estelle Collin

Affiliation Microbiology, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland

Sibylle Grad

Affiliations Microbiology, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland, AO Research Institute, Davos, Switzerland

Mauro Alini

Affiliations Microbiology, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland, AO Research Institute, Davos, Switzerland

Abhay Pandit

Affiliation Microbiology, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland

J. Gerard Wall

gerard.wall@nuigalway.ie

Affiliations Network of Excellence for Functional Biomaterials (NFB), National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI Galway), Galway, Ireland, Microbiology, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CC AS EC SG MA AP GW. Performed the experiments: CC AS EC. Analyzed the data: CC AS EC SG MA AP JGW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG MA AP JGW. Wrote the manuscript: CC AS EC SG JGW.