Growth Deficiencies of Neisseria meningitidis pfs and luxS Mutants Are Not Due to Inactivation of Quorum Sensing

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We thank James Moir for hosting the final experiments in his laboratory at the University of York; Tom Baldwin and Helen Palmer for providing plasmids pGIT5.3 and pFLOB4300, respectively; and Penny Howick, Avika Ruparell, and Fiona Hamilton for excellent technical help. We are extremely grateful for the valuable discussion and technical guidance of David Barrett and Cath Ortori (both of Nottingham University School of Pharmacy) with respect to the metabolomic methods used in this study.

This study was supported by The Wellcome Trust. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UK), who supported Nigel Halliday.