About the Authors

Jolanda M. van Munster

Jolanda.van_Munster@nottingham.ac.uk

Current address: School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Microbial Physiology Research Group, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB), University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

Benjamin M. Nitsche

Current address: Department of Applied and Molecular Microbiology, Institute of Biotechnology, Berlin Institute of Technology, Berlin, Germany

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Institute of Biology Leiden, Kluyver Centre for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands

Michiel Akeroyd

Affiliation Beijerinck Laboratory, DSM Biotechnology Center, Delft, The Netherlands

Lubbert Dijkhuizen

Affiliation Microbial Physiology Research Group, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB), University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

Marc J. E. C. van der Maarel

Affiliations Microbial Physiology Research Group, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB), University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands, Aquatic Biotechnology and Bioproduct Engineering Department, Institute for Technology and Management (ITM), University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands

Arthur F. J. Ram

Affiliation Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Institute of Biology Leiden, Kluyver Centre for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JvM BN LD MvdM AR. Performed the experiments: JvM BN MA. Analyzed the data: JvM BN AR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BN MA. Wrote the paper: JvM BN LD MvdM AR.