Substitution Effects on FeSe Superconductor (2008)
Mizuguchi, Y., Tomioka, F., Tsuda, S., Yamaguchi, T., Takano, Y.
We investigated the substitution effects on FeSe system, which has the simplest structure among iron-based superconductors. An enhancement of a superconducting transition temperature Tc was observed...
Growth of superconducting single-crystalline (Lu, Ca)Ba2Cu3O7-d whiskers (2008)
Deguchi, K., Ogawara, S., Okutsu, T., Nagao, M., Watanabe, T., Mizuguchi, Y., ...
Single-crystalline (Lu, Ca)Ba2Cu3O7-d (Lu(Ca)123) whiskers have been successfully grown using the Te-doping method. X-ray diffraction patterns of Lu(Ca)123 whiskers showed sharp (0 0 l) peaks...
Superconductivity in S-substituted FeTe (2008)
Mizuguchi, Y., Tomioka, F., Tsuda, S., Yamaguchi, T., Takano, Y.
We have successfully synthesized a new superconducting phase of FeTe1-xSx with a PbO-type structure. It has the simplest crystal structure in iron-based superconductors. Superconducting transition...
FeTe as a candidate material for new iron-based superconductor (2008)
Mizuguchi, Y., Tomioka, F., Tsuda, S., Yamaguchi, T., Takano, Y.
Tetragonal FeSe is a superconductor with a transition temperature Tc of 8 K and shows a huge enhancement of Tc with applying pressure. Tetragonal FeTe has a structure very analogous to...
Kotegawa, H., Masaki, S., Awai, Y., Tou, H., Mizuguchi, Y., Takano, Y.
We report the results of $^{77}$Se--nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in $\alpha$-FeSe, which exhibits a similar crystal structure to the LaFeAsO$_{1-x}$F$_x$ superconductor and shows...
Crystal structure of the new FeSe1-x superconductor (2008)
Margadonna, S., Takabayashi, Y., McDonald, M. T., Kasperkiewicz, K., Mizuguchi, Y., Takano, Y., ...
The newly discovered superconductor FeSe1-x (x=0.08, Tconset=13.5 K at ambient pressure rising to 27 K at 1.48 GPa) exhibits a structural phase transition from tetragonal to orthorhombic below 70 K...
Taniguchi, H, Chang, B, Abe, C, Nikaido, Y, Mizuguchi, Y, Yoshida, S I
We examined the molecular mechanisms of resistance to kanamycin and viomycin in Mycobacterium smegmatis. All of the M. smegmatis strains with high-level kanamycin resistance had a nucleotide...
Mizuguchi, Y, Ogawa, M, Udou, T
In vitro activity of seven beta-lactam antibiotics against strains of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare was evaluated by the agar dilution method. The activity was influenced by the presence or...
Ogawa, M, Yoshida, S, Mizuguchi, Y
Legionella pneumophila can grow intracellularly in A/J mouse macrophages. 2-Deoxy-D-glucose (2dG) (0.1, 1, and 10 mM) inhibited intracellular multiplication and promoted intracellular killing of L....
Analysis of the replication region of a mycobacterial plasmid, pMSC262.
Qin, M, Taniguchi, H, Mizuguchi, Y
We determined the nucleotide sequence of a DNA fragment which contains the replication region of pMSC262, a Mycobacterium scrofulaceum plasmid used to construct the Mycobacterium-Escherichia coli...
Mizuguchi, Y, Fukunaga, M, Taniguchi, H
After treatment with mitomycin D and other antibacterial agents, a translucent, smooth-colony-forming mycobacterium, isolated from sputum and designated as Mycobacterium intracellulare strain 103,...
Taniguchi, H, Ohta, H, Ogawa, M, Mizuguchi, Y
Two hemolysin genes of Vibrio parahaemolyticus WP1, a thermostable direct (TSD) hemolysin gene and a thermolabile hemolysin gene, were cloned into the pBR322 vector in Escherichia coli K-12 C600. A...
