Characterization of pig saliva as the major natural habitat of Streptococcus suis by analyzing oral, fecal, vaginal, and environmental microbiota

• Kazunori Murase,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Takayasu Watanabe ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: watanabe.takayasu@nihon-u.ac.jp

  Current address: Department of Chemistry, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan

  Affiliation Research Center for Food Safety, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5487-8191

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• Sakura Arai,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology

  Current address: Division of Microbiology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Kanagawa, Japan

  Affiliation Research Center for Food Safety, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Hyunjung Kim,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Research Center for Food Safety, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Mari Tohya,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Current address: Department of Microbiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

  Affiliation Research Center for Food Safety, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Kasumi Ishida-Kuroki,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Research Center for Food Safety, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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• Tấn Hùng Võ,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Veterinary Diagnosis Laboratory, Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

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• Thị Phương Bình Nguyễn,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Veterinary Diagnosis Laboratory, Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

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• Ichiro Nakagawa,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

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• Ro Osawa,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Bioresource Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kobe University, Hyogo, Japan

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• Ngọc Hải Nguyễn,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Veterinary Diagnosis Laboratory, Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, Faculty of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

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• Tsutomu Sekizaki

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Center for Food Safety, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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