About the Authors

Mirna Mrkonjić Fuka

Affiliations Department Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, Research Unit for Environmental Genomics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany

Stefanie Wallisch

Affiliation Research Unit for Environmental Genomics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany

Marion Engel

Affiliation Research Unit for Environmental Genomics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany

Gerhard Welzl

Affiliation Research Unit for Environmental Genomics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany

Jasmina Havranek

Affiliation Department of Dairy Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Michael Schloter

*schloter@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Affiliation Research Unit for Environmental Genomics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MF MS. Performed the experiments: MF JH. Analyzed the data: MF SW ME GW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MF ME. Wrote the paper: MF MS.