About the Authors

Thomas Penz

Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas Penz, Stephan Schmitz-Esser

Affiliation Department of Microbial Ecology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Stephan Schmitz-Esser

Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas Penz, Stephan Schmitz-Esser

Affiliations Department of Microbial Ecology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Institute for Milk Hygiene, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Suzanne E. Kelly

Affiliation Department of Entomology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Bodil N. Cass

Affiliation Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Entomology and Insect Science, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Anneliese Müller

Affiliation Institute for Milk Hygiene, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Tanja Woyke

Affiliation U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, United States of America

Stephanie A. Malfatti

Affiliation U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, United States of America

Martha S. Hunter

mhunter@ag.arizona.edu (MSH); horn@microbial-ecology.net (MH)

Affiliation Department of Entomology, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Matthias Horn

mhunter@ag.arizona.edu (MSH); horn@microbial-ecology.net (MH)

Affiliation Department of Microbial Ecology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSH SS-E MH. Performed the experiments: TP SS-E SEK BNC AM TW SAM. Analyzed the data: TP SS-E TW MSH MH. Wrote the paper: TP MSH MH.