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Masatomo Hirasawa

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Shinozaki-Kuwahara N, Saito M, Hirasawa M, Hirasawa M, Takada K
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol . 2016 Jul; 66(10):3878-3883. PMID: 27381035
A Gram-stain-positive, catalase-negative, coccus-shaped organism was isolated from oral cavity samples collected from healthy elephants. The isolated strain, NUM 2404T, was tentatively identified as a streptococcal species based on the...
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Saito M, Hirasawa M, Kuwahara N, Okada T, Umezawa K, Kobayashi T, et al.
Genome Announc . 2016 Mar; 4(2). PMID: 26988057
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans is considered to be a major etiological agent of aggressive periodontitis and includes serotype a to g strains. We herein report the first complete genome sequence of A. ...
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Shinozaki-Kuwahara N, Saito M, Hirasawa M, Takada K
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol . 2014 Aug; 64(Pt 11):3755-3759. PMID: 25139416
Two strains were isolated from oral cavity samples of healthy elephants. The isolates were Gram-positive, catalase-negative, coccus-shaped organisms that were tentatively identified as a streptococcal species based on the results...
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Saito M, Shinozaki-Kuwahara N, Hirasawa M, Takada K
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol . 2014 Jul; 64(Pt 9):3288-3292. PMID: 24994777
Four Gram-stain-positive, catalase-negative, coccoid-shaped organisms were isolated from elephant oral cavities. The isolates were tentatively identified as streptococcal species based on the results of biochemical tests. Comparative 16S rRNA gene...
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Tsuzukibashi O, Uchibori S, Shinozaki-Kuwahara N, Kobayashi T, Takada K, Hirasawa M
J Microbiol Methods . 2014 Jun; 104:67-71. PMID: 24971800
Corynebacterium matruchotii is a microbial inhabitant in the oral cavity of humans and is associated with the formation of dental calculi. C. matruchotii forms highly specific morphological units, which are...
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Tsuzukibashi O, Saito M, Kobayashi T, Umezawa K, Nagahama F, Hiroi T, et al.
Arch Microbiol . 2014 Feb; 196(4):261-5. PMID: 24562973
Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans is an important pathogen related to aggressively progressive periodontal breakdown in adolescents and adults. The species can be divided into six serotypes (a-f) according to their surface carbohydrate...
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Shinozaki-Kuwahara N, Saito M, Hirasawa M, Takada K
Microbiol Immunol . 2013 May; 57(5):386-90. PMID: 23668611
Two tandemly aligned glucosyltransferase (GTF) genes whose gene products are responsible for water-soluble glucan synthesis were isolated from Streptococcus dentirousetti NUM1303 and sequenced. One of the GTF genes of S....
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Takada K, Saito M, Tsudukibashi O, Hiroi T, Hirasawa M
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol . 2013 Jan; 63(Pt 8):2782-2786. PMID: 23291897
Four Gram-positive, catalase-negative, coccoid isolates that were obtained from donkey oral cavities formed two distinct clonal groups when characterized by phenotypic and phylogenetic studies. From the results of biochemical tests,...
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Shinozaki-Kuwahara N, Hashizume-Takizawa T, Hirasawa M, Takada K
Hybridoma (Larchmt) . 2012 Jun; 31(3):176-9. PMID: 22741581
Streptococcus mutans has been considered the principal etiological agent of dental caries in humans. S. mutans can secrete three kinds of glucosyltransferases (GTFs). One of these, GTF-B, which synthesizes water-insoluble...
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Yokoyama S, Takada K, Hirasawa M, Perera L, Hiroi T
J Clin Immunol . 2011 Sep; 31(6):1038-44. PMID: 21938511
Celiac disease (CD) is a chronic immune-mediated intestinal inflammatory disorder afflicting genetically susceptible individuals triggered by the consumption of dietary cereals with high gluten content. As with many other organ-specific...