About the Authors
- Mitsuharu Matsumoto
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* E-mail: m-matumoto@meito.co.jp
Affiliations Dairy Science and Technology Institute, Kyodo Milk Industry Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, Benno Laboratory, Innovation Center, RIKEN, Wako, Japan
- Shin Kurihara
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Affiliations Division of Applied Biology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, Japan, Division of Integrated Life Science, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Ryoko Kibe
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Affiliation Benno Laboratory, Innovation Center, RIKEN, Wako, Japan
- Hisashi Ashida
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Affiliation Division of Integrated Life Science, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Yoshimi Benno
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Affiliation Benno Laboratory, Innovation Center, RIKEN, Wako, Japan
Competing Interests
M. Matsumoto is an employee of and holds equity in Kyodo Milk Industry Co. Ltd. All of the other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MM. Performed the experiments: MM SK. Analyzed the data: MM SK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM. Wrote the paper: MM SK RK HA YB.