About the Authors

Kai Blin

Current address: Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Cologne, Germany.

Affiliations Microbiology/Biotechnology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research, Tübingen, Germany

Daniyal Kazempour

Affiliation Microbiology/Biotechnology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Wolfgang Wohlleben

Affiliations Microbiology/Biotechnology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research, Tübingen, Germany

Tilmann Weber

tilmann.weber@biotech.uni-tuebingen.de

Current address: The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Hørsholm, Denmark

Affiliations Microbiology/Biotechnology, Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, German Centre for Infection Research, Tübingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KB TW. Performed the experiments: KB DK. Analyzed the data: KB DK. Wrote the paper: KB WW TW.