About the Authors

Maia Merabishvili

maia.merabishvili@mil.be

Affiliations Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium, Laboratory Bacteriology Research, Department Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium, R&D Department, Eliava Institute of Bacteriophage, Microbiology and Virology, Tbilisi, Georgia

Chris Vervaet

Affiliation Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium

Jean-Paul Pirnay

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

Daniel De Vos

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

Gilbert Verbeken

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

Jan Mast

Affiliation Electron Microscopy Unit, Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre, Brussels, Belgium

Nino Chanishvili

Affiliation R&D Department, Eliava Institute of Bacteriophage, Microbiology and Virology, Tbilisi, Georgia

Mario Vaneechoutte

Affiliation Laboratory Bacteriology Research, Department Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM CV MV JPP. Performed the experiments: MM CV JM. Analyzed the data: MM CV JPP DDV JM MV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM CV JM GV NC. Wrote the paper: MM MV.