About the Authors

Kazuyuki Wakabayashi

wakaba@sci.osaka-cu.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan

Kouichi Soga

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan

Takayuki Hoson

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan

Toshihisa Kotake

Affiliation Division of Life Science, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University, Sakura-ku, Saitama, Japan

Takashi Yamazaki

Current address: Teikyo University, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Affiliation Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sengen, Tsukuba, Japan

Akira Higashibata

Affiliation Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sengen, Tsukuba, Japan

Noriaki Ishioka

Affiliation Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Sengen, Tsukuba, Japan

Toru Shimazu

Affiliation Japan Space Forum, Kandasurugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Keiji Fukui

Affiliation Japan Space Forum, Kandasurugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Ikuko Osada

Affiliation Japan Manned Space Systems Corp., Kawaguchi, Tsuchiura, Japan

Haruo Kasahara

Affiliation Japan Manned Space Systems Corp., Kawaguchi, Tsuchiura, Japan

Motoshi Kamada

Affiliation Advanced Engineering Services Co., Ltd., Takezono, Tsukuba, Japan

Competing Interests

The experimental cost for this study was was funded by JAXA. The Japan Manned Space Systems Corp. and Advanced Engineering Services Co. Ltd are JAXA-associated companies. Toru Shimazu and Keiji Fukui are employed by the Japan Space Forum, Ikuko Osada, and Haruo Kasahara by Japan Manned Space Systems Corp, and Motoshi Kamada by Advanced Engineering Services Co., Ltd. There are no patents, products in development, or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KW. Performed the experiments: KW KS TK TY AH NI TS KF IO HK MK. Analyzed the data: KW KS TH TK MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TH. Wrote the paper: KW TH.