Ken Kurokawa

TL;DR: The complete chromosome sequence of an O157:H7 strain isolated from the Sakai outbreak is reported, and the results of genomic comparison with a benign laboratory strain, K-12 MG1655, are identified, which may represent the fundamental backbone of the E. coli chromosome.

TL;DR: This finding explains clinical features of V parahaemolyticus infections, which commonly include inflammatory diarrhoea and in some cases systemic manifestations such as septicaemia, distinct from those of V cholerae infections,Which are generally associated with non-inflammatory diarrhoeA.

TL;DR: Observations indicate that streptococcal phages represent important plasticity regions in the GAS chromosome where recombination between homologous phage genes can occur and result not only in new phage derivatives, but also in large chromosomal rearrangements.

TL;DR: Investigation of gene expression patterns of primordial germ cells (PGCs) and embryonic stem cells and a novel gene, PGC7, which was preferentially expressed in PGCs suggested that it might play an important role in the development of P GCs and oocytes.

TL;DR: How the E. coli strains have diverged from a common ancestral strain, and how bacteriophages contributed to this process is discussed, and the possibility that such bacteria might function as 'phage factories', releasing a variety of chimeric or mosaic phages into the environment is raised.