About the Authors

Isabelle Bleiziffer

Contributed equally to this work with: Isabelle Bleiziffer, Julian Eikmeier

Affiliations Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany, Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (IZKF), University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Julian Eikmeier

Contributed equally to this work with: Isabelle Bleiziffer, Julian Eikmeier

Affiliations Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany, Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (IZKF), University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Gottfried Pohlentz

Affiliation Institute for Hygiene, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Kathryn McAulay

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Guoqing Xia

Affiliation Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Muzaffar Hussain

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Andreas Peschel

Affiliations Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany, German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), partner site Tübingen, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Simon Foster

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Georg Peters

Affiliations Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany, Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (IZKF), University of Münster, Münster, Germany, Cluster of Excellence EXC 1003, Cells in Motion, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Christine Heilmann

heilmac@uni-muenster.de

Affiliations Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany, Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (IZKF), University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CH IB AP GP SF GX. Data curation: IB JE GP. Formal analysis: IB JE GP. Funding acquisition: CH GP AP GX. Investigation: IB JE GP KM MH AP SF CH. Methodology: CH IB JE KM SF AP GX GP. Project administration: CH. Resources: CH GX AP SF MH GP. Supervision: CH AP GP SF GX GP. Validation: CH IB JE GP SF. Visualization: JB JE CH GP. Writing – original draft: IB CH AP GX SF. Writing – review & editing: CH AP GP SF GX GP.