About the Authors

Nashi Widodo

Affiliations National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia

Didik Priyandoko

Affiliations National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Navjot Shah

Affiliations National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Renu Wadhwa

s-kaul@aist.go.jp (SCK); renu-wadhwa@aist.go.jp (RW)

Affiliation National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Sunil C. Kaul

s-kaul@aist.go.jp (SCK); renu-wadhwa@aist.go.jp (RW)

Affiliation National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NW RW. Performed the experiments: NW DP NS. Analyzed the data: NW RW SCK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RW SCK. Wrote the paper: RW SCK.