About the Authors

Sven T. Stripp

sven.stripp@fu–berlin.de

Affiliation Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Ute Lindenstrauss

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, Martin–Luther Universität Halle–Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany

Claudia Granich

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, Martin–Luther Universität Halle–Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany

R. Gary Sawers

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, Martin–Luther Universität Halle–Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany

Basem Soboh

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, Martin–Luther Universität Halle–Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: STS BS. Performed the experiments: STS BS UL CG. Analyzed the data: STS BS RGS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: STS RGS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: STS RGS BS.