About the Authors

Caroline Chagnot

Affiliations INRA, UR454 Microbiologie, Clermont-Ferrand, France, INRA, UR370 Qualité des Produits Animaux, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Allison Agus

Affiliation INRA, UR454 Microbiologie, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Sandra Renier

Affiliation INRA, UR454 Microbiologie, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Frédéric Peyrin

Affiliation INRA, UR370 Qualité des Produits Animaux, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Régine Talon

Affiliation INRA, UR454 Microbiologie, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Thierry Astruc

Affiliation INRA, UR370 Qualité des Produits Animaux, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Mickaël Desvaux

mickael.desvaux@clermont.inra.fr

Affiliation INRA, UR454 Microbiologie, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Competing Interests

Mickaël DESVAUX is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board Member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CC MD. Performed the experiments: CC AA SR FP. Analyzed the data: CC RT TA MD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CC AA SR FP MD. Wrote the paper: CC RT TA MD.