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Kazuya Watanabe is affiliated with Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences in Japan. Their research spans primarily Environmental Science and Engineering, focusing on subfields such as Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Molecular Biology, Ecology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Electrochemical sensors and biosensors
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
  • Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
  • Earthquake and Tsunami Effects
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Watanabe has contributed to numerous scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
  • Microorganisms
  • Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers Ser B3 (Ocean Engineering)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers Ser B2 (Coastal Engineering)

Recent publications highlight a range of topics within bioelectrochemistry and microbial technology. Selected papers include:

  • Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 as a bacterial platform for electro-biotechnology (2021, Essays in Biochemistry)
  • Enhanced electricity generation in rice paddy-field microbial fuel cells supplemented with iron powders (2020, Bioelectrochemistry)
  • Identification of a Diguanylate Cyclase That Facilitates Biofilm Formation on Electrodes by Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 (2021, Applied and Environmental Microbiology)
  • Development of a CRISPR interference system for selective gene knockdown in Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans (2021, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering)
  • Towards Application of Electro-Fermentation for the Production of Value-Added Chemicals From Biomass Feedstocks (2022, Frontiers in Chemistry)

Frequent coauthors in Watanabe's publications include:

  • Atsushi Kouzuma
  • Noritoshi SAITO
  • Tomoka Harada
  • Keisuke Tomita
  • Yuki Takamatsu

Best Publications

  • Electrically conductive bacterial nanowires produced by Shewanella oneidensis strain MR-1 and other microorganisms

    Yuri A. Gorby;Svetlana Yanina;Jeffrey S. McLean;Kevin M. Rosso

  • The TetR Family of Transcriptional Repressors

    Juan L. Ramos;Manuel Martínez-Bueno;Antonio J. Molina-Henares;Wilson Terán

  • Methanogenesis facilitated by electric syntrophy via (semi)conductive iron-oxide minerals

    Souichiro Kato;Kazuhito Hashimoto;Kazuya Watanabe;Kazuya Watanabe

  • Microbial interspecies electron transfer via electric currents through conductive minerals

    Souichiro Kato;Kazuhito Hashimoto;Kazuya Watanabe

  • Self-Supporting Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts Made from a Nitrogen-Rich Network Polymer

    Yong Zhao;Kazuya Watanabe;Kazuya Watanabe;Kazuhito Hashimoto

  • Substrate-induced gene-expression screening of environmental metagenome libraries for isolation of catabolic genes

    Taku Uchiyama;Takashi Abe;Toshimichi Ikemura;Kazuya Watanabe

  • Design and evaluation of PCR primers to amplify bacterial 16S ribosomal DNA fragments used for community fingerprinting.

    Kazuya Watanabe;Yumiko Kodama;Shigeaki Harayama

  • Recent developments in microbial fuel cell technologies for sustainable bioenergy.

    Kazuya Watanabe

  • Plant/microbe cooperation for electricity generation in a rice paddy field.

    Nobuo Kaku;Natsuki Yonezawa;Yumiko Kodama;Kazuya Watanabe

  • Molecular detection, isolation, and physiological characterization of functionally dominant phenol-degrading bacteria in activated sludge

    Kazuya Watanabe;Maki Teramoto;Hiroyuki Futamata;Shigeaki Harayama

  • Sulfuricurvum kujiense gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic, chemolithoautotrophic, sulfur-oxidizing bacterium isolated from an underground crude-oil storage cavity.

    Yumiko Kodama;Kazuya Watanabe

  • Electron shuttles in biotechnology.

    Kazuya Watanabe;Mike Manefield;Matthew Lee;Atsushi Kouzuma

  • Exploring the potential of algae/bacteria interactions.

    Atsushi Kouzuma;Kazuya Watanabe

  • Predominant growth of Alcanivorax strains in oil-contaminated and nutrient-supplemented sea water

    Yuki Kasai;Hideo Kishira;Tetsuya Sasaki;Kazuaki Syutsubo

  • Molecular Characterization of Bacterial Populations in Petroleum-Contaminated Groundwater Discharged from Underground Crude Oil Storage Cavities

    Kazuya Watanabe;Kanako Watanabe;Yumiko Kodama;Kazuaki Syutsubo

  • Coaggregation Facilitates Interspecies Hydrogen Transfer between Pelotomaculum thermopropionicum and Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus

    Shun'ichi Ishii;Tomoyuki Kosaka;Katsutoshi Hori;Yasuaki Hotta

  • Microbial interspecies interactions: recent findings in syntrophic consortia

    Atsushi Kouzuma;Souichiro Kato;Kazuya Watanabe

  • Comparison of Electrode Reduction Activities of Geobacter sulfurreducens and an Enriched Consortium in an Air-Cathode Microbial Fuel Cell

    Shun'ichi Ishii;Kazuya Watanabe;Soichi Yabuki;Bruce E. Logan

  • Rapid Mineralization of Benzo(a)pyrene by a Microbial Consortium Growing on Diesel Fuel

    Robert A. Kanaly;Richard Bartha;Kazuya Watanabe;Shigeaki Harayama

  • RNA-based stable isotope probing and isolation of anaerobic benzene-degrading bacteria from gasoline-contaminated groundwater.

    Yuki Kasai;Yoh Takahata;Mike Manefield;Kazuya Watanabe

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuhito Hashimoto
Kazuhito Hashimoto National Institute for Materials Science
Shigeaki Harayama
Shigeaki Harayama Chuo University
Ryuhei Nakamura
Ryuhei Nakamura Tokyo Institute of Technology
Hideaki Nojiri
Hideaki Nojiri University of Tokyo
Hisakazu Yamane
Hisakazu Yamane Teikyo University
Bruce E. Logan
Bruce E. Logan Pennsylvania State University
Hiroyuki Imachi
Hiroyuki Imachi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Yoichi Kamagata
Yoichi Kamagata National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Akira Hiraishi
Akira Hiraishi Toyohashi University of Technology
James K. Fredrickson
James K. Fredrickson Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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