About the Authors

Daniela Langfeldt

Affiliation Institute for General Microbiology, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany

Sven C. Neulinger

Affiliation Institute for General Microbiology, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany

Wieland Heuer

Affiliation Department of Prosthetic Dentistry and Biomaterials Science, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Ingmar Staufenbiel

Affiliation Department of Conservative Dentistry, Periodontology and Preventive Dentistry, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Sven Künzel

Affiliation Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany

John F. Baines

Affiliations Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Plön, Germany, Institute for Experimental Medicine, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany

Jörg Eberhard

Affiliation Department of Prosthetic Dentistry and Biomaterials Science, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Ruth A. Schmitz

rschmitz@ifam.uni-kiel.de

Affiliation Institute for General Microbiology, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RAS DL JE. Performed the experiments: DL JE JFB SK. Analyzed the data: DL SCN RAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JE IS WH JFB SK. Wrote the paper: DL SCN RAS.