Udou, T, Ogawa, M, Mizuguchi, Y
Cell wall-deficient forms (spheroplasts) of Mycobacterium smegmatis strain P53 were prepared by combined treatment with glycine, lysozyme, and lytic enzyme no. 2 as the spheroplasting agents....
Ogata, M, Matsumoto, T, Kamochi, M, Yoshida, S I, Mizuguchi, Y, Shigematsu, A
The leukotrienes and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) play an important role in the pathophysiology of septic shock, in which hypotension, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and hemoconcentration are observed....
Yoshida, S, Goto, Y, Mizuguchi, Y, Nomoto, K, Skamene, E
It is known that Legionella pneumophila proliferates in peritoneal macrophage cultures derived from A/J mice but not in macrophage cultures derived from many other strains, including C57BL/6 mice. To...
Ogata, M, Yoshida, S, Kamochi, M, Shigematsu, A, Mizuguchi, Y
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is a cytokine which mediates endotoxin shock and causes multiple organ damage. It is thought that macrophage (MP) activation is necessary to increase lipopolysaccharide...
Nikaido, Y, Yoshida, S, Goto, Y, Mizuguchi, Y, Kuroiwa, A
Protective immunity of guinea pigs against Legionella pneumophila was studied by infecting the animals with a sublethal dose (about 2 x 10(4) CFU) of the organism. The bacteria multiplied in the...
Yoshida, S, Mizuguchi, Y, Nikaido, Y, Mitsuyama, M, Nomoto, K
Legionella pneumophila is known to grow intracellularly in resident peritoneal macrophages of guinea pigs. The present study was done to determine what kinds of macrophage stimulants are able to...
Relation of capsular materials and colony opacity to virulence of Vibrio vulnificus.
Yoshida, S, Ogawa, M, Mizuguchi, Y
Colonies which varied in opacity were isolated from the four strains of Vibrio vulnificus. Opaque and translucent colonial types of the strains were distinguished from the corresponding parent...
Salt-induced filamentous growth of a Salmonella strain isolated from blood.
Yoshida, S, Udou, T, Mizuguchi, Y, Tanabe, T
A strain of Salmonella choleraesuis subsp. choleraesuis serovar paratyphi-A isolated from the blood of a febrile patient grew into filaments on a nutrient agar containing various salts, such as NaCl,...
Yamamoto, C, Yoshida, S, Taniguchi, H, Qin, M H, Miyamoto, H, Mizuguchi, Y
In previous studies, neutrophil-ingesting macrophages were clearly and easily observed in the peritoneal cavity of guinea pigs after intraperitoneal injection of thioglycolate medium, and...
Fujii, J, Kita, T, Yoshida, S, Takeda, T, Kobayashi, H, Tanaka, N, ...
We developed a mouse model of acute encephalopathy induced by verotoxin 2 variant (VT2v)-producing Escherichia coli. Three-week-old mice were inoculated intragastrically with approximately 10(10) CFU...
Taniguchi, H, Chang, B, Abe, C, Nikaido, Y, Mizuguchi, Y, Yoshida, S I
We examined the molecular mechanisms of resistance to kanamycin and viomycin in Mycobacterium smegmatis. All of the M. smegmatis strains with high-level kanamycin resistance had a nucleotide...
Mizuguchi, Y, Ogawa, M, Udou, T
In vitro activity of seven beta-lactam antibiotics against strains of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare was evaluated by the agar dilution method. The activity was influenced by the presence or...
Ogawa, M, Yoshida, S, Mizuguchi, Y
Legionella pneumophila can grow intracellularly in A/J mouse macrophages. 2-Deoxy-D-glucose (2dG) (0.1, 1, and 10 mM) inhibited intracellular multiplication and promoted intracellular killing of L....
Analysis of the replication region of a mycobacterial plasmid, pMSC262.
