About the Authors

Kirk S. B. Bergstrom

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Vanessa Kissoon-Singh

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Deanna L. Gibson

Affiliation Department of Biology and Physical Geography, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, University of British Columbia-Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada

Caixia Ma

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Marinieve Montero

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Ho Pan Sham

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Natasha Ryz

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Tina Huang

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Anna Velcich

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Albert Einstein Cancer Center/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America

B. Brett Finlay

Affiliation Michael Smith Laboratories and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Kris Chadee

kchadee@ucalgary.ca (KC); bvallance@cw.bc.ca (BAV)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Bruce A. Vallance

kchadee@ucalgary.ca (KC); bvallance@cw.bc.ca (BAV)

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KSBB BBF KC BAV. Performed the experiments: KSBB VKS CM MM HPS NR TH BAV. Analyzed the data: KSBB VKS KC BAV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DLG AV BBF KC. Wrote the paper: KSBB BAV.