Physical properties of lactic acid bacteria influence the level of protection against influenza infection in mice

• Takumi Watanabe ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: t.watanabe@bio-ken.jp (TW); toshi@isc.chubu.ac.jp (TK)

  Affiliations Bio-Lab Co., Ltd., Hidaka, Saitama, Japan, Graduate School of Engineering, Chubu University, Kasugai, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4607-0747

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• Kyoko Hayashi,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Graduate School of Engineering, Chubu University, Kasugai, Japan

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• Isao Takahashi,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Visualization

  Affiliation ICAM Co., Ltd., Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan

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• Makoto Ohwaki,

  Roles Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Non-Profit Organisation, The Japanese Association of Clinical Research on Supplements, Hidaka, Saitama, Japan

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• Tatsuhiko Kan,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bio-Lab Co., Ltd., Hidaka, Saitama, Japan

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• Toshio Kawahara

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: t.watanabe@bio-ken.jp (TW); toshi@isc.chubu.ac.jp (TK)

  Affiliation College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Kasugai, Japan

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