About the Authors
- Cindy Le Bourgot
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Affiliation INRA UR1341 ADNC, Saint-Gilles, France
- Stéphanie Ferret-Bernard
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Affiliation INRA UR1341 ADNC, Saint-Gilles, France
- Laurence Le Normand
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Affiliation INRA UR1341 ADNC, Saint-Gilles, France
- Gérard Savary
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Affiliation INRA UR1341 ADNC, Saint-Gilles, France
- Enrique Menendez-Aparicio
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Affiliation INRA UR1341 ADNC, Saint-Gilles, France
- Sophie Blat
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Affiliation INRA UR1341 ADNC, Saint-Gilles, France
- Emmanuelle Appert-Bossard
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Affiliation Tereos-Syral, Markolsheim, France
- Frédérique Respondek
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Affiliation Tereos-Syral, Markolsheim, France
- Isabelle Le Huërou-Luron
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* E-mail: isabelle.luron@rennes.inra.fr
Affiliation INRA UR1341 ADNC, Saint-Gilles, France
Competing Interests
This study received funding from Beghin-Meiji, a company producing shortchain fructooliogsaccharides belonging to the company "Tereos". FR and EA are employed by Tereos-Syral. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SFB SB FR ILHL. Performed the experiments: CLB SFB GS EMA ILHL. Analyzed the data: CLB SFB LLN EMA SB ILHL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EAB FR. Wrote the paper: CLB SFB SB EAB FR ILHL.