About the Authors

Annemieke van der Wal

Affiliation Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands

Robin Tecon

Affiliations Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands, Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Jan-Ulrich Kreft

Affiliation Centre for Systems Biology, School of Biosciences, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Wolf M. Mooij

Affiliations Department of Aquatic Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands, Department of Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Johan H. J. Leveau

jleveau@ucdavis.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Wageningen, The Netherlands, Department of Plant Pathology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AvdW RT JUK WMM JHJL. Performed the experiments: AvdW RT. Analyzed the data: AvdW RT WMM. Wrote the paper: AvdW RT JUK JHJL.