About the Authors

Julia Uebele

Affiliations Division of Microbiology, Paul-Ehrlich Institute, Langen, Germany, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Christoph Stein

Affiliations Division of Microbiology, Paul-Ehrlich Institute, Langen, Germany, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Minh-Thu Nguyen

Affiliation Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT), University Tuebingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28/E8, Tuebingen, Germany

Anja Schneider

Affiliation Division of Microbiology, Paul-Ehrlich Institute, Langen, Germany

Franziska Kleinert

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Olga Tichá

Affiliation Division of Microbiology, Paul-Ehrlich Institute, Langen, Germany

Gabriele Bierbaum

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Friedrich Götz

Affiliation Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT), University Tuebingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28/E8, Tuebingen, Germany

Isabelle Bekeredjian-Ding

isabelle.bekeredjian-ding@pei.de

Affiliations Division of Microbiology, Paul-Ehrlich Institute, Langen, Germany, Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: IBD JU FG MTN. Data curation: JU CS MTN OT. Formal analysis: JU OT. Funding acquisition: IBD GB FG. Investigation: IBD JU OT CS MTN AS. Methodology: JU IBD GB FK FG. Project administration: IBD JU. Resources: IBD FG GB. Supervision: IBD FG GB. Validation: JU IBD. Visualization: JU CS. Writing – original draft: JU IBD. Writing – review & editing: JU IBD FG GB CS OT MTN FK.