About the Authors
- Yvonne Loetscher
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Current address: Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Andreas Wieser
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Affiliation Max von Pettenkofer Insititute, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
- Jette Lengefeld
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Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Patrick Kaiser
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Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Sören Schubert
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Affiliation Max von Pettenkofer Insititute, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
- Mathias Heikenwalder
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Affiliation Institute for Virology, Technical University Munich/Helmholtz Center Munich, Munich, Germany
- Wolf-Dietrich Hardt
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Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Bärbel Stecher
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* E-mail: stecher@mvp.uni-muenchen.de
Affiliations Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Max von Pettenkofer Insititute, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: The authors received funding from a commercial source (UBS AG, Zürich). 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: BS WDH. Performed the experiments: BS YL AW JL PK SS MH. Analyzed the data: BS YL AW JL PK SS MH. Wrote the paper: BS. Commented on the manuscript: YL AW SS WDH.