About the Authors

Chi-Jan Lin

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics, Institute of Microbiology & Genetics, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Christoph Sasse

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics, Institute of Microbiology & Genetics, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Jennifer Gerke

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics, Institute of Microbiology & Genetics, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Oliver Valerius

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics, Institute of Microbiology & Genetics, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Henriette Irmer

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics, Institute of Microbiology & Genetics, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Holm Frauendorf

Affiliation Institute for Organic and Biomolecular Chemsitry, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Thorsten Heinekamp

Affiliations Molecular and Applied Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Jena, Germany, Institute for Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

Maria Straßburger

Affiliations Molecular and Applied Microbiology, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology (HKI), Jena, Germany, Institute for Microbiology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

Van Tuan Tran

Current address: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, VNU University of Science, 334 Nguyen Trai, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics, Institute of Microbiology & Genetics, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Britta Herzog

Current address: Department of Genetics of Eukaryotic Microorganisms, Institute of Microbiology & Genetics, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics, Institute of Microbiology & Genetics, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Susanna A. Braus-Stromeyer

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics, Institute of Microbiology & Genetics, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Gerhard H. Braus

gbraus@gwdg.de

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Genetics, Institute of Microbiology & Genetics, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJL CS HI SABS GHB. Performed the experiments: CJL CS JG OV HF TH MS. Analyzed the data: CJL CS JG OV TH VTT BH GHB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GHB. Wrote the paper: CJL CS JG TH GHB.