About the Authors

François L. Mayer

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany

Duncan Wilson

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany

Bernhard Hube

Bernhard.Hube@hki-jena.de

Affiliations Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany, Center for Sepsis Control and Care, Universitätsklinikum, Jena, Germany, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FLM DW BH. Performed the experiments: FLM. Analyzed the data: FLM DW BH. Wrote the paper: FLM DW BH.