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Akira Yokota

Akira Yokota

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Microbiology

D-Index
68
Citations
14793
World Ranking
2187
National Ranking
71

Overview

Akira Yokota is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. This work extensively covers subfields including Molecular Biology, Hematology, Ecology, Biotechnology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Their scholarly output addresses several main topics, such as:

  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Research
  • Enzyme Production and Characterization
  • Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments

Yokota has published frequently in a selection of scientific journals and venues, including:

  • Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria
  • International Journal of Hematology
  • Blood
  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • Journal of Physics Conference Series

Their recent peer-reviewed papers include:

  • High cellulolytic potential of the Ktedonobacteria lineage revealed by genome-wide analysis of CAZymes (2021), published in Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
  • Vulcanimicrobium alpinus gen. nov. sp. nov., the first cultivated representative of the candidate phylum "Eremiobacterota", is a metabolically versatile aerobic anoxygenic phototroph (2022), published in ISME Communications
  • Dictyobacter vulcani sp. nov., belonging to the class Ktedonobacteria, isolated from soil of the Mt Zao volcano (2020), published in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY
  • Dose-finding trial of azacitidine as post-transplant maintenance for high-risk MDS: a KSGCT prospective study (2022), published in Annals of Hematology
  • Pharmacokinetics of intravenous busulfan as condition for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: comparison between combinations with cyclophosphamide and fludarabine (2020), published in International Journal of Hematology

The scientist collaborates regularly with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Shuhei Yabe
  • Wellyzar Sjamsuridzal
  • Emiko Sakaida
  • Fitria Ningsih
  • Masatsugu Tanaka

Best Publications

  • Two species of human Fcε receptor II (FcεRIICD23): Tissue-specific and IL-4-specific regulation of gene expression

    Akira Yokota;Hitoshi Kikutani;Tetsuji Tanaka;Ryoichi Sato

  • Proposal of Lysinibacillus boronitolerans gen. nov. sp. nov., and transfer of Bacillus fusiformis to Lysinibacillus fusiformis comb. nov. and Bacillus sphaericus to Lysinibacillus sphaericus comb. nov.

    Iftikhar Ahmed;Iftikhar Ahmed;Akira Yokota;Atsushi Yamazoe;Toru Fujiwara

  • Actinomycetes isolated from medicinal plant rhizosphere soils: diversity and screening of antifungal compounds, indole-3-acetic acid and siderophore production

    Sutthinan Khamna;Akira Yokota;Saisamorn Lumyong

  • Detection of seven major evolutionary lineages in cyanobacteria based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis with new sequences of five marine Synechococcus strains.

    Daiske Honda;Akira Yokota;Junta Sugiyama

  • Phylogenetic analyses of Lampropedia hyalina based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence

    Cheng-Hui Xie;Akira Yokota

  • Indole-3-acetic acid production by Streptomyces sp. isolated from some Thai medicinal plant rhizosphere soils

    Sutthinan Khamna;Akira Yokota;John F. Peberdy;Saisamorn Lumyong

  • Catenuloplanes japonicus gen. nov., sp. nov., nom. rev., a New Genus of the Order Actinomycetales

    Akira Yokota;Tomohiko Tamura;Toru Hasegawa;Liang H. Huang

  • Reclassification of marine Agrobacterium species: Proposals of Stappia stellulata gen. nov., comb. nov., Stappia aggregata sp. nov., nom. rev., Ruegeria atlantica gen. nov., comb. nov., Ruegeria gelatinovora comb. nov., Ruegeria algicola comb. nov., and Ahrensia kieliense gen. nov., sp. nov., nom. rev.

    Yoshihito Uchino;Aiko Hirata;Akira Yokota;Junta Sugiyama

  • Phycisphaera mikurensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine alga, and proposal of Phycisphaeraceae fam. nov., Phycisphaerales ord. nov. and Phycisphaerae classis nov. in the phylum Planctomycetes

    Yukiyo Fukunaga;Yukiyo Fukunaga;Midori Kurahashi;Yayoi Sakiyama;Motoyuki Ohuchi

  • A B cell-specific differentiation antigen, CD23, is a receptor for IgE (Fc epsilon R) on lymphocytes.

    K Yukawa;H Kikutani;H Owaki;K Yamasaki

  • Taxonomic study of bacteria isolated from plants: proposal of Sphingomonas rosa sp. nov., Sphingomonas pruni sp. nov., Sphingomonas asaccharolytica sp. nov., and Sphingomonas mali sp. nov.

