About the Authors

Christine Lang

Current address: Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, University Aberdeen, Bucksburn, United Kingdom

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany

Anke Hildebrandt

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany

Franziska Brand

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany

Lennart Opitz

Affiliation DNA Microarray Facility, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany

Hassan Dihazi

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany

Carsten G. K. Lüder

clueder@gwdg.de

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CL LO HD CGKL. Performed the experiments: CL AH FB CGKL. Analyzed the data: CL AH FB LO HD CGKL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LO HD. Wrote the paper: CL CGKL.