About the Authors

Gregory B. Gloor

ggloor@uwo.ca

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Ruben Hummelen

Affiliations Canadian Research and Development Centre for Probiotics, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Jean M. Macklaim

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Canadian Research and Development Centre for Probiotics, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada

Russell J. Dickson

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Andrew D. Fernandes

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Roderick MacPhee

Affiliations Canadian Research and Development Centre for Probiotics, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Gregor Reid

Affiliations Department of Biochemistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Canadian Research and Development Centre for Probiotics, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GG RH RM GR. Performed the experiments: RH GG GR RM. Analyzed the data: GG RH GR JM RM AF RD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GG RD JM AF. Wrote the paper: GG RH GR JM RM AF RD.