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The effects of essential oil, povidone-iodine, and chlorhexidine mouthwash on salivary nitrate/nitrite and nitrate-reducing bacteria by Mitsui, Takahiro, Harasawa, Ryô

“…Dietary nitrate is reduced to nitrite and nitric oxide by microbial flora, and this activity is beneficial to vascular health. It has been reported that this…”
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Salivary nitrate-nitrite conversion capacity after nitrate ingestion and incidence of Veillonella spp. in elderly individuals by Mitsui, Takahiro, Saito, Masahiko, Harasawa, Ryô

“…Dietary nitrate has several beneficial effects, including blood pressure reduction and improved oxygen consumption efficiency, but in order to do so it must…”
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Proposal for ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma haemomuris subsp. musculi’ in mice, and ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma haemomuris subsp. ratti’ in rats by Harasawa, Ryô, Fujita, Hiromi, Kadosaka, Teruki, Ando, Shuji, Rikihisa, Yasuko

“…Mycoplasma haemomuris is causative of infectious anaemia or splenomegaly in rodents. We examined the nucleotide sequences of the non-ribosomal genes, rnpB and…”
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Species characterization in the genus Pestivirus according to palindromic nucleotide substitutions in the 5′-untranslated region by Giangaspero, Massimo, Harasawa, Ryô

“…► Palindromic nucleotide substitution method was applied to 534 pestivirus sequences. ► Secondary structure analysis of 5’-UTR revealed taxonomical status of…”
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Molecular Evidence for Hemotropic Mycoplasma Infection in a Japanese Badger (Meles meles anakuma) and a Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus ) by Harasawa, Ryô, Orusa, Riccardo, Giangaspero, Massimo

“…We report detection of hemoplasma in wild Japanese badgers (Meles meles anakuma) and raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus). Sequence analysis of…”
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Characterization of genotypes among bovine viral diarrhea virus type 1 strains according to palindromic nucleotide substitutions in the genomic 5′-untranslated region by Giangaspero, Massimo, Harasawa, Ryô

“…•This paper describes an improvement to an existing method known as palindromic nucleotide substitutions. This method has been used to determine the genetic…”
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Salivary Nitrate and Nitrite May Have Antimicrobial Effects on Desulfovibrio Species by MITSUI, Takahiro, FUJIHARA, Masatoshi, HARASAWA, Ryô

“…The antibacterial effects of salivary nitrate/nitrite on the growth of three Desulfovibrio species were examined. The bacteria did not grow on plates with ≥0.2…”
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Group B Betacoronavirus in Rhinolophid Bats, Japan by SUZUKI, Jin, SATO, Ryota, KOBAYASHI, Tomoya, AOI, Toshiki, HARASAWA, Ryô

“…We report group B Betacoronavirus infection in little Japanese horseshoe bats in Iwate prefecture. We then used reverse-transcription PCR to look for the…”
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Molecular detection of Mycoplasma haemomuris subspecies using dnaK-targeted real-time PCR with SYBR Green I and melting curve analysis by Satoh, Hiroshi, Imai, Daiki, Sato, Shigeru, Furuhama, Kazuhisa, Harasawa, Ryô

“…Hemoplasmas cause severe infections in mammals, but these pathogens are difficult to detect and identify at the species and subspecies level because of the…”
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Molecular Demonstration of Hemotropic Mycoplasmas in Wild Japanese Monkeys (Macaca fuscata) by SASHIDA, Hinako, SUZUKI, Yoshihisa, ROKUHARA, Sou, NAGAI, Kazuya, HARASAWA, Ryô

“…The prevalence of hemotropic mycoplasmas in wild monkeys is largely unknown. Here, we report the presence of hemoplasmas in blood specimens collected from wild…”
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Nitric Oxide Causes Anoikis through Attenuation of E-Cadherin and Activation of Caspase-3 in Human Gastric Carcinoma AZ-521 Cells Infected with Mycoplasma hyorhinis by OBARA, Hisato, HARASAWA, Ryô

