About the Authors

Sebastian Guenther

guenther.sebastian@fu-berlin.de

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Veterinary Faculty, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Katja Aschenbrenner

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Veterinary Faculty, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Ivonne Stamm

Affiliation Vet Med Labor GmbH, Ludwigsburg, Germany

Astrid Bethe

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Veterinary Faculty, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Torsten Semmler

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Veterinary Faculty, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Annegret Stubbe

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Institute of Biology, Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany

Michael Stubbe

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Institute of Biology, Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany

Nyamsuren Batsajkhan

Affiliation Department of Zoology, National University of Mongolia, Ulan-Bator, Mongolia

Youri Glupczynski

Affiliation National Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance in Gram-negative bacteria, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Mont-Godinne, Université Catholique de Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium

Lothar H. Wieler

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Veterinary Faculty, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Christa Ewers

Affiliations Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics, Veterinary Faculty, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Institute of Hygiene and Infectious Diseases of Animals, Veterinary Faculty, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors herein confirm that the affiliation of one author (IS) to the Vet Med Labor GmbH does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SG AS MS NB LHW CE. Performed the experiments: SG KA IS AB TS AS MS YG CE. Analyzed the data: SG AB TS AS MS NB YG LHW CE. Wrote the paper: SG LHW CE.