About the Authors

Kazuya Morikawa

morikawa.kazuya.ga@u.tsukuba.ac.jp (KM); tmsadek@pasteur.fr (TM)

Affiliations University of Tsukuba, Division of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Tsukuba, Japan, Institut Pasteur, Biology of Gram Positive Pathogens, Department of Microbiology, Paris, France

Aya J. Takemura

Affiliation University of Tsukuba, Division of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Tsukuba, Japan

Yumiko Inose

Affiliation University of Tsukuba, Division of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Tsukuba, Japan

Melody Tsai

Affiliation University of Tsukuba, Division of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Tsukuba, Japan

Le Thuy Nguyen Thi

Affiliation University of Tsukuba, Division of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Tsukuba, Japan

Toshiko Ohta

Affiliation University of Tsukuba, Division of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, Tsukuba, Japan

Tarek Msadek

morikawa.kazuya.ga@u.tsukuba.ac.jp (KM); tmsadek@pasteur.fr (TM)

Affiliations Institut Pasteur, Biology of Gram Positive Pathogens, Department of Microbiology, Paris, France, CNRS ERL 3526, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KM TM. Performed the experiments: KM AJT MT LTNT. Analyzed the data: KM YI TO TM. Wrote the paper: KM TM.