About the Authors

Monique Rothe

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Microbiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Nuthetal, Germany

Carl Alpert

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Microbiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Nuthetal, Germany

Gunnar Loh

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Microbiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Nuthetal, Germany

Michael Blaut

blaut@dife.de

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Microbiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Nuthetal, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MR CA MB. Performed the experiments: MR. Analyzed the data: MR. Wrote the paper: MR GL MB.