About the Authors

Antje Kröber

Affiliations Junior Research Group Fundamental Molecular Biology of Pathogenic Fungi, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute (HKI), Jena, Germany, Department of Molecular and Applied Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Jena, Germany

Kirstin Scherlach

Affiliation Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Jena, Germany

Peter Hortschansky

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Applied Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Jena, Germany

Ekaterina Shelest

Affiliation Systems Biology and Bioinformatics, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Jena, Germany

Peter Staib

Current address: Department of Research and Development, Kneipp GmbH, Würzburg, Germany

Affiliation Junior Research Group Fundamental Molecular Biology of Pathogenic Fungi, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Hans Knöll Institute (HKI), Jena, Germany

Olaf Kniemeyer

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Applied Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Jena, Germany, Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

Axel A. Brakhage

axel.brakhage@leibniz-hki.de

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Applied Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Jena, Germany, Institute of Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following competing interests: The author Olaf Kniemeyer currently serves on the editorial board of this journal. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK KS PH PS OK AAB. Performed the experiments: AK KS. Analyzed the data: AK KS ES. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AK KS ES. Wrote the paper: AK KS PH PS OK AAB.