About the Authors

Wataru Mizunoya

wataru_m@agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Bioresource Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Yohei Iwamoto

Affiliation Department of Bioresource Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Bungo Shirouchi

Affiliation Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Masao Sato

Affiliation Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Yusuke Komiya

Affiliation Department of Bioresource Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Farzaneh Rahimi Razin

Affiliation Department of Bioresource Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Ryuichi Tatsumi

Affiliation Department of Bioresource Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Yusuke Sato

Current address: Department of Animal Science, Utsunomiya University, Utsunomiya, Japan

Affiliation Department of Bioresource Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Mako Nakamura

Affiliation Department of Bioresource Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Yoshihide Ikeuchi

Affiliation Department of Bioresource Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WM. Performed the experiments: WM Y. Iwamoto FR YK BS. Analyzed the data: WM Y. Iwamoto FR YK BS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WM Y. Iwamoto FR YK BS. Wrote the manuscript: WM. Interpreted results of experiments: WM Y. Iwamoto MS MN YS RT Y. Ikeuchi.