About the Authors

Juliane Kühn

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Global Health Institute, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

Flavio Finger

Affiliation Laboratory of Ecohydrology, Environmental Engineering Institute, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

Enrico Bertuzzo

Affiliation Laboratory of Ecohydrology, Environmental Engineering Institute, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

Sandrine Borgeaud

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Global Health Institute, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

Marino Gatto

Affiliation Dipartimento di Elettronica Informazione & Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

Andrea Rinaldo

andrea.rinaldo@epfl.ch (AR); melanie.blokesch@epfl.ch (MB)

Affiliations Laboratory of Ecohydrology, Environmental Engineering Institute, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland, Dipartimento ICEA, Universitá di Padova, Padova, Italy

Melanie Blokesch

andrea.rinaldo@epfl.ch (AR); melanie.blokesch@epfl.ch (MB)

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Global Health Institute, School of Life Sciences, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JK FF EB MG AR MB. Performed the experiments: JK FF EB SB MG AR MB. Analyzed the data: JK FF EB MG AR MB. Initiated the project and led the study: MB. Discussed, designed, and analyzed the experiments with respect to the virulence gene expression and CT production: JK MB. Performed the wet-lab experiments: JK SB MB. Designed, discussed, performed, and analyzed the modeling approach: FF EB MG AR. Wrote the manuscript: JK MB. Contributed to the text: FF EB MG AR.