About the Authors

Katrin Steinhauer

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

katrin.steinhauer@schuelke.com

Affiliation Research & Regulatory Affairs, Schülke & Mayr GmbH, Norderstedt, Germany

Sonja Meyer

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences, Department Life Science Technologies, Microbiology, Lemgo, Germany

Jens Pfannebecker

Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences, Department Life Science Technologies, Microbiology, Lemgo, Germany

Karin Teckemeyer

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research & Regulatory Affairs, Schülke & Mayr GmbH, Norderstedt, Germany

Klaus Ockenfeld

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Environment and Health, Deutsches Kupferinstitut Berufsverband e.V., Düsseldorf, Germany

Klaus Weber

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research & Regulatory Affairs, Schülke & Mayr GmbH, Norderstedt, Germany

Barbara Becker

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences, Department Life Science Technologies, Microbiology, Lemgo, Germany

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: The authors KS, KT and KW are employees of Schülke & Mayr GmbH, Germany. KO is employee of the German copper society. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and material.