About the Authors

Francesca Turroni

Contributed equally to this work with: Francesca Turroni, Clelia Peano, Daniel A. Pass

Affiliations Laboratory of Probiogenomics, Department of Genetics, Biology of Microorganisms, Anthropology and Evolution, University of Parma, Parma, Italy, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre and Department of Microbiology, Bioscience Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Clelia Peano

Contributed equally to this work with: Francesca Turroni, Clelia Peano, Daniel A. Pass

Affiliation Institute for Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council, Milan, Italy

Daniel A. Pass

Contributed equally to this work with: Francesca Turroni, Clelia Peano, Daniel A. Pass

Affiliation Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Elena Foroni

Affiliation Laboratory of Probiogenomics, Department of Genetics, Biology of Microorganisms, Anthropology and Evolution, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Marco Severgnini

Affiliation Institute for Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council, Milan, Italy

Marcus J. Claesson

Affiliation Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre and Department of Microbiology, Bioscience Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Colm Kerr

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Jonathan Hourihane

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Deirdre Murray

Affiliation Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Fabio Fuligni

Affiliation Institute for Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council, Milan, Italy

Miguel Gueimonde

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología y Bioquímica de Productos Lacteos, IPLA–CSIC, Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain

Abelardo Margolles

Affiliation Departamento de Microbiología y Bioquímica de Productos Lacteos, IPLA–CSIC, Villaviciosa, Asturias, Spain

Gianluca De Bellis

Affiliation Institute for Biomedical Technologies, National Research Council, Milan, Italy

Paul W. O’Toole

Affiliation Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre and Department of Microbiology, Bioscience Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Douwe van Sinderen

Affiliation Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre and Department of Microbiology, Bioscience Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Julian R. Marchesi

Affiliation Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom

Marco Ventura

marco.ventura@unipr.it

Affiliation Laboratory of Probiogenomics, Department of Genetics, Biology of Microorganisms, Anthropology and Evolution, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FT MG AM GDB PO DvS JM MV. Performed the experiments: FT CP DP EF MS MC CK JH DM FF. Analyzed the data: DP MS MC DvS JM MV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FT CP EF PO MV. Wrote the paper: MV DvS AM.