About the Authors

Shlomo E. Blum

shlomo.blum@mail.huji.ac.il

Affiliations Department of Animal Sciences, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Rehovot, Israel, National Mastitis Reference Center, Department of Bacteriology, Kimron Veterinary Institute, Bet Dagan, Israel, Department of Bacteriology, Kimron Veterinary Institute, Bet Dagan, Israel

Elimelech D. Heller

Affiliation Department of Animal Sciences, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Rehovot, Israel

Shlomo Sela

Affiliation Microbial Food-Safety Research Unit, Department of Food Quality & Safety, Institute for Postharvest and Food Sciences, The Volcani Center, ARO, Bet Dagan, Israel

Daniel Elad

Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Kimron Veterinary Institute, Bet Dagan, Israel

Nir Edery

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Kimron Veterinary Institute, Bet Dagan, Israel

Gabriel Leitner

Affiliation National Mastitis Reference Center, Department of Bacteriology, Kimron Veterinary Institute, Bet Dagan, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SEB EDH SS DE GL. Performed the experiments: SEB GL. Analyzed the data: SEB NE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SEB NE. Wrote the paper: SEB.