About the Authors

E. Wilms

e.wilms@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, the Netherlands

J. Gerritsen

Affiliations Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands, Winclove Probiotics BV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

H. Smidt

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands

I. Besseling-van der Vaart

Affiliation Winclove Probiotics BV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

G. T. Rijkers

Affiliations Science Department, University College Roosevelt, Middelburg, the Netherlands, Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands

A. R. Garcia Fuentes

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, the Netherlands

A. A. M. Masclee

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, the Netherlands

F. J. Troost

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

Winclove Probiotics (Winclove BV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands) provided the investigational products. JG and IBV are currently employees of Winclove Probiotics. Both authors have no direct or additional financial interests and moreover this does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors have declared no competing interests.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: JG HS IBV GTR AAM FJT. Data curation: EW AAM FJT. Formal analysis: EW AAM FJT. Funding acquisition: HS IBV GTR AAM FJT. Investigation: EW ARGF. Methodology: JG HS IBV GTR AAM FJT. Project administration: IBV AAM FJT. Resources: EW ARGF. Supervision: AAM FJT. Validation: EW AAM FJT. Visualization: EW. Writing – original draft: EW AAM FJT. Writing – review & editing: JG HS IBV GTR ARGF.