LinShu Liu:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3962-290X
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole:
Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Jenni Firrman: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole:
Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Ceylan Tanes: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole:
Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Kyle Bittinger: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Writing – original
draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Audrey Thomas-Gahring: Role: Data curationRole: Methodology
Gary D. Wu: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing
– review & editing
Pieter Van den Abbeele: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing
– review & editing
Peggy M. Tomasula: Role: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
François Blachier: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
17
July
2018
Publication date Collection: 2018
Volume: 13
Issue: 7
Electronic Location Identifier: e0197692
Affiliations
[1
]
Dairy and Functional Foods Research Unit, Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural
Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, United States
of America
[2
]
Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
[3
]
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
United States of America
[4
]
ProDigest, Ghent, Belgium
National Institute for Agronomic Research, FRANCE
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: author
Pieter Van den Abbeele is employed by ProDigest. This does not alter our adherence
to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
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Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-18-02051
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197692
PMC ID: 6050037
PubMed ID: 30016326
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This work was supported by funds from the US Congress. The company ProDigest provided
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Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Digestive System
Subject:
Gastrointestinal Tract
Subject:
Colon
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Digestive System
Subject:
Gastrointestinal Tract
Subject:
Colon
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Medical Microbiology
Subject:
Microbiome
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Genetics
Subject:
Genomics
Subject:
Microbial Genomics
Subject:
Microbiome
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Genomics
Subject:
Microbiome
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Bacteria
Subject:
Gut Bacteria
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Biochemistry
Subject:
Proteins
Subject:
Mucin
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Digestive System
Subject:
Gastrointestinal Tract
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Digestive System
Subject:
Gastrointestinal Tract
Subject:
Biology and life sciences
Subject:
Biochemistry
Subject:
Nucleic acids
Subject:
RNA
Subject:
Non-coding RNA
Subject:
Ribosomal RNA
Subject:
Biology and life sciences
Subject:
Biochemistry
Subject:
Ribosomes
Subject:
Ribosomal RNA
Subject:
Biology and life sciences
Subject:
Cell biology
Subject:
Cellular structures and organelles
Subject:
Ribosomes
Subject:
Ribosomal RNA
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Medical Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Bacterial Pathogens
Subject:
Clostridium
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Subject:
Pathogens
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Bacterial Pathogens
Subject:
Clostridium
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Bacteria
Subject:
Gut Bacteria
Subject:
Clostridium
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Ecology
Subject:
Community Ecology
Subject:
Community Structure
Subject:
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Subject:
Ecology
Subject:
Community Ecology
Subject:
Community Structure
