Yasuhiro Gotoh
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View article: Prevalence, sequence diversity, and amplification of an IS-associated enterotoxin gene, astA, in Escherichia coli
Prevalence, sequence diversity, and amplification of an IS-associated enterotoxin gene, astA, in Escherichia coli Open
Introduction Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli heat-stable enterotoxin 1 (EAST1) encoded by the astA gene was first identified in an enteroaggregative E. coli strain isolated from a patient with persistent diarrhea. While astA-positive st…
View article: Antigenic variation is caused by long plasmid segment conversion in a hard tick-borne relapsing fever Borrelia miyamotoi
Antigenic variation is caused by long plasmid segment conversion in a hard tick-borne relapsing fever Borrelia miyamotoi Open
Borrelia miyamotoi is a hard tick-borne spirochete genetically related to relapsing fever Borrelia and the etiological agent of an emerging infectious disease in humans. Like relapsing fever Borrelia , B. miyamotoi carries clusters of gene…
View article: Concentration-dependent formation of intersegment interactions in the viral inclusions of influenza A virus infected cells
Concentration-dependent formation of intersegment interactions in the viral inclusions of influenza A virus infected cells Open
The influenza A virus genome consists of eight RNA segments; each incorporated into a virion. It has been proposed that intersegment interactions bundle these segments, and viral inclusions, which contain viral ribonucleoproteins (vRNPs) a…
View article: Draft genome sequence of three <i>Glaciozyma watsonii</i> strains isolated from near the Syowa station area, East Antarctica
Draft genome sequence of three <i>Glaciozyma watsonii</i> strains isolated from near the Syowa station area, East Antarctica Open
Three strains of Glaciozyma watsonii were isolated from the Inhovde area, East Antarctica. This yeast is known as having ice-binding proteins and cold-active enzymes that are active, even at subzero temperatures. We report a draft genome s…
View article: Complete genome sequences of <i>Micrococcus luteus</i> isolated from the radioactive element-containing water in Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station unit 2
Complete genome sequences of <i>Micrococcus luteus</i> isolated from the radioactive element-containing water in Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station unit 2 Open
Four bacterial strains with yellow-colored colonies, which were isolated from the radioactive element-containing water in Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station unit 2, were identified as Micrococcus luteus . Here, we present the complete…
View article: Genome Analysis of Japanese <i>Yersinia pseudotuberculosis</i> Strains Isolated From Kawasaki Disease Patients and Other Sources and Their Phylogenetic Positions in the Global <i>Y. pseudotuberculosis</i> Population
Genome Analysis of Japanese <i>Yersinia pseudotuberculosis</i> Strains Isolated From Kawasaki Disease Patients and Other Sources and Their Phylogenetic Positions in the Global <i>Y. pseudotuberculosis</i> Population Open
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis (Ypt) is a gram‐negative bacterium that infects both humans and animals primarily through fecal‒oral transmission. While Ypt causes acute gastroenteritis in humans, an association with Kawasaki disease (KD), a d…
View article: Acid tolerance and metabolic potential of comammox and nitrite-oxidizing <i>Nitrospira</i> enriched from soil
Acid tolerance and metabolic potential of comammox and nitrite-oxidizing <i>Nitrospira</i> enriched from soil Open
Nitrification is the two-step microbial oxidation of ammonia to nitrate via nitrite, and it can contribute to environmental problems in soils. Some nitrifiers have been cultivated from acidic soils at pH <5.5, allowing their metabolic p…
View article: Genome-resolved year-round dynamics reveal a broad range of giant virus microdiversity
Genome-resolved year-round dynamics reveal a broad range of giant virus microdiversity Open
Giant viruses are crucial for marine ecosystem dynamics because they regulate microeukaryotic community structure, accelerate carbon and nutrient cycles, and drive the evolution of their hosts through co-evolutionary processes. Previously …
View article: Description of Ixodes lanigeri sp. nov., a new hard tick species (Acari, Ixodidae) collected from mouse-eared bats (Vespertilionidae, Myotis) in Vietnam
Description of Ixodes lanigeri sp. nov., a new hard tick species (Acari, Ixodidae) collected from mouse-eared bats (Vespertilionidae, Myotis) in Vietnam Open
Historically, for more than one and a half centuries, only one so-called “long-legged bat tick” species, i.e., Ixodes vespertilionis Koch was known to science. However, during the past decade, it was recognized on a molecular basis that lo…
View article: Mobile genetic element-driven genomic changes in a community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone during its transmission in a regional community outbreak in Japan
