About the Authors
- Leilei Li
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Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
- Koen Illeghems
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Affiliation Research Group of Industrial Microbiology and Food Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
- Simon Van Kerrebroeck
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Affiliation Research Group of Industrial Microbiology and Food Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
- Wim Borremans
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Affiliation Research Group of Industrial Microbiology and Food Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
- Ilse Cleenwerck
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Affiliation BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
- Guy Smagghe
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Affiliation Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
- Luc De Vuyst
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Affiliation Research Group of Industrial Microbiology and Food Biotechnology, Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
- Peter Vandamme
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* E-mail: Peter.Vandamme@ugent.be
Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: LL LDV PV. Formal analysis: LL KI SVK WB. Funding acquisition: LL GS LDV PV. Investigation: LL KI SVK WB. Methodology: LL KI SVK WB. Project administration: LL PV. Resources: GS LDV PV. Software: LL KI. Supervision: IC PV. Visualization: LL KI. Writing – original draft: LL KI. Writing – review & editing: IC GS LDV PV.