About the Authors
- Natalie Bordag
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Affiliation Metanomics GmbH, Berlin, Germany
- Vijay Janakiraman
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Affiliation Biogen Idec Inc., Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- Jonny Nachtigall
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Affiliation Metanomics GmbH, Berlin, Germany
- Sandra González Maldonado
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Affiliation Metanomics GmbH, Berlin, Germany
- Bianca Bethan
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Affiliation Metanomics GmbH, Berlin, Germany
- Jean-Philippe Laine
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Affiliation Metanomics Health GmbH, Berlin, Germany
- Elie Fux
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* E-mail: elie.fux@metanomics.de
Affiliation Metanomics GmbH, Berlin, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests: Natalie Bordag, Jonny Nachtigall, Sandra González Maldonado, Bianca Bethan and Elie Fux are employed by metanomics GmbH. Vijay Janakiraman is employed by Biogen Idec Inc. Jean-Philippe Laine is employed by Metanomics Health GmbH. The companies metanomics GmbH and metanomics Health GmbH are commercial analytical service providers of metabolite profiling in industry and academia. 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: VJ EF JL. Performed the experiments: VJ EF JN. Analyzed the data: SGM NB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VJ JN EF SGM. Wrote the paper: NB VJ BB EF.