About the Authors

Felix Gregor Eikmeyer

Affiliation Institute for Genome Research and Systems Biology, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany

Stefan Heinl

Affiliations CD Laboratory for Genetically Engineered Lactic Acid Bacteria, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria, Department of Biotechnology, BOKU-VIBT University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Hans Marx

Affiliations CD Laboratory for Biotechnology of Glycerol, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria, Department of Biotechnology, BOKU-VIBT University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Alfred Pühler

Affiliation Institute for Genome Research and Systems Biology, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany

Reingard Grabherr

Affiliations CD Laboratory for Genetically Engineered Lactic Acid Bacteria, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria, Department of Biotechnology, BOKU-VIBT University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

Andreas Schlüter

aschluet@cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de

Affiliation Institute for Genome Research and Systems Biology, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FGE SH HM AP RG AS. Performed the experiments: FGE SH HM. Analyzed the data: FGE. Wrote the paper: FGE SH HM AP RG AS.