About the Authors

Bart W. Bardoel

b.w.bardoel@umcutrecht.nl

Affiliation Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Sjoerd van der Ent

Affiliations Plant-Microbe Interactions, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Centre for BioSystems Genomics, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Michiel J. C. Pel

Affiliations Plant-Microbe Interactions, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Centre for BioSystems Genomics, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Jan Tommassen

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology, Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Corné M. J. Pieterse

Affiliations Plant-Microbe Interactions, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Centre for BioSystems Genomics, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Kok P. M. van Kessel

Affiliation Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Jos A. G. van Strijp

Affiliation Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BWB SvdE MJCP JT CMJP KPMvK JAGvS. Performed the experiments: BWB SvdE MJCP. Analyzed the data: BWB SvdE MJCP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BWB SvdE MJCP JT. Wrote the paper: BWB SvdE CMJP KPMvK JAGvS.