About the Authors

Masako Takashima

masako@jcm.riken.jp

Affiliation Microbe Division/Japan Collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN BioResource Center, Wako, Saitama, Japan

Takashi Sugita

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo, Japan

Bui Hong Van

Affiliation Microbe Division/Japan Collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN BioResource Center, Wako, Saitama, Japan

Megumi Nakamura

Affiliation Microbe Division/Japan Collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN BioResource Center, Wako, Saitama, Japan

Rikiya Endoh

Affiliation Microbe Division/Japan Collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN BioResource Center, Wako, Saitama, Japan

Moriya Ohkuma

Affiliation Microbe Division/Japan Collection of Microorganisms, RIKEN BioResource Center, Wako, Saitama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MT TS MO. Performed the experiments: MT TS BHV. Analyzed the data: MT MN RE MO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MT TS BHV RE. Wrote the paper: MT TS MO.