About the Authors

Alexander Sturm

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland

Matthias Heinemann

Affiliation Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Markus Arnoldini

Affiliation Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich and Department of Environmental Microbiology, Eawag, Switzerland

Arndt Benecke

Affiliation Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques & Institut de Recherche Interdisciplinaire CNRS USR3078 - Universités Lille I+II, Bures sur Yvette, France

Martin Ackermann

Affiliation Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, ETH Zürich and Department of Environmental Microbiology, Eawag, Switzerland

Matthias Benz

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland

Jasmine Dormann

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland

Wolf-Dietrich Hardt

hardt@micro.biol.ethz.ch

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: A. Sturm, M. Heinemann, W. Hardt. Performed the experiments: A. Sturm, M. Arnoldini, M. Benz, J. Dormann. Analyzed the data: A. Sturm, M. Heinemann, M. Arnoldini. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: M. Arnoldini, A. Benecke, M. Ackermann. Wrote the paper: A. Sturm, W. Hardt.