About the Authors

Tong Ding

Contributed equally to this work with: Tong Ding, Kyle A. Case, Morrine A. Omolo, Holly A. Reiland, Zachary P. Metz, Xinyu Diao

Affiliation Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Kyle A. Case

Contributed equally to this work with: Tong Ding, Kyle A. Case, Morrine A. Omolo, Holly A. Reiland, Zachary P. Metz, Xinyu Diao

Affiliation Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Morrine A. Omolo

Contributed equally to this work with: Tong Ding, Kyle A. Case, Morrine A. Omolo, Holly A. Reiland, Zachary P. Metz, Xinyu Diao

Affiliation Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Holly A. Reiland

Contributed equally to this work with: Tong Ding, Kyle A. Case, Morrine A. Omolo, Holly A. Reiland, Zachary P. Metz, Xinyu Diao

Affiliation Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Zachary P. Metz

Contributed equally to this work with: Tong Ding, Kyle A. Case, Morrine A. Omolo, Holly A. Reiland, Zachary P. Metz, Xinyu Diao

Affiliation Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Xinyu Diao

Contributed equally to this work with: Tong Ding, Kyle A. Case, Morrine A. Omolo, Holly A. Reiland, Zachary P. Metz, Xinyu Diao

Affiliation Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

David J. Baumler

dbaumler@umn.edu

Affiliations Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, Microbial and Plant Genomics Institute, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, Biotechnology Institute, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DB. Performed the experiments: TD KC MO HR ZM XD. Analyzed the data: TD KC MO HR ZM XD DB. Wrote the paper: TD KC MO HR ZM XD DB.