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Declaration of interest: FS is supported, in part, by Science Foundation Ireland in the form of a

research centre grant (SFI/12/RC/2273). BM, VW, AW, AB, AD and JETvHV are all employees of

the Sponsor Chr. Hansen A/S.

Contributors: BM contributed to the trial conception and trial design, wrote the trial protocol and

prepared and managed the trial on behalf of the sponsor, drafted the article and contributed to the

final version. CM reviewed the VCE data and contributed to the final version. JOG reviewed the

VCE data and contributed to the final version. ML reviewed the VCE data and contributed to the

final version. GE reviewed the VCE data and contributed to the final version. LB oversaw the VCE

procedure, reviewed the VCE data and contributed to the final version. VW contributed to the trial

conception and trial design and contributed to the final version . AW contributed to the trial

conception and trial design and contributed to the final version. OL performed analysis and

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statistics on microbiome data obtained from fecal samples and contributed to the final version. ACE

performed analysis and statistics on microbiome data obtained from fecal samples and contributed

to the final version. HBN performed analysis and statistics on microbiome data obtained from fecal

samples, drafted parts of the article and contributed to the final version. AB contributed to the trial

conception and trial design and contributed to the final version. AD contributed to the trial

conception and trial design and contributed to the final version. JETVHV contributed to the trial

conception and trial design and contributed to the final version. FS contributed to the trial

conception and trial design, was Co-PI during the trial, oversaw the VCE procedure, reviewed the

VCE data, wrote in part the manuscript and contributed to the final version . MB contributed to the

trial conception and trial design, was PI during the trial, oversaw the VCE procedure, reviewed the

VCE data and contributed to the final version .