About the Authors

Masaki Nakamura

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

m-nakamu@kitasato-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Kitasato University School of Allied Health Sciences, Kanagawa, Japan, Department of Environmental Microbiology, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanagawa, Japan, Research Center for Infection control, Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan

Hayato Kawada

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Environmental Microbiology, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanagawa, Japan

Hiroki Uchida

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Kitasato University School of Allied Health Sciences, Kanagawa, Japan

Yusuke Takagi

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Kitasato University School of Allied Health Sciences, Kanagawa, Japan

Shuichi Obata

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Department of Anatomical Sciences, Kitasato University School of Allied Health Sciences, Kanagawa, Japan, Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan

Ryotaro Eda

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Environmental Microbiology, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanagawa, Japan

Hideaki Hanaki

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Research Center for Infection control, Kitasato Institute for Life Sciences, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan

Hidero Kitasato

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Kitasato University School of Allied Health Sciences, Kanagawa, Japan, Department of Environmental Microbiology, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanagawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.