About the Authors

Nurhidayu Al-saari

hidayu@fish.hokudai.ac.jp

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University, Minato-cho, Hakodate, Japan

Feng Gao

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University, Minato-cho, Hakodate, Japan

Amin A.K.M. Rohul

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University, Minato-cho, Hakodate, Japan

Kazumichi Sato

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University, Minato-cho, Hakodate, Japan

Keisuke Sato

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University, Minato-cho, Hakodate, Japan

Sayaka Mino

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University, Minato-cho, Hakodate, Japan

Wataru Suda

Affiliations Laboratory of Metagenomics, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Kenshiro Oshima

Affiliation Laboratory of Metagenomics, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan

Masahira Hattori

Affiliations Laboratory of Metagenomics, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan, Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Moriya Ohkuma

Affiliation Microbe Division/Japan Collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN BioResource Center, Ibaraki, Japan

Pedro M. Meirelles

Affiliation Institute of Biology, SAGE-COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Fabiano L. Thompson

Affiliation Institute of Biology, SAGE-COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cristiane Thompson

Affiliation Institute of Biology, SAGE-COPPE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Gilberto M. A. Filho

Affiliation Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Bruno Gomez-Gil

Affiliation CIAD, AC Mazatlan Unit for Aquaculture and Environmental Management, Mazatlán, México

Toko Sawabe

Affiliation Department of Food and Nutrition, Hakodate Junior College, Hakodate, Japan

Tomoo Sawabe

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Fisheries, Hokkaido University, Minato-cho, Hakodate, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NA FG Tomoo Sawabe. Performed the experiments: NA FG AAKMR Kazumichi Sato Keisuke Sato SM PMM. Analyzed the data: NA FG AAKMR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WS KO MH MO FLT CT GMAF BG Toko Sawabe Tomoo Sawabe. Wrote the paper: NA Tomoo Sawabe. Critical review, ideas and suggestion given during manuscript preparation: WS KO MH MO FLT CT GMAF BG Toko Sawabe Tomoo Sawabe.