About the Authors

B. Anne Neville

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Brian M. Forde

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Marcus J. Claesson

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Trevor Darby

Affiliation Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Avril Coghlan

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Kenneth Nally

Affiliation Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

R. Paul Ross

Affiliation Teagasc, Moorepark Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland

Paul W. O’Toole

pwotoole@ucc.ie

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BAN KN RPR PWO. Performed the experiments: BAN BMF TD. Analyzed the data: BAN BMF MJC TD AC KN PWO. Wrote the paper: BAN PWO.