Yoshiaki Kawamura
Department of Microbial-Bioinformatics
Regeneration and Advanced Medical Science
Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine
Gifu 500-8705
Japan
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- High genetic similarity of Streptococcus agalactiae and Streptococcus difficilis: S. difficilis Eldar et al. 1995 is a later synonym of S. agalactiae Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980). Kawamura, Y., Itoh, Y., Mishima, N., Ohkusu, K., Kasai, H., Ezaki, T. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2005)
- First Streptococcus agalactiae isolates highly resistant to quinolones, with point mutations in gyrA and parC. Kawamura, Y., Fujiwara, H., Mishima, N., Tanaka, Y., Tanimoto, A., Ikawa, S., Itoh, Y., Ezaki, T. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. (2003)
- Bacterial population in Russian space station "Mir". Kawamura, Y., Li, Y., Liu, H., Huang, X., Li, Z., Ezaki, T. Microbiol. Immunol. (2001)
- Taxonomic study of "tufted mitior" strains of streptococci (Streptococcus sanguinis biotype 11); recognition of a new genospecies. Kawamura, Y., Whiley, R.A., Zhao, L., Ezaki, T., Hardie, J.M. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. (2000)
- Genetic approaches to the identification of the mitis group within the genus Streptococcus. Kawamura, Y., Whiley, R.A., Shu, S.E., Ezaki, T., Hardie, J.M. Microbiology (Reading, Engl.) (1999)
- Distribution of Staphylococcus species among human clinical specimens and emended description of Staphylococcus caprae. Kawamura, Y., Hou, X.G., Sultana, F., Hirose, K., Miyake, M., Shu, S.E., Ezaki, T. J. Clin. Microbiol. (1998)