About the Authors
- Ryoichiro Nishibayashi
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Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Science, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
- Ryo Inoue
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* E-mail: r-inoue@kpu.ac.jp
Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Science, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
- Yuri Harada
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Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Science, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
- Takumi Watanabe
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Affiliation Department of Functional Foods, Combi Corporation, Saitama, Saitama, Japan
- Yuko Makioka
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Affiliation Department of Functional Foods, Combi Corporation, Saitama, Saitama, Japan
- Kazunari Ushida
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Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Science, Kyoto Prefectural University, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests. This work was partly supported by a grant from Combi Corporation, the employer of Takumi Watanabe and Yuko Makioka. Combi Corporation is selling the product containing Enterococcus faecalis strain EC-12. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RN RI KU. Performed the experiments: RN RI YM YH. Analyzed the data: RN RI KU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TW YM. Wrote the paper: RN RI KU.