About the Authors

Yogitha N. Srikhanta

Affiliation School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Stefanie J. Dowideit

Affiliation School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Jennifer L. Edwards

Affiliation Center for Microbial Pathogenesis, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital and the Department of Pediatrics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Megan L. Falsetta

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Hsing-Ju Wu

Affiliation Core Facilities for Proteomics Research, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Odile B. Harrison

Affiliation The Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research and Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Kate L. Fox

Affiliation School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Kate L. Seib

Current address: Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Siena, Italy

Affiliation School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Tina L. Maguire

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Andrew H.-J. Wang

Affiliation Core Facilities for Proteomics Research, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Martin C. Maiden

Affiliation The Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research and Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Sean M. Grimmond

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Michael A. Apicella

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Michael P. Jennings

jennings@uq.edu.au

Affiliation School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JLE TLM MCJM SMG MAA MPJ. Performed the experiments: YNS SJD JLE MLF HJW OBH KLF KLS. Analyzed the data: YNS SJD JLE MLF OBH MPJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HJW TLM AW MCJM SMG MAA. Wrote the paper: YNS HJW AW MPJ.