About the Authors

Michaela Faulstich

Affiliation Chair of Microbiology, University of Würzburg Biocenter, Würzburg, Germany

Jan-Peter Böttcher

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Dept. Molecular Biology, Berlin, Germany

Thomas F. Meyer

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Dept. Molecular Biology, Berlin, Germany

Martin Fraunholz

Affiliation Chair of Microbiology, University of Würzburg Biocenter, Würzburg, Germany

Thomas Rudel

thomas.rudel@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de

Affiliation Chair of Microbiology, University of Würzburg Biocenter, Würzburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: M. Faulstich J. Böttcher T. Meyer T. Rudel. Performed the experiments: M. Faulstich J. Böttcher. Analyzed the data: M. Faulstich J. Böttcher M. Fraunholz T. Meyer T. Rudel. Wrote the paper: M. Faulstich M. Fraunholz T. Rudel.