About the Authors

Barbara S. Sixt

Contributed equally to this work with: Barbara S. Sixt, Alexander Siegl, Constanze Müller

Affiliation Division of Microbial Ecology, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Alexander Siegl

Contributed equally to this work with: Barbara S. Sixt, Alexander Siegl, Constanze Müller

Affiliation Division of Microbial Ecology, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Constanze Müller

Contributed equally to this work with: Barbara S. Sixt, Alexander Siegl, Constanze Müller

Affiliation Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany

Margarete Watzka

Affiliation Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Anna Wultsch

Affiliation Division of Microbial Ecology, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Dimitrios Tziotis

Affiliation Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany

Jacqueline Montanaro

Affiliation Division of Microbial Ecology, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Andreas Richter

Affiliation Division of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin

Affiliation Research Unit Analytical BioGeoChemistry, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany

Matthias Horn

horn@microbial-ecology.net

Affiliation Division of Microbial Ecology, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BSS AS CM PSK MH. Performed the experiments: BSS AS CM MW AW JM. Analyzed the data: BSS AS CM DT PSK MH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AR. Wrote the paper: BSS AS CM PSK MH.