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Overview

Dai Kitamoto is affiliated with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan. Their research spans several areas within environmental science, focusing particularly on microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants, as well as biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion

Their studies relate to multiple subfields such as pollution, biomaterials, organic chemistry, molecular biology, and biomedical engineering. Kitamoto's contributions often appear in journals emphasizing applied biology and biotechnology.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Dai Kitamoto include:

  • Glycolipid Biosurfactants, Mannosylerythritol Lipids: Distinctive Interfacial Properties and Applications in Cosmetic and Personal Care Products, 2021, Journal of Oleo Science
  • A putative transporter gene PtMMF1-deleted strain produces mono-acylated mannosylerythritol lipids in Pseudozyma tsukubaensis, 2020, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Collaborative work features several frequent coauthors, including Tokuma Fukuoka, Azusa Saika, Tomotake Morita, Hideaki Koike, and Shuhei Yamamoto. These collaborative efforts contribute to the body of knowledge within their primary research domains.

Best Publications

  • Functions and potential applications of glycolipid biosurfactants--from energy-saving materials to gene delivery carriers.

    Dai Kitamoto;Hiroko Isoda;Tadaatsu Nakahara

  • Self-assembling properties of glycolipid biosurfactants and their potential applications

    Dai Kitamoto;Tomotake Morita;Tokuma Fukuoka;Masa-aki Konishi

  • Surface active properties and antimicrobial activities of mannosylerythritol lipids as biosurfactants produced by Candida antarctica

    Dai Kitamoto;Hiroshi Yanagishita;Toshio Shinbo;Takashi Nakane

  • Microbial Extracellular Glycolipid Induction of Differentiation and Inhibition of the Protein Kinase C Activity of Human Promyelocytic Leukemia Cell Line HL60

    Hiroko Isoda;Dai Kitamoto;Dai Kitamoto;Hiroshi Shinmoto;Hiroshi Shinmoto;Masatoshi Matsumura

  • Microbial conversion of n-alkanes into glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, by Pseudozyma (Candida antarctica)

    Dai Kitamoto;Toru Ikegami;Gaby Tiemi Suzuki;Akira Sasaki

  • Production of new types of sophorolipids by Candida batistae.

    Masaaki Konishi;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomotake Morita;Tomohiro Imura

  • Extracellular Accumulation of Mannosylerythritol Lipids by a Strain of Candida antarctica

    Dai Kitamoto;Shyunichi Akiba;Chieko Hioki;Takeshi Tabuchi

  • Coacervate formation from natural glycolipid: one acetyl group on the headgroup triggers coacervate-to-vesicle transition.

    Imura T;Yanagishita H;Kitamoto D

  • Characterization of the genus Pseudozyma by the formation of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids.

    Tomotake Morita;Masaaki Konishi;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomohiro Imura

  • Discovery of Pseudozyma rugulosa NBRC 10877 as a novel producer of the glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, based on rDNA sequence

    Tomotake Morita;Masaaki Konishi;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomohiro Imura

  • Production of mannosylerythritol lipids and their application in cosmetics

    Tomotake Morita;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomohiro Imura;Dai Kitamoto

  • Naturally engineered glycolipid biosurfactants leading to distinctive self-assembled structures

    Tomohiro Imura;Noboru Ohta;Katsuaki Inoue;Naoto Yagi

  • Aqueous-phase behavior of natural glycolipid biosurfactant mannosylerythritol lipid A: sponge, cubic, and lamellar phases.

    Tomohiro Imura;Yusuke Hikosaka;Wannasiri Worakitkanchanakul;Hideki Sakai

  • Glycolipid Biosurfactants, Mannosylerythritol Lipids, Show Antioxidant and Protective Effects against H2O2-Induced Oxidative Stress in Cultured Human Skin Fibroblasts

    Makoto Takahashi;Makoto Takahashi;Tomotake Morita;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomohiro Imura

  • Microbial conversion of glycerol into glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, by a basidiomycete yeast, Pseudozyma antarctica JCM 10317T

    Tomotake Morita;Masaaki Konishi;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomohiro Imura

  • Improvement of ethanol selectivity of silicalite membrane in pervaporation by silicone rubber coating

    H Matsuda;H Yanagishita;H Negishi;D Kitamoto

  • Production of different types of mannosylerythritol lipids as biosurfactants by the newly isolated yeast strains belonging to the genus Pseudozyma

    Masaaki Konishi;Tomotake Morita;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomohiro Imura

  • Microbial production of glyceric acid, an organic acid that can be mass produced from glycerol

    Hiroshi Habe;Yuko Shimada;Toshiharu Yakushi;Hiromi Hattori

  • Potentials of silicalite membranes for the separation of alcohol/water mixtures

    T. Sano;M. Hasegawa;Y. Kawakami;Y. Kiyozumi

  • Efficient preparation of liposomes encapsulating food materials using lecithins by a mechanochemical method.

    Makoto Takahashi;Kei-ichiro Inafuku;Takeshi Miyagi;Hirosuke Oku

Frequent Co-Authors

Tokuma Fukuoka
Tokuma Fukuoka National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Tomohiro Imura
Tomohiro Imura National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Hideki Sakai
Hideki Sakai Tokyo University of Science
Masahiko Abe
Masahiko Abe Tokyo University of Science
Tsuneji Sano
Tsuneji Sano Hiroshima University
Kazunobu Matsushita
Kazunobu Matsushita Yamaguchi University
Sumaeth Chavadej
Sumaeth Chavadej Chulalongkorn University
Nick Serpone
Nick Serpone University of Pavia
Yasunori Oumi
Yasunori Oumi Gifu University

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