About the Authors

Sebastian Jünemann

jueneman@cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de

Affiliations Department for Periodontology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany, Institute for Bioinformatics, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany

Karola Prior

Affiliation Department for Periodontology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Rafael Szczepanowski

Affiliation Department for Periodontology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Inga Harks

Affiliation Department for Periodontology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Benjamin Ehmke

Affiliation Department for Periodontology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Alexander Goesmann

Affiliations Institute for Bioinformatics, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany, Bioinformatics Resource Facility, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany

Jens Stoye

Affiliations Institute for Bioinformatics, Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany, Genome Informatics Group, Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany

Dag Harmsen

Affiliation Department for Periodontology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed this study: DH. Conceived and designed clinical trial: BE DH. Performed clinical trial: BE IH. Performed Ion Torrent sequencing and real-time PCR: KP RS. Conceived and designed bioinformatic analysis: SJ AG JS. Performed bioinformatic analysis: SJ. First draft of manuscript: SJ DH KP. Contributed and approved the final version of the manuscript: SJ KP RS IH BE AG JS DH.