About the Authors

Martina Bielaszewska

Contributed equally to this work with: Martina Bielaszewska, Christian Rüter, Andreas Bauwens

mbiela@uni-muenster.de

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

Christian Rüter

Contributed equally to this work with: Martina Bielaszewska, Christian Rüter, Andreas Bauwens

Affiliation Institute of Infectiology, Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation (ZMBE), University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Andreas Bauwens

Contributed equally to this work with: Martina Bielaszewska, Christian Rüter, Andreas Bauwens

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

Lilo Greune

Affiliation Institute of Infectiology, Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation (ZMBE), University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Kevin-André Jarosch

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

Daniel Steil

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

Wenlan Zhang

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

Xiaohua He

Affiliation Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Albany, California, United States of America

Roland Lloubes

Affiliation Laboratoire d'Ingenierie des Systemes Macromoleculaires UMR7255, CNRS-Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France

Angelika Fruth

Affiliation National Reference Center for Salmonella and Other Enteric Pathogens, Robert Koch Institute, Branch Wernigerode, Wernigerode, Germany

Kwang Sik Kim

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

M. Alexander Schmidt

Affiliation Institute of Infectiology, Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation (ZMBE), University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Ulrich Dobrindt

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

Alexander Mellmann

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

Helge Karch

Affiliations Institute of Hygiene, 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: MB AB CR HK AM. Formal analysis: MB CR AB. Funding acquisition: HK AM MAS UD. Investigation: MB CR AB LG KAJ DS WZ. Methodology: MB CR AB LG DS UD. Project administration: MB. Resources: HK AM MAS XH RL AF KSK. Supervision: HK AM MAS. Validation: MB AB CR. Visualization: AB CR MB. Writing – original draft: MB CR AB. Writing – review & editing: MB AB CR MAS DS KSK AM HK UD.