About the Authors
- Ulla Ruffing
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany
- Ruslan Akulenko
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Affiliation Center for Bioinformatics, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
- Markus Bischoff
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany
- Volkhard Helms
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Affiliation Center for Bioinformatics, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
- Mathias Herrmann
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany
- Lutz von Müller
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* E-mail: lutz.mueller@uks.eu
Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests: Alere Inc. supported this study by supplying the IdentiBAC ArrayMateTM Reader and the imaging software Iconoclust. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: UR RA MB VH MH LvM. Performed the experiments: UR LvM. Analyzed the data: UR RA MB MH VH LvM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: UR RA MB VH MH LvM. Wrote the paper: UR VH MH LvM.