About the Authors

Masayuki K. Sakata

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

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

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

Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Laboratory of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

Tomoe Watanabe

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dainihon Jochugiku Co., Ltd Research & Development Laboratory Biological Research Section 1–11, Osaka, Japan

Honami Mitsuishi

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dainihon Jochugiku Co., Ltd Research & Development Laboratory Biological Research Section 1–11, Osaka, Japan

Tomoyuki Hikitsuchi

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dainihon Jochugiku Co., Ltd Research & Development Laboratory Biological Research Section 1–11, Osaka, Japan

Jun Kobayashi

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Graduate School of Health Sciences, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

Toshifumi Minamoto

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.