About the Authors

Gal Schkolnik

gal.schkonik@ufz.de

Affiliations Department of Dynamics of Complex Fluids, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen, Germany, Department of Environmental Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany, Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany

Matthias Schmidt

Affiliation Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany

Marco G. Mazza

Affiliation Department of Dynamics of Complex Fluids, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen, Germany

Falk Harnisch

Affiliation Department of Environmental Microbiology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany

Niculina Musat

Affiliation Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GS. Performed the experiments: GS MS. Analyzed the data: GS MS MGM FH NM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GS FH MGM NM. Wrote the paper: GS MS FH MGM NM.