About the Authors

Stephen R. Stockdale

Contributed equally to this work with: Stephen R. Stockdale, Barry Collins, Silvia Spinelli

Current Address: Department of Food Biosciences, Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland

Affiliation School of Microbiology, University College Cork, Western Road, Cork, Ireland

Barry Collins

Contributed equally to this work with: Stephen R. Stockdale, Barry Collins, Silvia Spinelli

Affiliation School of Microbiology, University College Cork, Western Road, Cork, Ireland

Silvia Spinelli

Contributed equally to this work with: Stephen R. Stockdale, Barry Collins, Silvia Spinelli

Affiliation Aix-Marseille Université, Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, Campus de Luminy, Case 932, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France

François P. Douillard

Current Address: Department of Veterinary Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Affiliation School of Microbiology, University College Cork, Western Road, Cork, Ireland

Jennifer Mahony

Affiliation School of Microbiology, University College Cork, Western Road, Cork, Ireland

Christian Cambillau

Affiliations Aix-Marseille Université, Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, Campus de Luminy, Case 932, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, AFMB, Campus de Luminy, Case 932, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France

Douwe van Sinderen

d.vansinderen@ucc.ie

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SRS BC SS FPD JM CC DvS. Performed the experiments: SRS BC SS FPD JM. Analyzed the data: SRS BC SS FPD JM CC DvS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CC DvS. Wrote the paper: SRS BC FPD JM CC DvS.