About the Authors
- Akio Tani
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* E-mail: atani@rib.okayama-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
- Yuichiro Takai
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Affiliation Research Institute of Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries, Osaka Prefectural Government, Osaka, Japan
- Ikko Suzukawa
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Affiliation Meiho-Construction Incorporation, Shiga, Japan
- Motomu Akita
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Affiliation Faculty of Biological Engineering, Kinki University, Wakayama, Japan
- Haruhiko Murase
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Affiliation Graduate School of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan
- Kazuhide Kimbara
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Affiliations Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan, Faculty of Engineering, Shizuoka University, Shizuoka, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests to declare: Ikko Suzukawa is employed by Meiho-Construction who sell the moss grown by the technique described in the manuscript. A patent application has been submitted on their isolates to grow the moss and is now under review in some countries including Japan. The patent uses part of the data that are used in this manuscript. There are no other patents, products in development or other marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AT MA HM KK. Performed the experiments: AT YT IS MA. Analyzed the data: AT YT IS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AT YT IS MA. Wrote the paper: AT YT IS MA HM KK.