About the Authors

Jesper S. Nielsen

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Marianne Halberg Larsen

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

Eva Maria Sternkopf Lillebæk

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Teresa M. Bergholz

Affiliation Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Mie H. G. Christiansen

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Kathryn J. Boor

Affiliation Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Martin Wiedmann

Affiliation Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

Birgitte H. Kallipolitis

bhk@bmb.sdu.dk

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSN MHL TMB KJB MW BHK. Performed the experiments: JSN MHL EMSL TMB MHGC. Analyzed the data: JSN MHL EMSL TMB MHGC KJB MW BHK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KJB MW BHK. Wrote the paper: JSN MHL TMB BHK.