About the Authors

Kentaro Tsukamoto

tsuka-k@fujita-hu.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

Chikako Ozeki

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

Tomoko Kohda

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Science, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan

Takao Tsuji

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KT TT. Performed the experiments: KT CO. Analyzed the data: KT CO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KT CO TK. Wrote the paper: KT.