About the Authors

Julian R. Marchesi

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

Bas E. Dutilh

Affiliations Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Departments of Computer Science and Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Neil Hall

Affiliation Centre for Genomic Research, School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Wilbert H. M. Peters

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation and Immunity (N4i) & Radboud University Centre for Oncology (RUCO) of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Rian Roelofs

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation and Immunity (N4i) & Radboud University Centre for Oncology (RUCO) of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Annemarie Boleij

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation and Immunity (N4i) & Radboud University Centre for Oncology (RUCO) of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Harold Tjalsma

H.Tjalsma@labgk.umcn.nl.

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation and Immunity (N4i) & Radboud University Centre for Oncology (RUCO) of the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JRM HT AB. Performed the experiments: JRM RR. Analyzed the data: JRM BED HT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NH WHMP. Wrote the paper: JRM BED AB HT.