About the Authors

Bongsoo Lee

Current address: Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea

Affiliation Department of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany

Petra Mann

Affiliation Department of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany

Vidhi Grover

Affiliation Department of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany

Anke Treuner-Lange

Current address: Department of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany

Affiliation Institute for Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Jörg Kahnt

Affiliation Department of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany

Penelope I. Higgs

higgs@mpi-marburg.mpg.de

Affiliation Department of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PIH. Performed the experiments: BL PM VG AT-L JK. Analyzed the data: BL PIH VG AT-L JK. Wrote the paper: PIH.