About the Authors

Chris Callewaert

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

Frederiek-Maarten Kerckhof

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

Michael S. Granitsiotis

Affiliation Helmholtz Center Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Research Unit Environmental Genomics, Neuherberg, Germany

Mireille Van Gele

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium

Tom Van de Wiele

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

Nico Boon

Nico.Boon@UGent.be

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CC MVG TVDW NB. Performed the experiments: CC FMK. Analyzed the data: CC FMK MSG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSG. Wrote the paper: CC.