About the Authors

Tim Böer

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Genomic and Applied Microbiology and Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Frank R. Bengelsdorf

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of Prokaryotes, University Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Mechthild Bömeke

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Genomic and Applied Microbiology and Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Rolf Daniel

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Genomic and Applied Microbiology and Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Anja Poehlein

Roles Investigation, Methodology

anja.poehlein@biologie.uni-goettingen.de

Affiliation Genomic and Applied Microbiology and Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.