Mobile genetic element-driven genomic changes in a community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone during its transmission in a regional community outbreak in Japan Open
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infections are now a public health concern in both community and healthcare settings worldwide. We previously identified a suspected case of a maternity clinic-cent…
View article: Generation and maintenance of the circularized multimeric IS26-associated translocatable unit encoding multidrug resistance
Generation and maintenance of the circularized multimeric IS26-associated translocatable unit encoding multidrug resistance Open
In gram-negative bacteria, IS 26 often exists in multidrug resistance (MDR) regions, forming a pseudocompound transposon (PCTn) that can be tandemly amplified. It also generates a circular intermediate called the “translocatable unit (TU)”…
View article: Effects of phage variation on Shiga toxin 2 (Stx2) production and the virulence of Stx-producing<i>Escherichia coli</i>
Effects of phage variation on Shiga toxin 2 (Stx2) production and the virulence of Stx-producing<i>Escherichia coli</i> Open
Shiga toxin (Stx)-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) causes serious gastrointestinal illness, including hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome. Although all known Stxs (Stx1 and Stx2) are encoded by bacteriophages (Stx phages), t…
View article: A comprehensive list of genes required for the efficient conjugation of plasmid Rts1 was determined by systematic deletion analysis
A comprehensive list of genes required for the efficient conjugation of plasmid Rts1 was determined by systematic deletion analysis Open
While conjugation-related genes have been identified in many plasmids by genome sequencing, functional analyses have not yet been performed in most cases, and a full set of conjugation genes has been identified for only a few plasmids. Rts…
View article: Author Response: Identification of key yeast species and microbe–microbe interactions impacting larval growth of Drosophila in the wild
Author Response: Identification of key yeast species and microbe–microbe interactions impacting larval growth of Drosophila in the wild Open
Full text Figures and data Side by side Abstract eLife assessment Introduction Results Discussion Materials and methods Appendix 1 Data availability References Peer review Author response Article and author information Metrics Abstract Mic…
View article: Identification of key yeast species and microbe–microbe interactions impacting larval growth of Drosophila in the wild
Identification of key yeast species and microbe–microbe interactions impacting larval growth of Drosophila in the wild Open
Microbiota consisting of various fungi and bacteria have a significant impact on the physiological functions of the host. However, it is unclear which species are essential to this impact and how they affect the host. This study analyzed a…
View article: Complete genome sequences of 11 <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> strains isolated from acute infectious purpura fulminans, sepsis, and pneumonia
Complete genome sequences of 11 <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> strains isolated from acute infectious purpura fulminans, sepsis, and pneumonia Open
The complete genome sequences of 11 Japanese Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates were determined by hybrid assembly of long and short reads, including two strains isolated from patients with acute infectious purpura fulminans, six strains fr…
View article: Identification of Key Yeast Species and Microbe-Microbe Interactions Impacting Larval Growth of Drosophila in the Wild
Identification of Key Yeast Species and Microbe-Microbe Interactions Impacting Larval Growth of Drosophila in the Wild Open
Microbiota consisting of various fungi and bacteria have a significant impact on the physiological functions of the host. However, it is unclear which species are essential to this impact and how they affect the host. This study analyzed a…
View article: Reviewer #2 (Public Review): Identification of Key Yeast Species and Microbe-Microbe Interactions Impacting Larval Growth of Drosophila in the Wild
Reviewer #2 (Public Review): Identification of Key Yeast Species and Microbe-Microbe Interactions Impacting Larval Growth of Drosophila in the Wild Open
Microbiota consisting of various fungi and bacteria have a significant impact on the physiological functions of the host. However, it is unclear which species are essential to this impact and how they affect the host. This study analyzed a…
View article: Author Response: Identification of Key Yeast Species and Microbe-Microbe Interactions Impacting Larval Growth of Drosophila in the Wild
Author Response: Identification of Key Yeast Species and Microbe-Microbe Interactions Impacting Larval Growth of Drosophila in the Wild Open
Microbiota consisting of various fungi and bacteria have a significant impact on the physiological functions of the host. However, it is unclear which species are essential to this impact and how they affect the host. This study analyzed a…
View article: Reviewer #3 (Public Review): Identification of Key Yeast Species and Microbe-Microbe Interactions Impacting Larval Growth of Drosophila in the Wild
