About the Authors
- Chikara Kaito
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Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Yosuke Omae
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Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Yasuhiko Matsumoto
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Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Makiko Nagata
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Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Hiroki Yamaguchi
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Affiliation Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Taiji Aoto
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Affiliation Department of Central Laboratory, Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Teruyo Ito
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Affiliation Department of Infection Control Science, Faculty of Medicine, Juntendo University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Keiichi Hiramatsu
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Affiliation Department of Infection Control Science, Faculty of Medicine, Juntendo University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Kazuhisa Sekimizu
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* E-mail: 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.