About the Authors
- Ruben Hummelen
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ruben Hummelen, Jean M. Macklaim, Jordan E. Bisanz
Affiliations Canadian Research & Development Centre for Probiotics, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Canada, Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Jean M. Macklaim
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ruben Hummelen, Jean M. Macklaim, Jordan E. Bisanz
Affiliations Canadian Research & Development Centre for Probiotics, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Canada, Biochemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
- Jordan E. Bisanz
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ruben Hummelen, Jean M. Macklaim, Jordan E. Bisanz
Affiliations Canadian Research & Development Centre for Probiotics, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Canada, Microbiology and Immunology, and Surgery, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
- Jo-Anne Hammond
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Affiliations Canadian Research & Development Centre for Probiotics, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Canada, Family Medicine, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
- Amy McMillan
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Affiliations Canadian Research & Development Centre for Probiotics, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Canada, Microbiology and Immunology, and Surgery, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
- Rebecca Vongsa
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Affiliation Kimberly Clark Corporation, Corporate Research and Engineering-Microbial Control, Neenah, Wisconsin, United States of America
- David Koenig
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Affiliation Kimberly Clark Corporation, Corporate Research and Engineering-Microbial Control, Neenah, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Gregory B. Gloor
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¶This author also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliations Canadian Research & Development Centre for Probiotics, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Canada, Biochemistry, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
- Gregor Reid
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* E-mail: gregor@uwo.ca
Affiliations Canadian Research & Development Centre for Probiotics, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Canada, Microbiology and Immunology, and Surgery, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist, with the exception of BV and DK. All authors have read the journal′s policy and have the following conflicts. BV and DK are scientists employed by Kimberly Clark, the company that provided a grant-in-aid for the study. They support the objective and complete presentation of all the results obtained in the study, plus the peer review, editorial decision making, and publication of the research. The stated competing interest did not alter the authors′ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GR J-AH BV DK. Performed the experiments: RH JMM JEB J-AH AM GBG GR. Analyzed the data: RH JMM JEB AM GBG GR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: J-AH BV DK GBG GR. Wrote the paper: RH JMM JEB J-AH AM GBG GR BV DK. Equal first authorship contributions: RH JMM JEB.