About the Authors

Tatsuo Yamamoto

tatsuoy@med.niigata-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, Department of Infectious Disease Control and International Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Tomomi Takano

Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, Department of Infectious Disease Control and International Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Wataru Higuchi

Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, Department of Infectious Disease Control and International Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Yasuhisa Iwao

Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, Department of Infectious Disease Control and International Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Olga Singur

Affiliations Division of Bacteriology, Department of Infectious Disease Control and International Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan, Vladivostok State Medical University, Vladivostok, Russia

Ivan Reva

Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, Department of Infectious Disease Control and International Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

Yuta Otsuka

Affiliation Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan

Toru Nakayashiki

Affiliation Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan

Hirotada Mori

Affiliation Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan

Galina Reva

Affiliation Vladivostok State Medical University, Vladivostok, Russia

Vladimir Kuznetsov

Affiliation Vladivostok State Medical University, Vladivostok, Russia

Vladimir Potapov

Affiliation Vladivostok State Medical University, Vladivostok, Russia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TY VP. Performed the experiments: TY TT WH OS YI IR. Analyzed the data: TY TT WH OS YI IR YO TN HM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TY TT WH OS YI IR YO TN HM GR VK. Wrote the paper: TY TT.