About the Authors

Tsukasa Mori

mori.tsukasa@nihon-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Laboratory of Marine Molecular Biochemistry, Department of Nihon University College of Bioresource Sciences, Fujisawa, Japan

Hiroko Kawachi

Affiliation Laboratory of Marine Molecular Biochemistry, Department of Nihon University College of Bioresource Sciences, Fujisawa, Japan

Chiharu Imai

Affiliation Laboratory of Marine Molecular Biochemistry, Department of Nihon University College of Bioresource Sciences, Fujisawa, Japan

Manabu Sugiyama

Affiliation Laboratory of Marine Molecular Biochemistry, Department of Nihon University College of Bioresource Sciences, Fujisawa, Japan

Youichi Kurata

Affiliation Laboratory of Marine Molecular Biochemistry, Department of Nihon University College of Bioresource Sciences, Fujisawa, Japan

Osamu Kishida

Current address: Teshio Experimental Forest, Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, Horonobe, Hokkaido, Japan

Affiliation Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Japan

Kinya Nishimura

Affiliation Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TM. Performed the experiments: TM HK CI MS. Analyzed the data: TM HK YK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TM OK KN. Wrote the paper: TM KN.