About the Authors

Annina Zihler Berner

Affiliation Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Susana Fuentes

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Alexandra Dostal

Affiliation Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Amanda N. Payne

Affiliation Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Pamela Vazquez Gutierrez

Affiliation Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Christophe Chassard

Affiliation Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Franck Grattepanche

Affiliation Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Willem M. de Vos

Affiliations Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, Department of Basic Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland

Christophe Lacroix

christophe.lacroix@hest.ethz.ch

Affiliation Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. The name of the PolyFermS has been registered at INPI (Institut National de la propriété industrielle, France) for identification of the system. ETH Zurich is the deponent. There are no patents or commercial interests.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CL AZB CC FG. Performed the experiments: AZB AD ANP PVG FG. Analyzed the data: AZB SF CL WdV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AZB AD ANP PVG FG SF WdV. Wrote the paper: AZB CC CL.