About the Authors

Stefanie Walther

Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Animal Hygiene, Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Claus-Peter Czerny

Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Animal Hygiene, Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Ulrike S. Diesterbeck

udieste@gwdg.de

Affiliation Division of Microbiology and Animal Hygiene, Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: USD. Performed the experiments: USD SW. Analyzed the data: USD SW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CPC. Wrote the paper: USD SW CPC.