About the Authors

Jun-ichi Hikima

Contributed equally to this work with: Jun-ichi Hikima, Mi-Kyong Yi, Maki Ohtani

Affiliation Aquatic Biotechnology Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Gyeongnam, South Korea

Mi-Kyong Yi

Contributed equally to this work with: Jun-ichi Hikima, Mi-Kyong Yi, Maki Ohtani

Affiliation Aquatic Biotechnology Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Gyeongnam, South Korea

Maki Ohtani

Contributed equally to this work with: Jun-ichi Hikima, Mi-Kyong Yi, Maki Ohtani

Affiliation Aquatic Biotechnology Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Gyeongnam, South Korea

Chan Yong Jung

Affiliation Aquatic Biotechnology Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Gyeongnam, South Korea

Young Kyu Kim

Affiliation Aquatic Biotechnology Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Gyeongnam, South Korea

Ji Young Mun

Affiliation Aquatic Biotechnology Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Gyeongnam, South Korea

Young Rim Kim

Affiliation Aquatic Biotechnology Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Gyeongnam, South Korea

Haruko Takeyama

Affiliation Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience, Waseda University, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Aoki

aokitaka@aoni.waseda.jp (TA); jungts@gmail.com (TJ)

Affiliations Aquatic Biotechnology Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Gyeongnam, South Korea, Consolidated Research Institute for Advanced Science and Medical Care (ASMeW) Waseda University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Tae Sung Jung

aokitaka@aoni.waseda.jp (TA); jungts@gmail.com (TJ)

Affiliation Aquatic Biotechnology Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Gyeongnam, South Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JH MO HT TA TSJ. Performed the experiments: JH MKY MO. Analyzed the data: JH MKY MO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CYJ YKK JYM YRK HT. Wrote the paper: JH MYK MO TA TSJ.