About the Authors

Jin Il Kim

Contributed equally to this work with: Jin Il Kim, Ilseob Lee

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea, Center for Medical Science Research, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Ilseob Lee

Contributed equally to this work with: Jin Il Kim, Ilseob Lee

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea, Center for Medical Science Research, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Sehee Park

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea, Center for Medical Science Research, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Sangmoo Lee

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea, Center for Medical Science Research, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Min-Woong Hwang

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea, Center for Medical Science Research, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Joon-Yong Bae

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea, Center for Medical Science Research, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Jun Heo

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea, Center for Medical Science Research, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Donghwan Kim

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea, Center for Medical Science Research, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Seok-Il Jang

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea, Center for Medical Science Research, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Kabsu Kim

Affiliation School of Equine Science, Cheju Halla University, Jeju, Jeju-do, Republic of Korea

Man-Seong Park

manseong.park@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea, Center for Medical Science Research, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSP. Performed the experiments: JIK IL SP SL MWH JYB JH DK SIJ. Analyzed the data: JIK IL MSP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KK. Wrote the paper: JIK IL MSP.