About the Authors

Emilia Pachulec

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

Katja Siewering

Affiliation Department of Ecophysiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany

Tobias Bender

Affiliation Department of Ecophysiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany

Eva-Maria Heller

Affiliation Department of Ecophysiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany

Wilmara Salgado-Pabon

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Shelly K. Schmoller

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Katelynn L. Woodhams

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Joseph P. Dillard

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Chris van der Does

does@mpi-marburg.mpg.de

Affiliation Department of Ecophysiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EP KS TB EMH WSP SKS KLW JPD CvdD. Performed the experiments: EP KS TB EMH WSP SKS KLW CvdD. Analyzed the data: EP KS TB EMH WSP SKS KLW JPD CvdD. Wrote the paper: EP KS TB EMH WSP SKS KLW JPD CvdD.