“…Mycoplasma hyorhinis (M. hyorhinis) infection leads cultured cells to various biological alterations in cell metabolism including apoptosis. Apoptosis induced…”
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Hemotropic mycoplasma infection in wild black bears (Ursus thibetanus japonicus) by Iso, Takehiro, Suzuki, Jin, Sasaoka, Fumina, Sashida, Hinako, Watanabe, Yusaku, Fujihara, Masatoshi, Nagai, Kazuya, Harasawa, Ryô

“…This is the first report on Mycoplasma infection in wild bears. We report a novel hemotropic Mycoplasma (also called hemoplasma) detected in a free-ranging…”
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Numerical taxonomy of the genus Pestivirus: New software for genotyping based on the palindromic nucleotide substitutions method by Giangaspero, Massimo, Apicella, Claudio, Harasawa, Ryô

“…The genus Pestivirus from the family Flaviviridae is represented by four established species; Bovine viral diarrhea virus 1 (BVDV-1); Bovine viral diarrhea…”
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Epidemiological survey for Toxoplasma gondii, Chlamydia psittaci var. ovis, Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, Coxiella burnetii, Brucella spp., leptospirosis and Orf virus among sheep from northern districts of Japan by Giangaspero, Massimo, Bonfini, Barbara, Orusa, Riccardo, Savini, Giovanni, Osawa, Takeshi, Harasawa, Ryô

“…A serological survey was carried out in the northern prefectures of Hokkaido, Iwate and Aomori in Japan, for the presence of antibodies against Toxoplasma…”
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Prevalence of Swine Hemoplasmas Revealed by Real-Time PCR Using 16S rRNA Gene Primers by WATANABE, Yusaku, FUJIHARA, Masatoshi, SUZUKI, Jin, SASAOKA, Fumina, NAGAI, Kazuya, HARASAWA, Ryô

“…Hemoplasma is a tribal name for epierythrocytic mycoplasmas including Mycoplasma suis and M. parvum which are currently recognized in pigs as causative of…”
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Differential detection of hemotropic Mycoplasma species in cattle by melting curve analysis of PCR products by Nishizawa, I., Iwate Univ., Morioka (Japan). Faculty of Agriculture, Sato, M, Fujihara, M, Sato, S, Harasawa, R

“…We developed a real-time PCR procedure followed by melting curve analysis using the green fluorescence dye SYBR Green I for rapid detection and differentiation…”
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A Feline Hemoplasma, `Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum', Detected in Dog in Japan by OBARA, Hisato, FUJIHARA, Masatoshi, WATANABE, Yusaku, ONO, Hisaya K., HARASAWA, Ryô

“…We examined for `Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum' infection in 167 blood samples collected from domestic dogs between 2008 and 2009 in the Tohoku area,…”
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Novel Hemoplasma Species Detected in Free-Ranging Sika Deer (Cervus nippon) by WATANABE, Yusaku, FUJIHARA, Masatoshi, OBARA, Hisato, MATSUBARA, Kazuei, YAMAUCHI, Kiyoshi, HARASAWA, Ryô

“…Hemoplasma infections in wild ungulates have not been reported yet in Japan. We examined presence of hemoplasmas in blood samples collected from 147 sika deer…”
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Serological Survey to Determine the Occurrence of Malignant Catarrhal Fever Infection in the Japanese Small Ruminant Population from Northern Districts by GIANGASPERO, Massimo, SAVINI, Giovanni, OSAWA, Takeshi, HARASAWA, Ryô

“…Ovine herpesvirus 2 (OvHV-2) causes sheep-associated malignant catarrhal fever (SA-MCF), and is responsible for economic losses in cattle and other susceptible…”
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Two Genetic Clusters in Swine Hemoplasmas Revealed by Analyses of the 16S rRNA and RNase P RNA Genes by WATANABE, Yusaku, FUJIHARA, Masatoshi, OBARA, Hisato, NAGAI, Kazuya, HARASAWA, Ryô

“…Only two hemoplasma species, Eperythrozoon parvum and Mycoplasma suis, have been recognized in pigs. Here we demonstrate the genetic variations among six…”
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