About the Authors

Eamonn P. Culligan

Affiliations Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, School of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Roy D. Sleator

roy.sleator@cit.ie (RS); marchesijr@cardiff.ac.uk (JM); c.hill@ucc.ie (CH)

Affiliations Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Department of Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of Technology, Cork, Ireland

Julian R. Marchesi

roy.sleator@cit.ie (RS); marchesijr@cardiff.ac.uk (JM); c.hill@ucc.ie (CH)

Affiliations Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Colin Hill

roy.sleator@cit.ie (RS); marchesijr@cardiff.ac.uk (JM); c.hill@ucc.ie (CH)

Affiliations Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, School of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EC RDS JRM CH. Performed the experiments: EC. Analyzed the data: EC RDS JRM CH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EC RDS JRM CH. Wrote the manuscript: EC RDS JRM CH.