About the Authors

Hiroyuki Kawata

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Sankei Co. Ltd., Shiromi, Chuou-Ku, Osaka, Japan

Masahiro Kohno

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

kohno.m.aa@m.titech.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Kohei Nukina

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Sankei Co. Ltd., Shiromi, Chuou-Ku, Osaka, Japan

Isanori Horiuchi

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Sankei Co. Ltd., Shiromi, Chuou-Ku, Osaka, Japan

Hisataka Goda

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Sankei Co. Ltd., Shiromi, Chuou-Ku, Osaka, Japan

Tomomi Kuwahara

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Miki, Kagawa, Japan

Kosei Yoshimori

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Akimitsu Miyaji

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation School of Materials and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku Yokohama, Japan

Toshiaki Kamachi

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Toshikazu Yoshikawa

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

Affiliation Louis Pasteur Center for Medical Research, Tanaka Monzen-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interests: HK, KN, IH, and HG are employees of Sankei Co. Ltd. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare.