About the Authors
- Satoru Hasegawa
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Affiliations Department of Pathophysiological Laboratory Sciences, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan, Division of Neurogenetics, Center for Neurological Diseases and Cancer, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
- Sae Goto
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Affiliation Department of Pathophysiological Laboratory Sciences, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
- Hirokazu Tsuji
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Affiliation Yakult Central Institute, Tokyo, Japan
- Tatsuya Okuno
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Affiliation Division of Neurogenetics, Center for Neurological Diseases and Cancer, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
- Takashi Asahara
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Affiliation Yakult Central Institute, Tokyo, Japan
- Koji Nomoto
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Affiliation Yakult Central Institute, Tokyo, Japan
- Akihide Shibata
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Affiliation Division of Neurogenetics, Center for Neurological Diseases and Cancer, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
- Yoshiro Fujisawa
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Affiliation Department of Pathophysiological Laboratory Sciences, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
- Tomomi Minato
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Affiliation Department of Pathophysiological Laboratory Sciences, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
- Akira Okamoto
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Affiliation Department of School Health Sciences, Aichi University of Education, Kariya, Japan
- Kinji Ohno
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* E-mail: hirasan@met.nagoya-u.ac.jp (MH); ohnok@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp (KO)
Affiliation Division of Neurogenetics, Center for Neurological Diseases and Cancer, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
- Masaaki Hirayama
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* E-mail: hirasan@met.nagoya-u.ac.jp (MH); ohnok@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp (KO)
Affiliation Department of Pathophysiological Laboratory Sciences, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Competing Interests
The study was funded by Yakult Central Institute. HT, TA, and KN are employed by the Yakult Central Institute. HT, TA, and KN blindly analyzed fecal samples. There are no 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. The other authors have no competing interests.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MH KO KN. Performed the experiments: HT TA SH. Analyzed the data: TO AS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH SG YF TM. Wrote the paper: SH KO MH. Prediction of hydrogen-producing bacteria: SH AO.