About the Authors

Chikara Kaito

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Yosuke Omae

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Yasuhiko Matsumoto

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Makiko Nagata

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroki Yamaguchi

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Taiji Aoto

Affiliation Department of Central Laboratory, Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Teruyo Ito

Affiliation Department of Infection Control Science, Faculty of Medicine, Juntendo University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Keiichi Hiramatsu

Affiliation Department of Infection Control Science, Faculty of Medicine, Juntendo University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuhisa Sekimizu

sekimizu@mol.f.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CK KS. Performed the experiments: CK YO YM MN TI KH. Analyzed the data: CK YO TI KH KS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CK YO HY TA TI KH. Wrote the paper: CK KS.