About the Authors
- Hiroshi Makino
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* E-mail: hiroshi-makino@yakult.co.jp
Affiliation Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research, Tokyo, Japan
- Akira Kushiro
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Affiliation Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research, Tokyo, Japan
- Eiji Ishikawa
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Affiliation Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research, Tokyo, Japan
- Hiroyuki Kubota
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Affiliations Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research, Tokyo, Japan, Yakult Honsha European Research Center for Microbiology, ESV, Gent-Zwijnaarde, Belgium
- Agata Gawad
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Affiliation Yakult Honsha European Research Center for Microbiology, ESV, Gent-Zwijnaarde, Belgium
- Takafumi Sakai
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Affiliation Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research, Tokyo, Japan
- Kenji Oishi
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Affiliations Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research, Tokyo, Japan, Yakult Honsha European Research Center for Microbiology, ESV, Gent-Zwijnaarde, Belgium
- Rocio Martin
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Affiliation Danone Research, Centre for Specialised Nutrition, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Kaouther Ben-Amor
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Affiliation Danone Research, Centre for Specialised Nutrition, Singapore
- Jan Knol
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Affiliations Danone Research, Centre for Specialised Nutrition, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Ryuichiro Tanaka
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Affiliation Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HM AK EI KO RM KBA JK RT. Performed the experiments: HM AK EI HK AG. Analyzed the data: HM EI HK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HM AK EI HK AG TS KO. Wrote the paper: HM AK EI HK AG TS KO RM KBA JK RT.