About the Authors

Kiera Murphy

Affiliations Microbiology Department, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland

Orla O'Sullivan

orla.osullivan@teagasc.

Affiliation Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland

Mary C. Rea

Affiliations Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, Cork, Ireland

Paul D. Cotter

Affiliations Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, Cork, Ireland

R. Paul Ross

Affiliations Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, Cork, Ireland

Colin Hill

Affiliations Microbiology Department, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, Cork, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OOS PC. Performed the experiments: KM. Analyzed the data: KM OOS. Wrote the paper: KM OOS PC MR. Principal investigator and intellectual input: RPR CH.