About the Authors

Jessica A. Younes

Affiliations Human Microbiology and Probiotics, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of BioMedical Engineering, W. J. Kolff Institute, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Henny C. van der Mei

h.c.van.der.mei@umcg.nl

Affiliation Department of BioMedical Engineering, W. J. Kolff Institute, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Edwin van den Heuvel

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Henk J. Busscher

Affiliation Department of BioMedical Engineering, W. J. Kolff Institute, University Medical Center Groningen and University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Gregor Reid

Affiliations Human Microbiology and Probiotics, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada, Departments of Microbiology & Immunology, and Surgery, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAY HCM HJB GR. Performed the experiments: JAY. Analyzed the data: JAY HCM EH HJB GR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAY HCM HJB GR. Wrote the paper: JAY HCM EH HJB GR.