About the Authors

Marion Adelfinger

Contributed equally to this work with: Marion Adelfinger, Ivaylo Gentschev, Julio Grimm de Guibert

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

Ivaylo Gentschev

Contributed equally to this work with: Marion Adelfinger, Ivaylo Gentschev, Julio Grimm de Guibert

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, Genelux Corporation, San Diego Science Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

Julio Grimm de Guibert

Contributed equally to this work with: Marion Adelfinger, Ivaylo Gentschev, Julio Grimm de Guibert

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

Stephanie Weibel

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

Johanna Langbein-Laugwitz

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

Barbara Härtl

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, Genelux GmbH, Bernried, Germany

Hugo Murua Escobar

Affiliations Small Animal Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany, Division of Medicine Clinic III, Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Ingo Nolte

Affiliation Small Animal Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany

Nanhai G. Chen

Affiliations Genelux Corporation, San Diego Science Center, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, Rebecca & John Moores Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Richard J. Aguilar

Affiliation Genelux Corporation, San Diego Science Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

Yong A. Yu

Affiliations Genelux Corporation, San Diego Science Center, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, Rebecca & John Moores Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Qian Zhang

Affiliations Genelux Corporation, San Diego Science Center, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, Rebecca & John Moores Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Alexa Frentzen

Affiliation Genelux Corporation, San Diego Science Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

Aladar A. Szalay

aaszalay@genelux.com

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, Genelux Corporation, San Diego Science Center, San Diego, California, United States of America, Division of Medicine Clinic III, Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany, Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, Rebecca & John Moores Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Rudolf Virchow Center for Experimental Biomedicine, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany, Institute for Molecular Infection Biology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

Competing Interests

IG BH NGC RJA YAY QA AF AF and AAS are employees and shareholders of Genelux. MA and SW were supported by grants of Genelux Corporation awarded by University of Würzburg. 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: IG MA JGG SW JLL BH AAS. Performed the experiments: MA JGG IG JLL QZ AF. Analyzed the data: MA IG JGG SW NGC AF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NGC RJA YAY HME IN. Wrote the paper: IG AAS.