About the Authors

Jinzhong Lin

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China, State Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology, Technology Center of Bright Dairy & Food Co., Ltd., 1518 Jiangchang Road (W), Shanghai, 200436, China

Yexia Zou

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

Chengjie Ma

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology, Technology Center of Bright Dairy & Food Co., Ltd., 1518 Jiangchang Road (W), Shanghai, 200436, China

Qunxin She

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Biocenter, Ole Maaloes Vej 5, DK-2200, Copenhagen N, Denmark

Yunxiang Liang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

Zhengjun Chen

Zhengjun.chen@gmail.com (ZC); gxy@mail.hzau.edu.cn (XG)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

Xiangyang Ge

Zhengjun.chen@gmail.com (ZC); gxy@mail.hzau.edu.cn (XG)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: This study was funded in part by Bright Dairy & Food Co., Ltd. Authors Jinzhong Lin and Chengjie Ma are employed by Bright Dairy & Food Co., Ltd. There are no 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: JL ZC XG. Performed the experiments: JL YZ CM. Analyzed the data: JL QS YL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL YZ. Wrote the paper: JL ZC XG.