About the Authors

Stefan Jellbauer

Affiliations Max von Pettenkofer-Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

Klaus Panthel

Affiliation Max von Pettenkofer-Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany

Justin H. Hetrodt

Affiliation Max von Pettenkofer-Institute for Hygiene and Medical Microbiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany

Holger Rüssmann

holger.ruessmann@helios-kliniken.de

Affiliation Institute for Microbiology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, HELIOS Clinic Emil von Behring, Walterhöferstrasse, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJ KP HR. Performed the experiments: SJ JHH. Analyzed the data: SJ HR. Wrote the paper: SJ HR.