https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1078-4983
About the Authors
- Julian Koettnitz
-
Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft
* E-mail: Julian.Koettnitz@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
Affiliation Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB), Medical Faculty, University Hospital Auguste-Viktoria, Department of General Orthopedics, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
- Franz Koettnitz
-
Roles Project administration
Affiliation Ammeva GmbH, Werder (Havel), Germany
- Tobias Tiemann
-
Roles Supervision
Affiliation Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB), Medical Faculty, University Hospital Auguste-Viktoria, Department of General Orthopedics, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
- Gael Vos
-
Roles Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Kevin Pagel
-
Roles Data curation
Affiliation Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Silke Zechel-Gran
-
Roles Formal analysis, Investigation
Affiliation Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine c/o Institute of Medical Microbiology, DZIF – German Centre for Infection Research Biomedical Research Facility Seltersberg (BFS), Giessen, Germany
- Eugen Domann
-
Roles Project administration, Resources
Affiliation Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine c/o Institute of Medical Microbiology, DZIF – German Centre for Infection Research Biomedical Research Facility Seltersberg (BFS), Giessen, Germany
Competing Interests
I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Dr. med. Julian and Franz Koettnitz are employeed by Ammeva GmbH, which provides the carbonhydrates. The funder provided support in the form of salaries for authors Dr. med. Julian and Dr. med. Franz Koettnitz but did not get any funding for the study design or had to follow instructions when setting up the experimental study. The study design was not influenced by the company. The specific roles of these authors are articulated in the ‘author contributions’ section. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.