About the Authors

Ignaz Wessler

wessler@uni-mainz.de

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, D-55101 Mainz, Germany

Hedwig-Annabel Gärtner

Affiliation Institut für Bienenkunde, Polytechnische Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main, Fachbereich Biowissenschaften, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, Karl-von-Frisch-Weg 2, D-61440 Oberursel, Germany

Rosmarie Michel-Schmidt

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, D-55101 Mainz, Germany

Christoph Brochhausen

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss Allee 11, D- 93053 Regensburg, Germany

Luise Schmitz

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, D-55101 Mainz, Germany

Laura Anspach

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, D-55101 Mainz, Germany

Bernd Grünewald

Affiliation Institut für Bienenkunde, Polytechnische Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main, Fachbereich Biowissenschaften, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main, Karl-von-Frisch-Weg 2, D-61440 Oberursel, Germany

Charles James Kirkpatrick

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Langenbeckstr. 1, D-55101 Mainz, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IW HAG BG. Performed the experiments: IW HAG RMS CB LS LA. Analyzed the data: IW HAG RMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IW BG CJK. Wrote the paper: IW BG CJK.