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Akira Hiraishi is affiliated with Toyohashi University of Technology in Japan and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Ecology, Molecular Biology, and Oceanography.

The scientist's research focuses on various topics such as Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Protist Diversity and Phylogeny, and Marine and Coastal Ecosystems.

Akira Hiraishi has published papers in important venues including:

  • Microorganisms
  • Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria

Two notable recent publications include:

  • Distribution of Phototrophic Purple Nonsulfur Bacteria in Massive Blooms in Coastal and Wastewater Ditch Environments (2020, Microorganisms)
  • Rhodoplanes (2021, Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria)

Collaborations have involved frequent co-authors such as Nobuyoshi Nagao, Chinatsu Yonekawa, So Umekage, Yo Kikuchi, and Toshihiko Eki, each contributing to various projects alongside Hiraishi.

Best Publications

  • Proposal of the genus Sphingomonas sensu stricto and three new genera, Sphingobium, Novosphingobium and Sphingopyxis, on the basis of phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic analyses.

    Mariko Takeuchi;Koei Hamana;Akira Hiraishi

  • Comparative lipoquinone analysis of influent sewage and activated sludge by high-performance liquid chromatography and photodiode array detection

    Akira Hiraishi;Yoko Ueda;Junko Ishihara;Tadahiro Mori

  • Direct automated sequencing of 16S rDNA amplified by polymerase chain reaction from bacterial cultures without DNA purification

    A. Hiraishi

  • Degradation of the cyanobacterial hepatotoxin microcystin by a new bacterium isolated from a hypertrophic lake.

    Ho-Dong Park;Youhei Sasaki;Tomoko Maruyama;Eiji Yanagisawa

  • Aerobic and anaerobic toluene degradation by a newly isolated denitrifying bacterium, Thauera sp. strain DNT-1.

    Yoshifumi Shinoda;Yasuyoshi Sakai;Hiroshi Uenishi;Yasumitsu Uchihashi

  • Microlunatus phosphovorus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new gram-positive polyphosphate-accumulating bacterium isolated from activated sludge.

    Kazunori Nakamura;Akira Hiraishi;Yukihiko Yoshimi;Mamoru Kawaharasaki

  • Members of the Family Comamonadaceae as Primary Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-co-3-Hydroxyvalerate)-Degrading Denitrifiers in Activated Sludge as Revealed by a Polyphasic Approach

    Shams Tabrez Khan;Yoko Horiba;Masamitsu Yamamoto;Akira Hiraishi

  • Sphingosinicella microcystinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a microcystin-degrading bacterium.

    Tomoko Maruyama;Ho-Dong Park;Kazuhiko Ozawa;Yoshinori Tanaka

  • Altered Quinone Biosynthesis in the Long-lived clk-1Mutants of Caenorhabditis elegans

    Hiroko Miyadera;Hisako Amino;Akira Hiraishi;Hikari Taka

  • Application of polyhydroxyalkanoates for denitrification in water and wastewater treatment

    A. Hiraishi;S. T. Khan

  • Discovery of Natural Photosynthesis using Zn-Containing Bacteriochlorophyll in an Aerobic Bacterium Acidiphilium rubrum

    Norio Wakao;Naoto Yokoi;Naohito Isoyama;Akira Hiraishi

  • Chloroflexus aggregans sp. nov., a Filamentous Phototrophic Bacterium Which Forms Dense Cell Aggregates by Active Gliding Movement

    Satoshi Hanada;Akira Hiraishi;Keizo Shimada;Katsumi Matsuura

  • Quinone Profiling of Bacterial Communities in Natural and Synthetic Sewage Activated Sludge for Enhanced Phosphate Removal

    Akira Hiraishi;Yoko Ueda;Junko Ishihara

  • Polymerase chain reaction amplification and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of 16S rRNA genes from methanogens

    Akira Hiraishi;Yoichi Kamagata;Kazunori Nakamura

  • A re-evaluation of the taxonomy of Paracoccus denitrificans and a proposal for the combination Paracoccus pantotrophus comb. nov.

    Frederick A. Rainey;Donovan P. Kelly;Erko Stackebrandt;Jutta Burghardt

  • HORIZONTAL TRANSFER OF GENES CODING FOR THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC REACTION CENTERS OF PURPLE BACTERIA

    Kenji V. P. Nagashima;Akira Hiraishi;Keizo Shimada;Katsumi Matsuura

  • Isoprenoid quinones as biomarkers of microbial populations in the environment.

    Akira Hiraishi

  • Phylogenetic Characterization of a Polychlorinated-Dioxin- Dechlorinating Microbial Community by Use of Microcosm Studies

    Naoko Yoshida;Nobutaka Takahashi;Akira Hiraishi

  • RESPIRATORY QUINONE PROFILES AS TOOLS FOR IDENTIFYING DIFFERENT BACTERIAL POPULATIONS IN ACTIVATED SLUDGE

    Akira Hiraishi

  • Rhodoplanes gen. nov., a New Genus of Phototrophic Bacteria Including Rhodopseudomonas rosea as Rhodoplanes roseus comb. nov. and Rhodoplanes elegans sp. nov.

    Akira Hiraishi;Yoko Ueda

  • Phylogenetic Evidence for the Existence of Novel Thermophilic Bacteria in Hot Spring Sulfur-Turf Microbial Mats in Japan

    Hiroyuki Yamamoto;Akira Hiraishi;Kenji Kato;Hiroshi X. Chiura

Frequent Co-Authors

Shinichi Takaichi
Shinichi Takaichi Nippon Medical School
Johannes F. Imhoff
Johannes F. Imhoff GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Yoichi Kamagata
Yoichi Kamagata National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Shigeru Itoh
Shigeru Itoh Nagoya University
Hiroyuki Yamamoto
Hiroyuki Yamamoto St. Marianna University School of Medicine
Satoshi Okabe
Satoshi Okabe Hokkaido University
Yasuyoshi Sakai
Yasuyoshi Sakai Kyoto University
Kazuya Watanabe
Kazuya Watanabe Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
Kazuo Komagata
Kazuo Komagata University of Tokyo
Hideto Tsuji
Hideto Tsuji Toyohashi University of Technology

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