About the Authors

Markus Göker

markus.goeker@dsmz.de

Affiliation DSMZ – German Collection for Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany

Carmen Scheuner

Affiliation DSMZ – German Collection for Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany

Hans-Peter Klenk

Affiliation DSMZ – German Collection for Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany

J. Benjamin Stielow

Affiliation DSMZ – German Collection for Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany

Wulf Menzel

Affiliation DSMZ – German Collection for Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany

Competing Interests

Markus Göker, Carmen Scheuner, Hans-Peter Klenk, J. Benjamin Stielow and Wulf Menzel are employees of Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH (DSMZ). The DSMZ is an independent, non-profit organisation. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. The authors adhere to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MG CS H-PK. Performed the experiments: MG CS. Analyzed the data: MG CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MG CS H-PK JBS WM. Wrote the paper: MG CS H-PK JBS WM.