About the Authors

Viktoria Krieger

Affiliation Abteilung Mikrobiologie, Universität Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

David Liebl

Current address: Biology of Cancer and Infection Laboratory, Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis and Cellular Responses, iRTSV/CEA-Grenoble, Grenoble, France

Affiliations Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Mikrobiologisches Institut, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

Yuying Zhang

Affiliation Abteilung Mikrobiologie, Universität Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

Roopa Rajashekar

Current address: Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Affiliation Mikrobiologisches Institut, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

Petr Chlanda

Current address: Membrane and Cellular Biophysics Laboratory, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Cell Biology and Biophysics Unit, European Molecular Biology Laboratory Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Katrin Giesker

Affiliation Abteilung Mikrobiologie, Universität Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

Deepak Chikkaballi

Current address: Zonal Agricultural Research Station, V.C. Farm, Mandya, India

Affiliations Abteilung Mikrobiologie, Universität Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany, Mikrobiologisches Institut, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

Michael Hensel

Michael.Hensel@biologie.uni-osnabrueck.de

Affiliations Abteilung Mikrobiologie, Universität Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany, Mikrobiologisches Institut, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VK DL YZ MH. Performed the experiments: VK DL YZ RR DC KG. Analyzed the data: VK DL YZ PC MH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YZ PC DC. Wrote the paper: VK DL MH.