The plasmid-encoded transcription factor ArdK contributes to the repression of the IMP-6 metallo-β-lactamase gene blaIMP-6, leading to a carbapenem-susceptible phenotype in the bla...

by Takaya Segawa, Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Satowa Suzuki, Keigo Shibayama, Mari Matsui, Makoto Kuroda
Published 2018-01-01

Complete Genome Sequence of blaIMP–6-Positive Metakosakonia sp. MRY16-398 Isolate From the Ascites of a Diverticulitis Patient

by Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Mari Matsui, Tomiyo Takahashi, Michiko Hayashi, Satowa Suzuki, Akihiko Tokaji, Makoto Kuroda
Published 2018-11-01

Complete sequencing of the bla(NDM-1)-positive IncA/C plasmid from Escherichia coli ST38 isolate suggests a possible origin from plant pathogens.

by Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Mari Matsui, Kunikazu Yamane, Fumihiko Takeuchi, Makoto Ohnishi, Akira Hishinuma, Yoshichika Arakawa, Makoto Kuroda
Published 2011-01-01

Dissemination of IncF group F1:A2:B20 plasmid-harbouring multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli ST131 before the acquisition of blaCTX-M in Japan

by Michiko Hayashi, Mari Matsui, Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Ayaka Shima, Takaya Segawa, Makoto Kuroda, Kumiko Kawamura, Satowa Suzuki
Published 2020-12-01

Elucidation of quantitative structural diversity of remarkable rearrangement regions, shufflons, in IncI2 plasmids

by Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Michiko Kawanishi, Mamoru Ohnishi, Ayaka Shima, Kengo Kato, Akifumi Yamashita, Mari Matsui, Satowa Suzuki, Makoto Kuroda
Published 2017-04-01

IMP-68, a Novel IMP-Type Metallo-β-Lactamase in Imipenem-Susceptible Klebsiella pneumoniae

by Hiroaki Kubota, Yasunori Suzuki, Rumi Okuno, Yumi Uchitani, Tsukasa Ariyoshi, Nobuyuki Takemura, Fuminori Mihara, Kazuhisa Mezaki, Norio Ohmagari, Mari Matsui, Satowa Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Makoto Kuroda, Keiko Yokoyama, Kenji Sadamasu
Published 2019-10-01