About the Authors
- Masanori Hiraoka
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* E-mail: mhiraoka@kochi-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Usa Marine Biological Institute, Kochi University, Usa, Tosa, Kochi, Japan
- Kensuke Ichihara
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Affiliation Department of Natural History Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
- Wenrong Zhu
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Affiliation Xianshan Xuwen Seaweed Development Co., Ltd., Jiangdong, Ningbo, China
- Jiahai Ma
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Affiliation Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
- Satoshi Shimada
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Affiliation Division of the Natural/Applied Sciences, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. WZ is employed by a commercial company, Xianshan Xuwen Seaweed Development Co., Ltd. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MH WZ JM. Performed the experiments: MH KI SS. Analyzed the data: MH KI SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH KI WZ JM SS. Wrote the paper: MH.