About the Authors

Ingmar J. J. Claes

Affiliation Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, K. U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Geert Schoofs

Affiliation Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, K. U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Krzysztof Regulski

Affiliations INRA, UMR1319 Micalis, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France, AgroParisTech, UMR Micalis, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France

Pascal Courtin

Affiliations INRA, UMR1319 Micalis, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France, AgroParisTech, UMR Micalis, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France

Marie-Pierre Chapot-Chartier

Affiliations INRA, UMR1319 Micalis, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France, AgroParisTech, UMR Micalis, F-78350 Jouy-en-Josas, France

Thomas Rolain

Affiliation Institut des Sciences de la Vie, UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Pascal Hols

Affiliation Institut des Sciences de la Vie, UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Ingemar von Ossowski

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Justus Reunanen

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Willem M. de Vos

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

Airi Palva

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Jos Vanderleyden

Affiliation Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, K. U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Sigrid C. J. De Keersmaecker

Affiliation Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, K. U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Sarah Lebeer

sarah.lebeer@biw.kuleuven.be

Affiliations Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, K. U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Bioscience Engineering, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, Antwerp, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IJJC JV SDK SL. Performed the experiments: IJJC GS PC. Analyzed the data: IJJC MPCC JV SDK SL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KR PC MPCC TR PH IvO JR WMdV AP. Wrote the paper: IJJC JV SL. Edited manuscript: MPCC PH IvO JR WMdV JV SDK SL.