About the Authors

Jumpei Uchiyama

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infection, Faculty of Medicine, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan

Iyo Takemura

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infection, Faculty of Medicine, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan

Miho Satoh

Affiliation Science Research Center, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan

Shin-ichiro Kato

Affiliation Science Research Center, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan

Takako Ujihara

Affiliation Science Research Center, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan

Kazue Akechi

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infection, Faculty of Medicine, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan

Shigenobu Matsuzaki

matuzaki@kochi-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infection, Faculty of Medicine, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan

Masanori Daibata

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Infection, Faculty of Medicine, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JU SM. Performed the experiments: JU IT MS S-IK TU KA SM. Analyzed the data: JU SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JU SM MD. Wrote the paper: JU SM MD.