About the Authors

Vincent Zijnge

Affiliations Center for Dentistry and Oral Hygiene, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

M. Barbara M. van Leeuwen

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

John E. Degener

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Frank Abbas

Affiliation Center for Dentistry and Oral Hygiene, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Thomas Thurnheer

Affiliation Institute of Oral Biology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Rudolf Gmür

Affiliation Institute of Oral Biology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Hermie J. M. Harmsen

h.j.m.harmsen@med.umcg.nl.

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VZ HJH. Performed the experiments: VZ BvL TT RG. Analyzed the data: VZ RG HJH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VZ BvL HJH. Wrote the paper: VZ JED FA RG HJH.