About the Authors

Thippeswamy H. Sannasiddappa

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

Adele Costabile

Affiliation Food Microbial Sciences Unit, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

Glenn R. Gibson

Affiliation Food Microbial Sciences Unit, School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

Simon R. Clarke

s.r.clarke@reading.ac.uk

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: THS AC GRG SRC. Performed the experiments: THS. Analyzed the data: THS AS GRG SRC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: THS AS GRG SRC. Wrote the paper: THS AS GRG SRC.