Analysis of multidrug resistant group B streptococci with reduced penicillin susceptibility forming small, less hemolytic colonies

• Hirotsugu Banno,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

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• Kouji Kimura ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: koujikim@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3783-6333

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• Yosuke Tanaka,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology Laboratory, Yokohama City Seibu Hospital, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Asahi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

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• Tsuyoshi Sekizuka,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pathogen Genomic Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Makoto Kuroda,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Pathogen Genomic Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Wanchun Jin,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

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• Jun-ichi Wachino,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

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• Keiko Yamada,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

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• Keigo Shibayama,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Musashi-Murayama, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yoshichika Arakawa

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bacteriology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

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