About the Authors

Heiko Nacke

Affiliation Department of Genomic and Applied Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Andrea Thürmer

Affiliation Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Antje Wollherr

Affiliation Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Christiane Will

Affiliation Department of Genomic and Applied Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Ladislav Hodac

Affiliation Experimental Phycology and Culture Collection of Algae at the University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Nadine Herold

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany

Ingo Schöning

Affiliation Institute of Ecology, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany

Marion Schrumpf

Affiliation Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany

Rolf Daniel

rdaniel@gwdg.de

Affiliations Department of Genomic and Applied Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RD. Performed the experiments: HN AT CW. Analyzed the data: HN AT AW LH. Wrote the paper: HN RD. Contributed data on soil properties and analysis of these data: IS NH MS.