About the Authors
- Nicholas A. Bokulich
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Affiliations Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Foods for Health Institute, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Moe Ohta
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Current address: National Tax Agency, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Affiliations Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Foods for Health Institute, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
- Paul M. Richardson
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Affiliation MicroTrek Inc., San Francisco, California, United States of America
- David A. Mills
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* E-mail: damills@ucdavis.edu
Affiliations Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Food Science and Technology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America, Foods for Health Institute, University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
NAB, PMR, and DAM own shares in MicroTrek, a service company providing microbiota monitoring for the food and beverage industry. NAB did receive financial support from a commercial source, Dannon Company, Inc., in the form of a competitive graduate student fellowship. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NAB, PMR, DAM. Performed the experiments: NAB, MO. Analyzed the data: NAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DAM. Wrote the paper: NAB, PMR, DAM.