About the Authors

Joleen Masschelein

Affiliations Division of Gene Technology, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium, Laboratory of Food Microbiology, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium

Wesley Mattheus

Affiliation Division of Gene Technology, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium

Ling-Jie Gao

Affiliation Interface Valorisation Platform, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Pieter Moons

Current address: Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute, Universiteit Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium

Affiliation Laboratory of Food Microbiology, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium

Rob Van Houdt

Current address: Unit of Microbiology, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK•CEN), Mol, Belgium

Affiliation Laboratory of Food Microbiology, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium

Birgit Uytterhoeven

Affiliation Division of Gene Technology, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium

Chris Lamberigts

Affiliation Division of Gene Technology, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium

Eveline Lescrinier

Affiliation Laboratory for Medicinal Chemistry, Rega Institute for Medicinal Research, Leuven, Belgium

Jef Rozenski

Affiliation Laboratory for Medicinal Chemistry, Rega Institute for Medicinal Research, Leuven, Belgium

Piet Herdewijn

Affiliations Interface Valorisation Platform, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Laboratory for Medicinal Chemistry, Rega Institute for Medicinal Research, Leuven, Belgium

Abram Aertsen

Affiliation Laboratory of Food Microbiology, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium

Chris Michiels

Affiliation Laboratory of Food Microbiology, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium

Rob Lavigne

rob.lavigne@biw.kuleuven.be

Affiliation Division of Gene Technology, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JM WM LJG PM RVH EL JR AA CM RL. Performed the experiments: JM WM PM RVH BU CL EL JR. Analyzed the data: JM WM LJG PM RVH EL JR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EL JR PH AA CM RL. Wrote the paper: JM.