About the Authors

François L. Mayer

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany

Duncan Wilson

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany

Ilse D. Jacobsen

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany

Pedro Miramón

Affiliation Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany

Silvia Slesiona

Affiliations Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany, Department of Microbial Biochemistry and Physiology, Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany

Iryna M. Bohovych

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Alistair J. P. Brown

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Bernhard Hube

Bernhard.Hube@hki-jena.de

Affiliations Department of Microbial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Hans-Knoell-Institute, Jena, Germany, Center for Sepsis Control and Care, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FLM DW IDJ PM BH. Performed the experiments: FLM DW IDJ PM SS. Analyzed the data: FLM DW IDJ PM IMB AJPB BH. Wrote the paper: FLM DW BH.