Qin, M, Taniguchi, H, Mizuguchi, Y
We determined the nucleotide sequence of a DNA fragment which contains the replication region of pMSC262, a Mycobacterium scrofulaceum plasmid used to construct the Mycobacterium-Escherichia coli...
Mizuguchi, Y, Fukunaga, M, Taniguchi, H
After treatment with mitomycin D and other antibacterial agents, a translucent, smooth-colony-forming mycobacterium, isolated from sputum and designated as Mycobacterium intracellulare strain 103,...
Taniguchi, H, Ohta, H, Ogawa, M, Mizuguchi, Y
Two hemolysin genes of Vibrio parahaemolyticus WP1, a thermostable direct (TSD) hemolysin gene and a thermolabile hemolysin gene, were cloned into the pBR322 vector in Escherichia coli K-12 C600. A...
Udou, T, Ogawa, M, Mizuguchi, Y
Cell wall-deficient forms (spheroplasts) of Mycobacterium smegmatis strain P53 were prepared by combined treatment with glycine, lysozyme, and lytic enzyme no. 2 as the spheroplasting agents....
Ogata, M, Matsumoto, T, Kamochi, M, Yoshida, S I, Mizuguchi, Y, Shigematsu, A
The leukotrienes and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) play an important role in the pathophysiology of septic shock, in which hypotension, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, and hemoconcentration are observed....
Yoshida, S, Goto, Y, Mizuguchi, Y, Nomoto, K, Skamene, E
It is known that Legionella pneumophila proliferates in peritoneal macrophage cultures derived from A/J mice but not in macrophage cultures derived from many other strains, including C57BL/6 mice. To...
Ogata, M, Yoshida, S, Kamochi, M, Shigematsu, A, Mizuguchi, Y
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is a cytokine which mediates endotoxin shock and causes multiple organ damage. It is thought that macrophage (MP) activation is necessary to increase lipopolysaccharide...
Nikaido, Y, Yoshida, S, Goto, Y, Mizuguchi, Y, Kuroiwa, A
Protective immunity of guinea pigs against Legionella pneumophila was studied by infecting the animals with a sublethal dose (about 2 x 10(4) CFU) of the organism. The bacteria multiplied in the...
Yoshida, S, Mizuguchi, Y, Nikaido, Y, Mitsuyama, M, Nomoto, K
Legionella pneumophila is known to grow intracellularly in resident peritoneal macrophages of guinea pigs. The present study was done to determine what kinds of macrophage stimulants are able to...
Relation of capsular materials and colony opacity to virulence of Vibrio vulnificus.
Yoshida, S, Ogawa, M, Mizuguchi, Y
Colonies which varied in opacity were isolated from the four strains of Vibrio vulnificus. Opaque and translucent colonial types of the strains were distinguished from the corresponding parent...
Salt-induced filamentous growth of a Salmonella strain isolated from blood.
Yoshida, S, Udou, T, Mizuguchi, Y, Tanabe, T
A strain of Salmonella choleraesuis subsp. choleraesuis serovar paratyphi-A isolated from the blood of a febrile patient grew into filaments on a nutrient agar containing various salts, such as NaCl,...
Yamamoto, C, Yoshida, S, Taniguchi, H, Qin, M H, Miyamoto, H, Mizuguchi, Y
In previous studies, neutrophil-ingesting macrophages were clearly and easily observed in the peritoneal cavity of guinea pigs after intraperitoneal injection of thioglycolate medium, and...
Fujii, J, Kita, T, Yoshida, S, Takeda, T, Kobayashi, H, Tanaka, N, ...
We developed a mouse model of acute encephalopathy induced by verotoxin 2 variant (VT2v)-producing Escherichia coli. Three-week-old mice were inoculated intragastrically with approximately 10(10) CFU...
Yoshida, S, Urabe, S, Mizuguchi, Y
Penicillinase production and minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of penicillin G, amoxycillin, doxycycline, and spectinomycin were studied for 155 gonococcal strains isolated in Fukuoka, Japan,...