About the Authors

Kunihiro Kaihatsu

Kunihiro@sanken.osaka-u.ac.jp

Affiliation The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Shinjiro Sawada

Affiliation The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Shota Nakamura

Affiliation Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Takaaki Nakaya

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Teruo Yasunaga

Affiliation Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Nobuo Kato

Affiliation The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KK SN TN TY NK. Performed the experiments: KK SS. Analyzed the data: KK SS SN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KK SN TN TY NK. Wrote the paper: KK SN TN NK.