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Research ArticleMICROBIOLOGY
Evolutionary adaptation in fucosyllactose uptake systems supports bifidobacteria-infant symbiosis
- View ORCID ProfileMikiyasu Sakanaka1,*,†,
- View ORCID ProfileMorten Ejby Hansen2,*,
- Aina Gotoh3,
- Toshihiko Katoh3,
- View ORCID ProfileKeisuke Yoshida4,
- View ORCID ProfileToshitaka Odamaki4,
- View ORCID ProfileHiroyuki Yachi1,
- Yuta Sugiyama1,
- View ORCID ProfileShin Kurihara1,‡,
- View ORCID ProfileJunko Hirose5,
- Tadasu Urashima6,
- View ORCID ProfileJin-zhong Xiao4,
- View ORCID ProfileMotomitsu Kitaoka7,
- View ORCID ProfileSatoru Fukiya8,
- Atsushi Yokota8,
- View ORCID ProfileLeila Lo Leggio9,
- View ORCID ProfileMaher Abou Hachem2,§ and
- View ORCID ProfileTakane Katayama1,3,§
- 1Faculty of Bioresources and Environmental Sciences, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Nonoichi, Ishikawa 921-8836, Japan.
- 2Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
- 3Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
- 4Next Generation Science Institute, Morinaga Milk Industry Co. Ltd., Zama, Kanagawa 252-8583, Japan.
- 5School of Human Cultures, The University of Shiga Prefecture, Hikone, Shiga 522-8533, Japan.
- 6Department of Animal and Food Hygiene, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan.
- 7Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8642, Japan.
- 8Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8589, Japan.
- 9Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark.
- ↵§Corresponding author. Email: takane{at}lif.kyoto-u.ac.jp (T.K.); maha{at}bio.dtu.dk (M.A.H.)
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Science Advances 28 Aug 2019:
Vol. 5, no. 8, eaaw7696
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw7696
Vol. 5, no. 8, eaaw7696
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw7696
Mikiyasu Sakanaka
1Faculty of Bioresources and Environmental Sciences, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Nonoichi, Ishikawa 921-8836, Japan.
Morten Ejby Hansen
2Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
Aina Gotoh
3Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
Toshihiko Katoh
3Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
Keisuke Yoshida
4Next Generation Science Institute, Morinaga Milk Industry Co. Ltd., Zama, Kanagawa 252-8583, Japan.
Toshitaka Odamaki
4Next Generation Science Institute, Morinaga Milk Industry Co. Ltd., Zama, Kanagawa 252-8583, Japan.
Hiroyuki Yachi
1Faculty of Bioresources and Environmental Sciences, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Nonoichi, Ishikawa 921-8836, Japan.
Yuta Sugiyama
1Faculty of Bioresources and Environmental Sciences, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Nonoichi, Ishikawa 921-8836, Japan.
Shin Kurihara
1Faculty of Bioresources and Environmental Sciences, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Nonoichi, Ishikawa 921-8836, Japan.
Junko Hirose
5School of Human Cultures, The University of Shiga Prefecture, Hikone, Shiga 522-8533, Japan.
Tadasu Urashima
6Department of Animal and Food Hygiene, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan.
Jin-zhong Xiao
4Next Generation Science Institute, Morinaga Milk Industry Co. Ltd., Zama, Kanagawa 252-8583, Japan.
Motomitsu Kitaoka
7Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8642, Japan.
Satoru Fukiya
8Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8589, Japan.
Atsushi Yokota
8Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8589, Japan.
Leila Lo Leggio
9Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark.
Maher Abou Hachem
2Department of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
Takane Katayama
1Faculty of Bioresources and Environmental Sciences, Ishikawa Prefectural University, Nonoichi, Ishikawa 921-8836, Japan.
3Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
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