About the Authors
- Busra Aktas
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Affiliation Department of Food Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States of America
- Travis J. De Wolfe
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Affiliation Department of Food Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States of America
- Kanokwan Tandee
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Affiliation Food Science and Technology, Maejo University, Chiangmai, Thailand
- Nasia Safdar
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Affiliations Infectious Diseases Division, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States of America, William S. Middleton Veterans Affairs Hospital, Madison, WI, United States of America
- Benjamin J. Darien
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Affiliation Animal Health and Biomedical Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States of America
- James L. Steele
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* E-mail: JLSteele@wisc.edu
Affiliation Department of Food Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States of America
Competing Interests
JLS received funding from DuPont Inc., a supplier of bacterial cultures to the food industry. Peggy Steele, a member of JLS's family, is employed by DuPont Inc. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BA JLS KT. Performed the experiments: BA TJD. Analyzed the data: BA KT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JLS NS BD. Wrote the paper: BA TJD JLS NS BD. Served as Principal Investigator of the study: JLS.