Kazuya Morikawa

University of Tsukuba — Japan

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus(35), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology(27), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing(24), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions(16), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms(15)

Publications105 total

Multifaceted suppression of staphylococcal virulence: <i>in vitro</i> study of a cellular status with reduced Agr activity and impaired biofilm
2025
Nucleoid structure and dynamics influence natural chromosomal transformation in <i>Bacillus subtilis</i>: the role of EbfC
Nucleic Acids Research·2025Open Access
Mixed-biofilm natural transformation assay reveals the presence of staphylococci in human environments that can transfer SCC <i>mec</i> to <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>
mSphere·2025Open Access
Pseudomonas aeruginosa affects Acinetobacter baumannii’s growth, gene expression and antibiotic resistance in in vitro co-culture system
Current Research in Microbial Sciences·2025Open Access
Pseudomonas aeruginosa unilaterally affects Acinetobacter baumannii’s growth, gene expression and antibiotic resistance in in vitro co-culture system
SSRN Electronic Journal·2025Open Access
SCCmec transformation requires living donor cells in mixed biofilms
Biofilm·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Atomic Force Microscopy Imaging and Analysis of Prokaryotic Genome Organization
Methods in molecular biology·2024
SCC <i>mec</i> transformation requires living donor cells in mixed biofilms
2023Open Access
Factors Affecting Undergraduate Medical Science Students’ Motivation to Study during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Education Sciences·2022· 16 citedOpen Access
Novel multicellular prokaryote discovered next to an underground stream
eLife·2022· 16 citedOpen Access
Trend in healthcare-associated infections due to vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus at a hospital in the era of COVID-19: More than hand hygiene is needed
Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection·2022· 28 citedOpen Access
Natural transformation allows transfer of SCCmec-mediated methicillin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus biofilms
Nature Communications·2022· 92 citedOpen Access
Author response: Novel multicellular prokaryote discovered next to an underground stream
2022Open Access
No Change, No Life? What We Know about Phase Variation in Staphylococcus aureus
Microorganisms·2021· 11 citedOpen Access
Virulence Reversion in Staphylococcus aureus
2021· 3 citedOpen Access
Novel multicellular prokaryote discovered next to an underground stream
2020· 2 citedOpen Access
MRSA emerges through natural transformation
2020· 1 citedOpen Access
Virulence Reversion in &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Staphylococcus aureus&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;
2020Open Access
Prevalence of Agr phase variants in Staphylococcus aureus
Access Microbiology·2020· 1 citedOpen Access
The emergence of plasmid-borne cfr-mediated linezolid resistant-staphylococci in Vietnam
Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance·2020· 20 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Ryosuke L. Ohniwa(19), Toshiko Ohta(16), Atsushi Maruyama(8), Yumiko Inose(7), Kunio Takeyasu(7), Masato Higashide(6), Yoshinori Toyoshima(6), Takashi Shiina(6), Hideo Hayashi(6), Shinji Saito(5), Chieko Wada(5), Yuri Ushijima(5), Sayaka L. Takeshita(4), Tarek Msadek(4), Joongbaek Kim(4), Veronica Medrano Romero(4), Yuichi Tsunoyama(3), Aya J. Takemura(3), Le Thuy Thi Nguyen(3), Fabio Cafini(3)