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R. Okura

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Organism:E. coli· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:cell signaling & trafficking· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:imaging· 1 Approach:simulation· 1

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Y. Wakamoto· 3 shared C. Furusawa· 1 shared E. Kussell· 1 shared H. Nakaoka· 1 shared H. Takai· 1 shared K. A. Takeuchi· 1 shared K. Oguchi· 1 shared M. Fujisawa· 1 shared

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Single mutation makes Escherichia coli an insect mutualist

R. Koga, M. Moriyama, N. Onodera-Tanifuji, Y. Ishii, H. Takai, M. Mizutani, K. Oguchi, R. Okura, S. Suzuki, Y. Goto, T. Hayashi, M. Seki, Y. Suzuki, Y. Nishide, T. Hosokawa, , T. Fukatsu

The paper shows that a single mutation in E. coli enables it to become an insect mutualist by disrupting carbon catabolite repression.

bioRxiv · Jan 26, 2022Evolutionary Biology

Observation of persister cell histories reveals diverse modes of survival in antibiotic persistence

M. Umetani, M. Fujisawa, R. Okura, T. Nozoe, S. Suenaga, H. Nakaoka, E. Kussell, Y. Wakamoto

The paper characterizes persister cell dynamics in E. coli by tracking individual cells exposed to antibiotics, revealing diverse survival mechanisms depending on growth phase and antibiotic type.

bioRxiv · Oct 28, 2021Microbiology

Scale invariance during bacterial reductive division observed by an extensive microperfusion system

T. Shimaya, R. Okura, Y. Wakamoto, K. A. Takeuchi

The paper shows scale invariance in E. coli cell size distribution during reductive division under time-dependent conditions, supported by simulations and theoretical analysis.

bioRxiv · Jun 25, 2020Cell Biology