About the Authors

Holger Brüggemann

brueggemann@microbiology.au.dk

Affiliation Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Hans B. Lomholt

Affiliation Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Hervé Tettelin

Affiliation Institute for Genome Sciences and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Mogens Kilian

Affiliation Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Competing Interests

Co-author Holger Brüggemann is a PLoS ONE Editorial Board member. 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: HB HBL MK. Performed the experiments: HB. Analyzed the data: HB HBL HT MK. Wrote the paper: HB.