About the Authors

Chikara Kaito

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Yuki Saito

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Gentaro Nagano

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Mariko Ikuo

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Yosuke Omae

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Yuichi Hanada

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Xiao Han

Affiliation Department of Infection Control Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan

Kyoko Kuwahara-Arai

Affiliation Department of Infection Control Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan

Tomomi Hishinuma

Affiliation Department of Infection Control Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan

Tadashi Baba

Affiliation Department of Infection Control Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan

Teruyo Ito

Affiliation Department of Infection Control Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan

Keiichi Hiramatsu

Affiliation Department of Infection Control Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuhisa Sekimizu

sekimizu@mol.f.u-tokyo.ac.jp.

Affiliation Laboratory of Microbiology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CK KS. Performed the experiments: CK YS GN MI YO YH XH KKA TH TB TI. Analyzed the data: CK YS GN MI YO YH XH KKA TH TB TI KH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CK YS GN MI YO KKA TH TB TI KH. Wrote the paper: CK KS.