Relationship between the Physiological Activity of Japanese Post-Fermented Teas and Lactic Acid Bacteria

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

The idea of the manuscript is interesting but it lacks more information, given that it is a review.

The method of searching for the references  and the criteria to use them are missing 

It would be helpful to show the differences among the methods of production of the different types of teas presented in the review. Why different types of microorganisms are used? How the post-fermentation is performed? What effect do these microorganisms have on flavor? Otherwise, for the people who do not know all these teas the differences in effect on health won't matter because the information is incomplete. Also, the names of the teas do not mean anything to the people who do not know them.  Therefore, more details are needed on the diferences.

Also, the caption of Figure 1 sounds strange because we cannot show a picture of a possibility or of bacteriocines. The picture refers to a certain type of tea. Why only a picture of this type of tea? 

 

The English needs a change of style. Sometimes it sounds like Japanese. 

Author Response

Thank you very much for your very meaningful comments.

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Reviewer 2 Report

Dear authors,
The review article submitted for review is interesting, the thematic grouping is correct.
In the introduction I am puzzled by the lack of citations after certain paragraphs, is all the information from one article? If so, please check and look for other sources.
Tables 1 and 2 are unreadable - in some places it is puzzling which citation refers to which data and why so much data for a given parameter is taken from one article. Do they differ in some way? If so, it would be worth adding a column for description.
Page 5 - paragraphs 158-164 - the whole paragraph is unreadable. there are sentences cut out of the whole - I would ask for rewording.
Minor comments:
Page 7, line 264 - italicise the name of the bacterium.
Page 4, line 115 - that e fermentation - e is unnecessary
Page 6, lines 208-210 - double entry.

Author Response

Thank you very much for your very meaningful comments.

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Round 2

Reviewer 1 Report

The manuscript has improved considerably. The author forgot to explain how they proceeded the search of references and the criteria to use them.

The manuscript has improved considerably. The author forgot to explain how they proceeded the search of references and the criteria to use them.

Author Response

In this review, we have tried to cover the literature on post-fermented tea in Japan. Research on post-fermented tea in Japan was conducted from the 1990s to the early 2000s, and there have been no reports for some time. Recently, in the 2020s, research has been increasing again, so we have comprehensively reviewed them.

In addition, the author directly interviewed the producer of post-fermented teas regarding producing methods and other information.