About the Authors

Elzbieta Brzuszkiewicz

Affiliation Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

January Weiner

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany

Antje Wollherr

Affiliation Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Andrea Thürmer

Affiliation Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Jennifer Hüpeden

Affiliation Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Hans B. Lomholt

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Mogens Kilian

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Gerhard Gottschalk

Affiliation Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Rolf Daniel

Affiliation Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Hans-Joachim Mollenkopf

Affiliation Core Facility Microarray, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany

Thomas F. Meyer

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany

Holger Brüggemann

brueggemann@mpiib-berlin.mpg.de

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflict: Holger Brüggemann is an academic editor of PLoS ONE. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HB. Performed the experiments: EB JH HB. Analyzed the data: EB JW AT HJM HB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AW HBL MK. Wrote the paper: HB. Assisted in the design of the study: GG RD TFM.