About the Authors

Bartholomeus Van den Bogert

Affiliations Top Institute Food and Nutrition (TIFN), Wageningen, The Netherlands, Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Jos Boekhorst

Affiliations Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, NIZO Food Research B.V., Ede, The Netherlands

Ruth Herrmann

Affiliations Top Institute Food and Nutrition (TIFN), Wageningen, The Netherlands, Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Eddy J. Smid

Affiliations Top Institute Food and Nutrition (TIFN), Wageningen, The Netherlands, Laboratory of Food Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Erwin G. Zoetendal

Affiliations Top Institute Food and Nutrition (TIFN), Wageningen, The Netherlands, Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Michiel Kleerebezem

michiel.kleerebezem@wur.nl

Affiliations Top Institute Food and Nutrition (TIFN), Wageningen, The Netherlands, Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands, NIZO Food Research B.V., Ede, The Netherlands, Host-Microbe Interactomics Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The affiliation to NIZO Food Research B.V. by two co-authors does not alter the authors′ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BB JB ES EZ MK. Performed the experiments: BB JB RH. Analyzed the data: BB JB RH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BB JB. Wrote the paper: BB JB RH ES EZ MK.