About the Authors

Ji-Hee Kang

arachnoa@pknu.ac.kr

Affiliation R&D center, Bioneer Corporation, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Sung-Il Yun

Affiliation R&D center, Bioneer Corporation, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Mi-Hee Park

Affiliation R&D center, Bioneer Corporation, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Jun-Hong Park

Affiliation R&D center, Bioneer Corporation, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

So-Young Jeong

Affiliation R&D center, Bioneer Corporation, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Han-Oh Park

Affiliation R&D center, Bioneer Corporation, Daejeon, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

All authors are employed by the Bioneer Corporation. Bioneer Co. has patents for Lactobacillus gasseri BNR17. 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: JHK SIY. Performed the experiments: JHK SIY MHP JHP SYJ. Analyzed the data: JHK HOP. Wrote the paper: JHK.