About the Authors

Simone Aymanns

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Stefanie Mauerer

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Ger van Zandbergen

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Christiane Wolz

Affiliation Interfakultäres Institut für Mikrobiologie und Infektionsmedizin Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen, Germany

Barbara Spellerberg

barbara.spellerberg@uniklinik-ulm.de

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BS SA. Performed the experiments: SM CW GvZ. Analyzed the data: BS SA GvZ SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CW. Wrote the paper: SA BS.