About the Authors

Antje Berger

Affiliation Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

Katrin Dohnt

Affiliation Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

Petra Tielen

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

Dieter Jahn

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

Judith Becker

Affiliations Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany, Institute of Systems Biotechnology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

Christoph Wittmann

christoph.wittmann@uni-saarland.de

Affiliations Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany, Institute of Systems Biotechnology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CW. Performed the experiments: AB. Analyzed the data: AB JB PT CW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KD. Wrote the paper: AB JB DJ CW. Drafted metabolic network and performed in silico pathway analysis: JB. Provided clinical isolates: PT.