About the Authors

Tita Ritsema

Affiliations Botanisches Institut der Universität Basel, Zurich Basel Plant Science Center, Basel, Switzerland, Plant-Microbe interactions, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

David Brodmann

Affiliation Botanisches Institut der Universität Basel, Zurich Basel Plant Science Center, Basel, Switzerland

Sander H. Diks

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Carina L. Bos

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Vinay Nagaraj

Affiliation Botanisches Institut der Universität Basel, Zurich Basel Plant Science Center, Basel, Switzerland

Corné M.J. Pieterse

Affiliation Plant-Microbe interactions, Institute of Environmental Biology, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Thomas Boller

Affiliation Botanisches Institut der Universität Basel, Zurich Basel Plant Science Center, Basel, Switzerland

Andres Wiemken

Affiliation Botanisches Institut der Universität Basel, Zurich Basel Plant Science Center, Basel, Switzerland

Maikel P. Peppelenbosch

M.P.Peppelenbosch@med.umcg.nl

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TR MPP. Performed the experiments: TR DB SHD CLB VN tb AW. Analyzed the data: MPP. Wrote the paper: TR CP MPP.