About the Authors

Toshio Kodama

kodama@biken.osaka-u.ac.jp

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

Kazuyoshi Gotoh

Affiliation International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Hirotaka Hiyoshi

Affiliation International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Mikiharu Morita

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

Kaori Izutsu

Affiliation International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Yukihiro Akeda

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

Kwon-Sam Park

Affiliations Department of Bacterial Infections, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan, Department of Food Science and Technology, College of Ocean Science and Technology, Kunsan National University, Kusan, Jeollabuk-do, Korea

Vlademir V. Cantarelli

Affiliations Department of Bacterial Infections, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan, Centro Universitário Feevale, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Rikard Dryselius

Affiliation International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Tetsuya Iida

Affiliation International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, 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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TK TI TH. Performed the experiments: TK KG MM. Analyzed the data: TK KG MM KI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TK KG HH KI YA KSP. Wrote the paper: TK YA VC RD TI TH.