About the Authors

Mónica Tramullas

Contributed equally to this work with: Mónica Tramullas, Beate C. Finger

j.cryan@ucc.ie

Affiliation APC Microbiome Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Beate C. Finger

Contributed equally to this work with: Mónica Tramullas, Beate C. Finger

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Timothy G. Dinan

Affiliations APC Microbiome Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Department of Psychiatry & Neurobehavioural Science, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

John F. Cryan

Affiliations APC Microbiome Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Department of Anatomy & Neuroscience, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Competing Interests

The APC Microbiome Institute has conducted studies in collaboration with several companies including GSK, Pfizer, Cremo, Suntory, Wyeth and Mead Johnson. TGD has until recently been on the Board of Alimentary Health. The authors have spoken at meetings sponsored by food and pharmaceutical companies. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MT BCF JFC TGD. Performed the experiments: MT BCF. Analyzed the data: MT BCF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MT BCF. Wrote the paper: MT BCF JFC TGD.