About the Authors

Anna Krembel

Contributed equally to this work with: Anna Krembel, Remy Colin

Affiliation Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany

Remy Colin

Contributed equally to this work with: Anna Krembel, Remy Colin

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology & LOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO), Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 16, D-35043 Marburg, Germany

Victor Sourjik

victor.sourjik@synmikro.mpi-marburg.mpg.de

Affiliations Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg, DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology & LOEWE Center for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO), Karl-von-Frisch-Straße 16, D-35043 Marburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK VS. Performed the experiments: AK RC. Analyzed the data: AK RC. Wrote the paper: AK RC VS.