About the Authors

Giovanni Pilloni

Affiliation Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Centre for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany

Michael S. Granitsiotis

Affiliation Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Centre for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany

Marion Engel

Affiliation Research Unit Environmental Genomics, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Centre for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany

Tillmann Lueders

tillmann.lueders@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Affiliation Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Centre for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GP MSG TL. Performed the experiments: GP. Analyzed the data: GP TL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSG ME. Wrote the paper: GP TL. Critically revised the manuscript and approved final version: GP MSG ME TL.