    Mariko Takeuchi;Takeshi Sakane;Miyoko Yanagi;Kazuhide Yamasato

  • A New Genus of the Order Actinomycetales, Couchioplanes gen. nov., with Descriptions of Couchioplanes caeruleus (Horan and Brodsky 1986) comb. nov. and Couchioplanes caeruleus subsp. azureus subsp. nov.

    Tomohiko Tamura;Yumiko Nakagaito;Tadashi Nishii;Toru Hasegawa

  • Proposals of Curvibacter gracilis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Herbaspirillum putei sp. nov. for bacterial strains isolated from well water and reclassification of [Pseudomonas] huttiensis, [Pseudomonas] lanceolata, [Aquaspirillum] delicatum and [Aquaspirillum] autotrophicum as Herbaspirillum huttiense comb. nov., Curvibacter lanceolatus comb. nov., Curvibacter delicatus comb. nov. and Herbaspirillum autotrophicum comb. nov.

    Linxian Ding;Akira Yokota

  • Purification and Characterization of Three Thermostable Endochitinases of a Noble Bacillus Strain, MH-1, Isolated from Chitin-Containing Compost

    Kenji Sakai;Akira Yokota;Hajime Kurokawa;Mamoru Wakayama

  • Azospirillum oryzae sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from the roots of the rice plant Oryza sativa.

    Cheng-Hui Xie;Akira Yokota

  • A novel highly boron tolerant bacterium, Bacillus boroniphilus sp. nov., isolated from soil, that requires boron for its growth

    Iftikhar Ahmed;Iftikhar Ahmed;Akira Yokota;Toru Fujiwara

  • PROPOSALS OF SPHINGOBACTERIUM FAECIUM SP. NOV., SPHINGOBACTERIUM PISCIUM SP. NOV., SPHINGOBACTERIUM HEPARINUM COMB. NOV., SPHINGOBACTERIUM THALPOPHILUM COMB. NOV. AND TWO GENOSPECIES OF THE GENUS SPHINGOBACTERIUM, AND SYNONYMY OF FLAVOBACTERIUM YABUUCHIAE AND SPHINGOBACTERIUM SPIRITIVORUM

    Mariko Takeuchi;Akira Yokota

  • Two forms of the low-affinity Fc receptor for IgE differentially mediate endocytosis and phagocytosis: identification of the critical cytoplasmic domains.

    Akira Yokota;Kazunori Yukawa;Akitsugu Yamamoto;Kenji Sugiyama

  • Clostridium straminisolvens sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic, aerotolerant and cellulolytic bacterium isolated from a cellulose-degrading bacterial community

    Souichiro Kato;Shin Haruta;Zong Jun Cui;Masaharu Ishii

  • Alicyclobacillus pomorum sp. nov., a novel thermo-acidophilic, endospore-forming bacterium that does not possess ω-alicyclic fatty acids, and emended description of the genus Alicyclobacillus

    Keiichi Goto;Kaoru Mochida;Mika Asahara;Masayuki Suzuki

  • Endozoicomonas elysicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a γ-proteobacterium isolated from the sea slug Elysia ornata

    Midori Kurahashi;Akira Yokota

  • Leucobacter komagatae gen. nov., sp. nov., a new aerobic gram-positive, nonsporulating rod with 2,4-diaminobutyric acid in the cell wall.

    Mariko Takeuchi;Norbert Weiss;Peter Schumann;Akira Yokota

  • Zimmermannella helvola gen. nov., sp. nov., Zimmermannella alba sp. nov., Zimmermannella bifida sp. nov., Zimmermannella faecalis sp. nov. and Leucobacter albus sp. nov., novel members of the family Microbacteriaceae

    Yi-Chueh Lin;Kazunori Uemori;Dominique A. de Briel;Vallapa Arunpairojana

  • Reclassification of [Flavobacterium] ferrugineum as Terrimonas ferruginea gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Terrimonas lutea sp. nov., isolated from soil.

    Cheng-Hui Xie;Akira Yokota

Frequent Co-Authors

Satoru Matsuda
Satoru Matsuda Keio University
Toru Fujiwara
Toru Fujiwara University of Tokyo
Saisamorn Lumyong
Saisamorn Lumyong Chiang Mai University
Shigeaki Harayama
Shigeaki Harayama Chuo University
Yasuo Igarashi
Yasuo Igarashi Southwest University
Hiroshi Oyaizu
Hiroshi Oyaizu University of Tokyo
Masaharu Ishii
Masaharu Ishii University of Tokyo
Mitsuo Tasumi
Mitsuo Tasumi University of Tokyo
Erko Stackebrandt
Erko Stackebrandt Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures
Aiko Hirata
Aiko Hirata University of Tokyo

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