About the Authors
- Lorena Tuchscherr
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
- Markus Bischoff
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Saarland Medical Center, Homburg, Germany
- Santiago M. Lattar
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Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Médica (IMPaM UBA-CONICET) y Facultad de Medicina, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Mariangeles Noto Llana
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Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Médica (IMPaM UBA-CONICET) y Facultad de Medicina, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Henrike Pförtner
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Affiliation Institute of Genetics and Functional Genomics, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
- Silke Niemann
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany
- Jennifer Geraci
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
- Hélène Van de Vyver
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany
- Martin J. Fraunholz
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
- Ambrose L. Cheung
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Affiliation Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America
- Mathias Herrmann
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Saarland Medical Center, Homburg, Germany
- Uwe Völker
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Affiliation Institute of Genetics and Functional Genomics, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
- Daniel O. Sordelli
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Affiliation Instituto de Investigaciones en Microbiología y Parasitología Médica (IMPaM UBA-CONICET) y Facultad de Medicina, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Georg Peters
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital of Münster, Münster, Germany
- Bettina Löffler
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* E-mail: bettina.loeffler@med.uni-jena.de
Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LT DOS MH MB BL UV GP. Performed the experiments: LT SML MNL HP SN JG HVdV MJF. Analyzed the data: LT UV DOS MB ALC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ALC HP. Wrote the paper: BL UV MB GP LT.