About the Authors

Ilaria Cataudella

Affiliation Niels Bohr Institute/CMOL, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Kim Sneppen

Affiliation Niels Bohr Institute/CMOL, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Kenn Gerdes

Affiliation Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom

Namiko Mitarai

mitarai@nbi.dk

Affiliation Niels Bohr Institute/CMOL, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the paper: IC KS KG NM. Model building and model analysis: IC KS KG NM.