About the Authors

Heidi C. Vebø

heidi.vebo@umb.no

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbial Gene Technology and Food Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Science, The Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Lars Snipen

Affiliation Section for Biostatistics, Department of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, The Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Ingolf F. Nes

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbial Gene Technology and Food Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Science, The Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Dag A. Brede

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbial Gene Technology and Food Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Science, The Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HCV DAB. Performed the experiments: HCV. Analyzed the data: HCV LS IFN DAB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LS IFN. Wrote the paper: HCV LS IFN DAB.