About the Authors

Annabel Meyer

Affiliation Technische Universität München, Neuherberg, Germany

Andreas Focks

Affiliation Department for Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Viviane Radl

Affiliation Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Centre for Environmental Health, Environmental Genomics, Neuherberg, Germany

Daniel Keil

Affiliation University of Hohenheim, Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, Soil Biology Section, Stuttgart, Germany

Gerhard Welzl

Affiliation Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Centre for Environmental Health, Environmental Genomics, Neuherberg, Germany

Ingo Schöning

Affiliation University of Jena, Institute of Ecology, Jena, Germany

Steffen Boch

Affiliation University of Bern, Institute of Plant Sciences, Bern, Switzerland

Sven Marhan

Affiliation University of Hohenheim, Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, Soil Biology Section, Stuttgart, Germany

Ellen Kandeler

Affiliation University of Hohenheim, Institute of Soil Science and Land Evaluation, Soil Biology Section, Stuttgart, Germany

Michael Schloter

schloter@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Affiliation Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Centre for Environmental Health, Environmental Genomics, Neuherberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS EK IS AF VR. Performed the experiments: AM IS SB DK MS. Analyzed the data: AM AF GW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM VR DK IS SB. Wrote the paper: AM SM EK MS.