Pathogenic Microbes Repository Unit

Subjects:

1. Isolation, collection, preservation and distribution of pathogenic microorganisms to facilitate research overseas as well as domestic.
2. Development of rapid detection methods of pathogenic factors produced by enteropathogenic bacteria.
3. Epidemiological and surveillance studies on enteropathogenic infection.

Papers published in 2012

1. The hydrophilic translocator for Vibrio parahaemolyticus T3SS2 is also translocated.

   Xiaohui Zhou, Jennifer M Ritchie, Hirotaka Hiyoshi, Tetsuya Iida, Brigid M Davis, Matthew K Waldor and Toshio Kodama

   Infect. Immun., 80 (8), 2940-2947, 2012.
2. A Cytotoxic Type III Secretion Effector of Vibrio parahaemolyticus Targets Vacuolar H(+)-ATPase Subunit c and Ruptures Host Cell Lysosomes.

   Shigeaki Matsuda, Natsumi Okada, Toshio Kodama, Takeshi Honda and Tetsuya Iida

   PLoS Pathog., 8 (7), e1002803, 2012.
3. Inflammation and Disintegration of Intestinal Villi in an Experimental Model for Vibrio parahaemolyticus-Induced Diarrhea.

   Jennifer M Ritchie, Haopeng Rui, Xiaohui Zhou, Tetsuya Iida, Toshio Kodoma, Susuma Ito, Brigid M Davis, Roderick T Bronson and Matthew K Waldor

   PLoS Pathog, 8 (3), e1002593, 2012.
4. Hemolysin E- and enterohemolysin-derived hemolytic activity of O55/O157 strains and other Escherichia coli lineages.

   Kazunori Murase, Tadasuke Ooka, Atsushi Iguchi, Yoshitoshi Ogura, Keisuke Nakayama, Md Asadulghani, Md Rakibul Islam, Hirotaka Hiyoshi, Toshio Kodama, Lothar Beutin and Tetsuya Hayashi

   Microbiology, 158 (Pt.3), 746-758, 2012.

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