About the Authors
- Taketoshi Iwata
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Affiliation Bacterial and Parasitic Disease Research Division, National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Kazuhiro Chiku
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Affiliation Analytical Science Division, National Food Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Ken-ichi Amano
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Affiliation Bioscience Research Education Center, Akita University, Akita, Akita, Japan
- Masahiro Kusumoto
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Affiliation Bacterial and Parasitic Disease Research Division, National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Mayumi Ohnishi-Kameyama
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Affiliation Analytical Science Division, National Food Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Hiroshi Ono
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Affiliation Analytical Science Division, National Food Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Masato Akiba
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* E-mail: akiba@affrc.go.jp
Affiliations Bacterial and Parasitic Disease Research Division, National Institute of Animal Health, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Izumisano, Osaka, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TI MA. Performed the experiments: TI KC KA MO. Analyzed the data: TI KC MO MK MA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KA MO HO MA. Wrote the paper: TI KC MA.