About the Authors

Stefan Bereswill

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Marie E. Alutis

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Ursula Grundmann

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

André Fischer

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Ulf B. Göbel

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Markus M. Heimesaat

markus.heimesaat@charite.de

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

MMH and SB currently serve as academic editors for this journal. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB MMH. Performed the experiments: MEA UG AF MMH. Analyzed the data: SB UG MEA AF MMH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: UBG. Wrote the paper: SB MMH.