About the Authors

Daniela Janek

Current address: Boehringer Ingelheim, Biberach, Germany

Affiliations Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Infection Biology, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, German Center for Infection Research, Partner site Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Alexander Zipperer

Affiliations Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Infection Biology, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, German Center for Infection Research, Partner site Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Andreas Kulik

Affiliations Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Microbiology/Biotechnology, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, German Center for Infection Research, Partner site Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Bernhard Krismer

b.krismer@uni-tuebingen.de

Affiliations Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Infection Biology, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, German Center for Infection Research, Partner site Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Andreas Peschel

Affiliations Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Infection Biology, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, German Center for Infection Research, Partner site Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DJ AZ BK AP. Performed the experiments: DJ AZ AK BK. Analyzed the data: DJ AZ AK BK AP. Wrote the paper: DJ AZ BK AP.