About the Authors

Fiona Fouhy

Affiliations Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Cork, Ireland, Microbiology Department, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Mary O’Connell Motherway

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

Gerald F. Fitzgerald

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

R. Paul Ross

Affiliations Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Cork, Ireland, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, Cork, Ireland

Catherine Stanton

Affiliations Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Cork, Ireland, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, Cork, Ireland

Douwe van Sinderen

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

Paul D. Cotter

paul.cotter@teagasc.ie

Affiliations Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Cork, Ireland, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, Cork, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FF PDC RPR CS GFF MOCM DvS. Performed the experiments: FF MOCM. Analyzed the data: FF PDC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FF MOCM DvS PDC. Wrote the manuscript: FF MOCM GFF RPR CS DvS PDC.