Publications by authors named "Yukio Shirasawa"
Two Gram-staining-negative, strictly aerobic, non-endospore-forming, non-motile, rod-shaped bacteria, designated strains YIT 12745T and YIT 12746T, were isolated from sludge from a wastewater treatment plant. 16S rRNA gene sequence analyses indicated that these strains belonged to the genus Flavobacterium. In these analyses, strains YIT 12745T and YIT 12746T were most closely related to the type strains of Flavobacterium caeni and Flavobacterium terrigena, with 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity values of 94.
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- Bifidobacterium breve strain Yakult (BbrY) has beneficial effects on human health, but its mechanisms are not fully understood.
- Researchers used microarrays to identify 93 genes up-regulated in the intestines of mice, narrowing it down to 45 genes specific to the mouse intestine after exclusions.
- Most of these genes are related to sugar transport and liberation, indicating that BbrY may help maintain energy balance in the mouse intestine, which has low levels of easily fermentable sugars.