About the Authors

Anne de Jong

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Groningen, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Groningen, The Netherlands

Morten E. Hansen

Affiliation Center for Systems Microbiology, Institute of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Oscar P. Kuipers

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Groningen, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Groningen, The Netherlands

Mogens Kilstrup

mki@bio.dtu.dk

Affiliation Center for Systems Microbiology, Institute of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Jan Kok

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Groningen, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Groningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJ MEH MK. Performed the experiments: AJ MEH. Analyzed the data: AJ MEH MK JK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJ MEH. Wrote the paper: AJ MEH MK OPK JK.