About the Authors

Sven D. Willger

sven.willger@montana.edu

Affiliations Institut für Mikrobiologie, Molekulare Mykologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany, Department of Veterinary Molecular Biology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Joachim F. Ernst

Affiliation Institut für Mikrobiologie, Molekulare Mykologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany

J. Andrew Alspaugh

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Molecular Genetics/Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Klaus B. Lengeler

Affiliation Institut für Mikrobiologie, Molekulare Mykologie, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SDW AA KL. Performed the experiments: SDW. Analyzed the data: SDW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JE AA KL. Wrote the paper: SDW AA KL.