About the Authors

André N. Mueller

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany

Sebastian Ziemann

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany

Steffi Treitschke

¤ Current address: Fraunhofer ITEM-R, Biopark I, Regensburg, Germany.

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany

Daniela Aßmann

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany

Gunther Doehlemann

doehlemann@mpi-marburg.mpg.de

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ANM GD. Performed the experiments: ANM SZ ST DA GD. Analyzed the data: ANM SZ GD. Wrote the paper: ANM GD.