About the Authors

Sarah Schätzle

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital Freiburg, Hermann-Herder Straße 11, 79104 Freiburg, Germany, Department of Microbiology, Faculty for Biology, University of Freiburg, Schaenzle Straße 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany

Mara Specht

Affiliation LOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology, Hans-Meerwein Straße 35032 Marburg, Germany

Barbara Waidner

barbara.waidner@synmikro.uni-marburg.de

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University Hospital Freiburg, Hermann-Herder Straße 11, 79104 Freiburg, Germany, Department of Microbiology, Faculty for Biology, University of Freiburg, Schaenzle Straße 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany, LOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology, Hans-Meerwein Straße 35032 Marburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BW. Performed the experiments: SS MS. Analyzed the data: SS MS BW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS MS. Wrote the paper: BW.