About the Authors

Karin Aistleitner

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

Christian Heinz

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

Alexandra Hörmann

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

Eva Heinz

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

Jacqueline Montanaro

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

Frederik Schulz

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

Elke Maier

Affiliation Rudolf-Virchow-Center, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - Research Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Peter Pichler

Affiliation Christian Doppler Laboratory for Mass Spectrometry, Vienna, Austria

Roland Benz

Affiliations Rudolf-Virchow-Center, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - Research Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, School of Engineering and Science, Jacobs University Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Matthias Horn

horn@microbial-ecology.net

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

Competing Interests

Matthias Horn is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KA EH RB MH. Performed the experiments: KA CH AH EH JM FS EM PP. Analyzed the data: KA AH EH JM EM RB MH. Wrote the paper: KA RB MH.