About the Authors

François L. Mayer

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany

Duncan Wilson

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany

Ilse D. Jacobsen

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany

Pedro Miramón

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany

Katharina Große

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany

Bernhard Hube

Bernhard.Hube@hki-jena.de

Affiliations Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FLM DW IDJ PM BH. Performed the experiments: FLM DW IDJ KG PM. Analyzed the data: FLM DW IDJ PM BH. Wrote the paper: FLM DW BH.