About the Authors

Frank Uliczka

Affiliations Department of Molecular Infection Biology, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Braunschweig, Germany, Institut für Mikrobiologie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

Fabio Pisano

Affiliation Department of Molecular Infection Biology, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Braunschweig, Germany

Julia Schaake

Affiliations Department of Molecular Infection Biology, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Braunschweig, Germany, Institut für Mikrobiologie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

Tatjana Stolz

Affiliations Department of Molecular Infection Biology, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Braunschweig, Germany, Institut für Mikrobiologie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

Manfred Rohde

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Braunschweig, Germany

Angelika Fruth

Affiliation Robert Koch-Institut, Wernigerode, Germany

Eckhard Strauch

Affiliation Bundesinstitut für Risikoforschung, Berlin, Germany

Mikael Skurnik

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, The Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital Laboratory Diagnostics, Helsinki, Finland

Julia Batzilla

Affiliation Max von Pettenkofer Institut, Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany

Alexander Rakin

Affiliation Max von Pettenkofer Institut, Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany

Jürgen Heesemann

Affiliation Max von Pettenkofer Institut, Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany

Petra Dersch

petra.dersch@helmholtz-hzi.de

Affiliations Department of Molecular Infection Biology, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Braunschweig, Germany, Institut für Mikrobiologie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FU FP PD. Performed the experiments: FU FP JS TS MR. Analyzed the data: FU FP JS MR PD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AF ES MS JB AR JH. Wrote the paper: FU FP PD.