About the Authors

Betty W. Ma

Affiliations Center for Laboratory Animal Science, School of Veterinary Medicine - Residency Program in Laboratory Animal Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Nicholas A. Bokulich

Affiliations Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Patricia A. Castillo

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Anchasa Kananurak

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Mark A. Underwood

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America

David A. Mills

Affiliations Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Charles L. Bevins

clbevins@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BWM NAB MAU DAM CLB. Performed the experiments: BWM NAB PAC AK. Analyzed the data: BWM NAB MAU DAM CLB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NAB PAC AK. Wrote the paper: BWM NAB MAU DAM CLB. Sample procurement: BWM PAC. Protocol development: NAB PAC AK. Funding support: MAU DAM CLB. Trainee supervision and mentorship: MAU DAM CLB.