About the Authors

Martin Kuhns

Contributed equally to this work with: Martin Kuhns, Andreas E. Zautner

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology and International Health Network Göttingen, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Andreas E. Zautner

Contributed equally to this work with: Martin Kuhns, Andreas E. Zautner

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology and International Health Network Göttingen, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Wolfgang Rabsch

Affiliation German National Reference Center for Salmonella and other Enteric Pathogens, Robert Koch Institute, Wernigerode, Germany

Ortrud Zimmermann

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology and International Health Network Göttingen, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Michael Weig

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology and International Health Network Göttingen, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Oliver Bader

obader@medizin.uni-goettingen.de

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology and International Health Network Göttingen, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Uwe Groß

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology and International Health Network Göttingen, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OB UG. Performed the experiments: AEZ MK. Analyzed the data: MW OB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WR OZ. Wrote the paper: MK AEZ OB.