About the Authors
- Thorsten Wille
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Affiliation Junior Research Group 3, Robert Koch-Institute, Wernigerode Branch, Wernigerode, Germany
- Britta Barlag
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Affiliation Division of Microbiology, School of Biology/Chemistry, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
- Vladimir Jakovljevic
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Affiliation Center for Molecular Biology at the University of Heidelberg (ZMBH), DKFZ (German Cancer Research Center) -ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg, Germany
- Michael Hensel
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Affiliation Division of Microbiology, School of Biology/Chemistry, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
- Victor Sourjik
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Affiliations Center for Molecular Biology at the University of Heidelberg (ZMBH), DKFZ (German Cancer Research Center) -ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg, Germany, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology & LOEWE (state offensive for the development of scientific and economic excellence) Center for Synthetic Microbiology (SYNMIKRO), Marburg, Germany
- Roman G. Gerlach
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* E-mail: gerlachr@rki.de
Affiliation Junior Research Group 3, Robert Koch-Institute, Wernigerode Branch, Wernigerode, Germany
Competing Interests
Roman G. Gerlach and Michael Hensel currently serve as academic editors for this journal. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RGG TW. Performed the experiments: TW BB. Analyzed the data: TW RGG BB VJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VS MH. Wrote the paper: TW RGG.