Reviewer #3 (Public Review): Identification of Key Yeast Species and Microbe-Microbe Interactions Impacting Larval Growth of Drosophila in the Wild Open
Microbiota consisting of various fungi and bacteria have a significant impact on the physiological functions of the host. However, it is unclear which species are essential to this impact and how they affect the host. This study analyzed a…
View article: Reviewer #1 (Public Review): Identification of Key Yeast Species and Microbe-Microbe Interactions Impacting Larval Growth of Drosophila in the Wild
Reviewer #1 (Public Review): Identification of Key Yeast Species and Microbe-Microbe Interactions Impacting Larval Growth of Drosophila in the Wild Open
Microbiota consisting of various fungi and bacteria have a significant impact on the physiological functions of the host. However, it is unclear which species are essential to this impact and how they affect the host. This study analyzed a…
View article: Systematic analysis of plasmids of the Serratia marcescens complex using 142 closed genomes
Systematic analysis of plasmids of the Serratia marcescens complex using 142 closed genomes Open
Plasmids play important roles in bacterial genome diversification. In the Serratia marcescens complex (SMC), a notable contribution of plasmids to genome diversification was also suggested by our recent analysis of >600 draft genomes. As a…
View article: Description of three new bat-associated species of hard ticks (Acari, Ixodidae) from Japan
Description of three new bat-associated species of hard ticks (Acari, Ixodidae) from Japan Open
In Eurasia, the geographically most widespread ixodid tick species of the bat families Rhinolophidae Gray, Vespertilionidae Gray, and Miniopteridae Dobson were considered to belong to four species, Ixodes vespertilionis Koch, I. collaris H…
View article: Identification of key yeast species and microbe–microbe interactions impacting larval growth of Drosophila in the wild
Identification of key yeast species and microbe–microbe interactions impacting larval growth of Drosophila in the wild Open
Microbiota consisting of various fungi and bacteria have a significant impact on the physiological functions of the host. However, it is unclear which species are essential to this impact and how they affect the host. This study analyzed a…
View article: Identification of Core Yeast Species and Microbe-Microbe Interactions Impacting Larval Growth of Drosophila in the Wild
Identification of Core Yeast Species and Microbe-Microbe Interactions Impacting Larval Growth of Drosophila in the Wild Open
Microbiota consisting of various fungi and bacteria have a significant impact on the physiological functions of the host. However, it is unclear which species are essential to this impact and how they affect the host. This study analyzed a…
View article: Author Response: Identification of Core Yeast Species and Microbe-Microbe Interactions Impacting Larval Growth of Drosophila in the Wild
Author Response: Identification of Core Yeast Species and Microbe-Microbe Interactions Impacting Larval Growth of Drosophila in the Wild Open
Microbiota consisting of various fungi and bacteria have a significant impact on the physiological functions of the host. However, it is unclear which species are essential to this impact and how they affect the host. This study analyzed a…
View article: Identification of Key Yeast Species and Microbe-Microbe Interactions Impacting Larval Growth of <i>Drosophila</i> in the Wild
Identification of Key Yeast Species and Microbe-Microbe Interactions Impacting Larval Growth of <i>Drosophila</i> in the Wild Open
Microbiota consisting of various fungi and bacteria have a significant impact on the physiological functions of the host. However, it is unclear which species are essential to this impact and how they affect the host. This study analyzed a…
View article: Isolation and Genomic Characterization of a Heat-Labile Enterotoxin 1-Producing Escherichia fergusonii Strain from a Human
Isolation and Genomic Characterization of a Heat-Labile Enterotoxin 1-Producing Escherichia fergusonii Strain from a Human Open
Escherichia fergusonii , a species closely related to Escherichia coli , is known to cause sporadic conditions in humans, including diarrhea. However, the critical virulence factors in E. fergusonii clinical isolates remain to be identifie…
View article: Escherichia cryptic clade I is an emerging source of human intestinal pathogens
Escherichia cryptic clade I is an emerging source of human intestinal pathogens Open
View article: Phylogenic position and low genomic diversity of “<i>Candidatus Rickettsia kotlanii</i>” inferred by complete genome sequences of two Japanese isolates
Phylogenic position and low genomic diversity of “<i>Candidatus Rickettsia kotlanii</i>” inferred by complete genome sequences of two Japanese isolates Open
Many Rickettsia species of the spotted fever group (SFG) cause tick‐borne diseases known as “spotted fever.” One of the candidate SFG Rickettsia species is “ Candidatus Rickettsia kotlanii ,” which was first detected in Haemaphysalis conci…