About the Authors

Markus Arnoldini

markus.arnoldini@gmail.com (M. Arnoldini); martin.ackermann@env.ethz.ch (M. Ackermann)

Affiliations Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Department of Environmental Microbiology, Eawag, Dübendorf, Switzerland

Ima Avalos Vizcarra

Affiliation Laboratory of Applied Mechanobiology, Department of Health Science and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Rafael Peña-Miller

Affiliation Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico

Nicolas Stocker

Affiliations Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Department of Environmental Microbiology, Eawag, Dübendorf, Switzerland

Médéric Diard

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Viola Vogel

Affiliation Laboratory of Applied Mechanobiology, Department of Health Science and Technology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Robert E. Beardmore

Affiliation Biosciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Wolf-Dietrich Hardt

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, Department of Biology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Martin Ackermann

markus.arnoldini@gmail.com (M. Arnoldini); martin.ackermann@env.ethz.ch (M. Ackermann)

Affiliations Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Department of Environmental Microbiology, Eawag, Dübendorf, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

The author(s) have made the following declarations about their contributions: Conceived and designed the experiments: MArnoldini MD W-DH MAckermann. Performed the experiments: MArnoldini NS MD. Analyzed the data: MArnoldini NS MD REB MAckermann. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MArnoldini IAV RP-M MD REB VV. Wrote the paper: MArnoldini MAckermann.