About the Authors

Barbara S. Sixt

Affiliation Department of Microbial Ecology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Birgit Hiess

Affiliation Department of Microbial Ecology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Lena König

Affiliation Department of Microbial Ecology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Matthias Horn

horn@microbial-ecology.net

Affiliation Department of Microbial Ecology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BS MH. Performed the experiments: BS BH LK. Analyzed the data: BS BH. Wrote the paper: BS MH.