About the Authors

Zuzana Zákostelská

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic

Jana Málková

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic

Klára Klimešová

Affiliations Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic

Pavel Rossmann

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic

Michaela Hornová

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic

Iva Novosádová

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic

Zuzana Stehlíková

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic

Martin Kostovčík

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic

Tomáš Hudcovic

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Nový Hrádek, Czech Republic

Renata Štepánková

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Nový Hrádek, Czech Republic

Kateřina Jůzlová

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, 2nd Medical Faculty, Charles University in Prague and Bulovka Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic

Jana Hercogová

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, 2nd Medical Faculty, Charles University in Prague and Bulovka Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic

Helena Tlaskalová-Hogenová

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic

Miloslav Kverka

kverka@biomed.cas.cz

Affiliations Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic, Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i., Prague, Czech Republic

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZZ HTH M. Kverka. Performed the experiments: ZZ JM KK MH ZS. Analyzed the data: ZZ PR IN M. Kostovčík. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KJ JH. Wrote the paper: ZZ HTH M. Kverka KK. Provided germ-free animals: RS TH.