About the Authors

Shigeaki Matsuda

Affiliation Laboratory of Genomic Research on Pathogenic Bacteria, International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Natsumi Okada

Current address: Research Division of Microbial Sciences, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Affiliation Laboratory of Genomic Research on Pathogenic Bacteria, International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Toshio Kodama

Affiliation Department of Bacterial Infections, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Takeshi Honda

Affiliation Department of Bacterial Infections, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Tetsuya Iida

iida@biken.osaka-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Laboratory of Genomic Research on Pathogenic Bacteria, International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM TI. Performed the experiments: SM NO. Analyzed the data: SM TI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TK TH. Wrote the paper: SM TI.