About the Authors

Lien Callewaert

Affiliation Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Abram Aertsen

Affiliation Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Daphne Deckers

Affiliation Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Kristof G. A. Vanoirbeek

Affiliation Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Lise Vanderkelen

Affiliation Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Joris M. Van Herreweghe

Affiliation Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Barbara Masschalck

Affiliation Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Dorothy Nakimbugwe

Current address: Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

Affiliation Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Johan Robben

Current address: Section Biochemistry, Molecular and Structural Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Affiliation Biomedical Research Institute (BIOMED), Hasselt University and Transnationale Universiteit Limburg, School of Life Sciences, Diepenbeek, Belgium

Chris W. Michiels

Chris.Michiels@biw.kuleuven.be

Affiliation Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems (M2S), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LC BM CWM. Performed the experiments: LC AA DD KGAV LV JMH JR. Analyzed the data: LC AA BM CWM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LC DD DN JR. Wrote the paper: LC AA CWM.