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Masato Suzuki

National Institute of Infectious DiseasesORCID 0000-0001-8975-2193Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Assay:DNA methylation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Organism:human· 1 Research Focus:phylogenetics / evolution· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Aki HirabayashiiD· 1 shared Arata SakiyamaiD· 1 shared Chaogetu Saren· 1 shared Chiho Suzuki‐MinakuchiiD· 1 shared Haruo SuzukiiD· 1 shared Hideaki NojiriiD· 1 shared Hideo DohraiD· 1 shared Hui XieiD· 1 shared

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Benefits and costs of a hypercapsule and the mechanism of its loss in a clinical isolate of Acinetobacter baumannii

Chaogetu Saren, Ken-Ichi Oinuma, Taishi Tsubouchi, Arata Sakiyama, Masato Suzuki, Mamiko Niki, Yukihiro Kaneko

This study identifies a mutation-driven mechanism for capsule switching in Acinetobacter baumannii, revealing a trade-off between immune evasion and environmental adaptation.

mBio · Dec 29, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

A replication-centered phylogeny illuminates the evolutionary landscape of bacterial plasmids

Yosuke Nishimura, Kensei Kaneko, Tatsuya Kamijo, Nanako Isogai, Maho Tokuda, Hui Xie, Yusuke Tsuda, Aki Hirabayashi, Ryota Moriuchi, Hideo Dohra, Kazuhide Kimbara, Chiho Suzuki‐Minakuchi, Hideaki Nojiri, Haruo Suzuki, Masato Suzuki, Masaki Shintani

The paper constructs a phylogeny of bacterial plasmids based on replication initiation proteins, revealing new clades and diversity not captured by existing methods.

bioRxiv · Sep 3, 2024 · PreprintMicrobiology