About the Authors
- Anke Zschüttig
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Kurt Zimmermann
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Affiliation SymbioPharm GmbH, Herborn-Hörbach, Germany
- Jochen Blom
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Affiliation CeBiTec, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
- Alexander Goesmann
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Affiliation CeBiTec, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
- Christoph Pöhlmann
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Affiliation Abteilung für Labormedizin, Robert Bosch Krankenhaus, Stuttgart, Germany
- Florian Gunzer
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* E-mail: florian.gunzer@tu-dresden.de
Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal’s policy and they have the following conflicts. KZ is an employee of SymbioPharm. FG, AZ and KZ have submitted a patent application disclosing the discovery of "Bacterially formed microcin S, a new antimicrobial peptide, effective against pathogenic microorganisms" (EP 11177451). This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FG AZ. Performed the experiments: AZ. Analyzed the data: AZ KZ CP FG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KZ JB AG CP. Wrote the paper: AZ FG.