About the Authors

Sabine Kienesberger

sabine.kienesberger@uni-graz.at (SK); gregor.gorkiewicz@uni-graz.at (GG)

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Department of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America, Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Hanna Sprenger

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Stella Wolfgruber

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Bettina Halwachs

Affiliations Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria, Core Facility Bioinformatics, Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology, Graz, Austria

Gerhard G. Thallinger

Affiliations Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria, Core Facility Bioinformatics, Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology, Graz, Austria

Guillermo I. Perez-Perez

Affiliations Department of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Martin J. Blaser

Affiliations Department of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America, Medical Service, VA New York Harbor Healthcare System, New York, New York, United States of America

Ellen L. Zechner

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Gregor Gorkiewicz

sabine.kienesberger@uni-graz.at (SK); gregor.gorkiewicz@uni-graz.at (GG)

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK ELZ GG MJB GIP. Performed the experiments: SK HS SW. Analyzed the data: SK HS BH GGT GG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK GIP MJB. Wrote the paper: SK ELZ GG.