About the Authors
- Masayuki K. Sakata
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Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft
* E-mail: masa2k_mskk1518@yahoo.co.jp
Current address: Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Affiliations Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University, Kobe City, Japan, Kobe University Innovation, Co., Ltd, Kobe City, Japan
- Megumi Sato
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft
Affiliation Graduate School of Health Sciences, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan
- Marcello Otake Sato
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Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – original draft
Affiliation Laboratory of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
- Tomoe Watanabe
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Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Dainihon Jochugiku Co., Ltd Research & Development Laboratory Biological Research Section 1–11, Osaka, Japan
- Honami Mitsuishi
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Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Dainihon Jochugiku Co., Ltd Research & Development Laboratory Biological Research Section 1–11, Osaka, Japan
- Tomoyuki Hikitsuchi
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Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Dainihon Jochugiku Co., Ltd Research & Development Laboratory Biological Research Section 1–11, Osaka, Japan
- Jun Kobayashi
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Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Graduate School of Health Sciences, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
- Toshifumi Minamoto
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft
Affiliation Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University, Kobe City, Japan
Competing Interests
TM is an inventor of the patent for the use of BAC to eDNA preservation. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.