About the Authors

Lisa Seifert

Affiliation Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Department Biology I, Biodiversity research/Anthropology, Martinsried, Germany

Michaela Harbeck

Affiliation State Collection for Anthropology and Palaeoanatomy, Munich, Germany

Astrid Thomas

Affiliation Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany

Nadja Hoke

Affiliation Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Department Biology I, Biodiversity research/Anthropology, Martinsried, Germany

Lothar Zöller

Affiliation Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany

Ingrid Wiechmann

Affiliation Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Institute of Palaeoanatomy, Domestication Research and the History of Veterinary Medicine, Munich, Germany

Gisela Grupe

Affiliations Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Department Biology I, Biodiversity research/Anthropology, Martinsried, Germany, State Collection for Anthropology and Palaeoanatomy, Munich, Germany

Holger C. Scholz

Affiliation Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany

Julia M. Riehm

juliariehm@bundeswehr.org

Affiliation Bundeswehr Institute of Microbiology, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMR MH HCS IW. Performed the experiments: LS AT NH. Analyzed the data: LS AT JMR NH MH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HCS GG LZ. Wrote the manuscript: LS JMR MH HCS.