Editorial: Bacterial surface polymers

The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. TB is the recipient of a Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Università degli Studi di Milano. MS is an employee of the GSK group of companies. This study was not sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA which did not have a role in the study design, collection, analysis, interpretation of data and the writing of the manuscript as well as the decision to submit for its publication. ML acknowledges funding from the Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard Grant (SBF006\1023). SD acknowledges funding from the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology at the University of Exeter (MR/N006364/2 and MR/V033417/1), and the NIHR Exeter Biomedical Research Centre. Additional work may have been undertaken by the University of Exeter Biological Service Unit. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NIHR of the Department of Health and Social Care. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.