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Hirokazu Toju

Hirokazu Toju

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
37
Citations
6525
World Ranking
6815
National Ranking
47

Overview

Hirokazu Toju is a researcher affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan. Their work spans multiple disciplines, primarily within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, agricultural and biological sciences, and environmental science. Toju's research emphasizes areas including plant science, molecular biology, ecology, genetics, and evolutionary studies within ecological and behavioral systems.

Their scholarly contributions address critical scientific topics such as gut microbiota and health, evolution and genetic dynamics, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, plant pathogens and fungal diseases, plant and animal studies, microbial community ecology and physiology, and the use of environmental DNA in biodiversity studies.

Toju has authored publications featured in several notable scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Microbiome
  • Environmental Microbiome

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Toju and colleagues illustrate the scope of their research interests and collaboration networks. Selected publications include:

  • Alternative stable states, nonlinear behavior, and predictability of microbiome dynamics, 2023, Microbiome
  • Scoring Species for Synthetic Community Design: Network Analyses of Functional Core Microbiomes, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Airborne DNA reveals predictable spatial and seasonal dynamics of fungi, 2024, Nature
  • Core species and interactions prominent in fish-associated microbiome dynamics, 2023, Microbiome
  • Dynamics of species-rich predator-prey networks and seasonal alternations of core species, 2023, Nature Ecology & Evolution

Collaborative relationships feature several frequent coauthors with whom Toju has published multiple times, including:

  • Hiroaki Fujita
  • Kenta Suzuki
  • Ibuki Hayashi
  • Masato Abe
  • Shinji Fukuda

Overall, Toju's work intersects molecular and ecological biological disciplines, contributing to understanding complex biological networks and microbial community dynamics in various environmental contexts. Their research output reflects a comprehensive approach to studying plant-microbe interactions, community ecology, and species dynamics through experimental and theoretical analyses.

Best Publications

  • High-Coverage ITS Primers for the DNA-Based Identification of Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes in Environmental Samples

    Hirokazu Toju;Akifumi S. Tanabe;Satoshi Yamamoto;Hirotoshi Sato

  • Core microbiomes for sustainable agroecosystems.

    Hirokazu Toju;Hirokazu Toju;Kabir G. Peay;Masato Yamamichi;Kazuhiko Narisawa

  • Two New Computational Methods for Universal DNA Barcoding: A Benchmark Using Barcode Sequences of Bacteria, Archaea, Animals, Fungi, and Land Plants

    Akifumi S. Tanabe;Hirokazu Toju

  • Diversity and infection prevalence of endosymbionts in natural populations of the chestnut weevil: relevance of local climate and host plants

    Hirokazu Toju;Takema Fukatsu

  • Imbalance of predator and prey armament: geographic clines in phenotypic interface and natural selection.

    Hirokazu Toju;Teiji Sota

  • Assembly of complex plant-fungus networks

    Hirokazu Toju;Paulo R. Guimarães;Jens M. Olesen;John N. Thompson

  • Network hubs in root-associated fungal metacommunities

    Hirokazu Toju;Hirokazu Toju;Akifumi S. Tanabe;Hirotoshi Sato

  • Community composition of root-associated fungi in a Quercus-dominated temperate forest: “codominance” of mycorrhizal and root-endophytic fungi

    Hirokazu Toju;Satoshi Yamamoto;Hirotoshi Sato;Akifumi S. Tanabe

  • Species-rich networks and eco-evolutionary synthesis at the metacommunity level

    Hirokazu Toju;Masato Yamamichi;Paulo R. Guimarães;Jens M. Olesen

  • Convergence and contrast in the community structure of Bacteria, Fungi and Archaea along a tropical elevation–climate gradient

    Kabir G. Peay;Christian von Sperber;Emily Cardarelli;Hirokazu Toju

  • Diversification of endosymbiosis: replacements, co-speciation and promiscuity of bacteriocyte symbionts in weevils

    Hirokazu Toju;Akifumi S Tanabe;Akifumi S Tanabe;Yutaka Notsu;Teiji Sota

  • Ericaceous plant–fungus network in a harsh alpine–subalpine environment

    Hirokazu Toju;A. S. Tanabe;H. S. Ishii

  • How are plant and fungal communities linked to each other in belowground ecosystems? A massively parallel pyrosequencing analysis of the association specificity of root-associated fungi and their host plants.

    Hirokazu Toju;Hirotoshi Sato;Satoshi Yamamoto;Kohmei Kadowaki

  • Mycorrhizal fungi mediate the direction and strength of plant-soil feedbacks differently between arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal communities.

    Kohmei Kadowaki;Satoshi Yamamoto;Hirotoshi Sato;Akifumi S. Tanabe

  • Networks depicting the fine-scale co-occurrences of fungi in soil horizons

    Hirokazu Toju;Osamu Kishida;Noboru Katayama;Kentaro Takagi

  • Network modules and hubs in plant-root fungal biomes.

    Hirokazu Toju;Satoshi Yamamoto;Akifumi S. Tanabe;Takashi Hayakawa

  • Below-ground plant–fungus network topology is not congruent with above-ground plant–animal network topology

    Hirokazu Toju;Paulo Roberto Guimarães Jr.;Jens M Olesen;John N Thompson

  • Priority effects can persist across floral generations in nectar microbial metacommunities

    Hirokazu Toju;Hirokazu Toju;Rachel L. Vannette;Rachel L. Vannette;Marie‐Pierre L. Gauthier;Marie‐Pierre L. Gauthier;Manpreet K. Dhami

  • Diversity and spatial structure of belowground plant-fungal symbiosis in a mixed subtropical forest of ectomycorrhizal and arbuscular mycorrhizal plants

    Hirokazu Toju;Hirotoshi Sato;Akifumi S. Tanabe

  • FINE-SCALE LOCAL ADAPTATION OF WEEVIL MOUTHPART LENGTH AND CAMELLIA PERICARP THICKNESS: ALTITUDINAL GRADIENT OF A PUTATIVE ARMS RACE

    Hirokazu Toju

Frequent Co-Authors

Teiji Sota
Teiji Sota Kyoto University
Kentaro Yoshida
Kentaro Yoshida Kobe University
John N. Thompson
John N. Thompson University of California, Santa Cruz
Paulo R. Guimarães
Paulo R. Guimarães Universidade de São Paulo
Jens M. Olesen
Jens M. Olesen Aarhus University
Kabir G. Peay
Kabir G. Peay Stanford University
Tadashi Fukami
Tadashi Fukami Stanford University
Takema Fukatsu
Takema Fukatsu National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Yusuke Onoda
Yusuke Onoda Kyoto University
Kiwamu Minamisawa
Kiwamu Minamisawa Tohoku University

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