About the Authors

Katrin Dinkla

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Susanne R. Talay

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Matthias Mörgelin

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences, BMC B14, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Rikki M. A. Graham

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Manfred Rohde

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

D. Patric Nitsche-Schmitz

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Gursharan S. Chhatwal

gsc@helmholtz-hzi.de

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KD SRT MM MR DPNS GSC. Performed the experiments: KD MM RMAG MR DPNS. Analyzed the data: KD SRT MM MR DPNS GSC. Wrote the paper: KD RMAG DPNS GSC.