About the Authors

Leilei Li

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium

Koen Illeghems

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

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

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

Affiliation BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium

Guy Smagghe

Affiliation Laboratory of Agrozoology, Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium

Luc De Vuyst

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

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.