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Kensuke Furukawa

Kensuke Furukawa

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
52
Citations
8904
World Ranking
16765
National Ranking
1201

Overview

Kensuke Furukawa is affiliated with Beppu University in Japan, focusing their research within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Pollution, Environmental Engineering, and Ecology.

The main topics of their scientific inquiry include:

  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology

Furukawa's recent research contributions include a publication titled A New ICEclc Subfamily Integrative and Conjugative Element Responsible for Horizontal Transfer of Biphenyl and Salicylic Acid Catabolic Pathway in the PCB-Degrading Strain Pseudomonas stutzeri KF716, published in 2021 in Microorganisms.

Frequent collaborators in their research projects are:

  • Jun Hirose
  • Takahito Watanabe
  • Taiki Futagami
  • Hidehiko Fujihara
  • Nobutada Kimura

Their work has been primarily disseminated through the journal Microorganisms, reflecting the central role this venue plays in their publication record.

Best Publications

  • Genetic transformation of the extreme thermophile Thermus thermophilus and of other Thermus spp.

    Y Koyama;T Hoshino;N Tomizuka;K Furukawa

  • Effect of chlorine substitution on the bacterial metabolism of various polychlorinated biphenyls.

    K Furukawa;N Tomizuka;A Kamibayashi

  • Microbial degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls: biochemical and molecular features.

    Kensuke Furukawa;Hidehiko Fujihara

  • Effect of Chlorine Substitution on the Biodegradability of Polychlorinated Biphenyls

    Kensuke Furukawa;Kenzo Tonomura;Akira Kamibayashi

  • Complete Genome Sequence of the Dehalorespiring Bacterium Desulfitobacterium hafniense Y51 and Comparison with Dehalococcoides ethenogenes 195

    Hiroshi Nonaka;Gabor Keresztes;Yoshifumi Shinoda;Yuko Ikenaga

  • Pseudomonas putida KF715 bphABCD operon encoding biphenyl and polychlorinated biphenyl degradation: cloning, analysis, and expression in soil bacteria.

    Nobuki Hayase;Kazunari Taira;Kensuke Furukawa

  • Biphenyl Dioxygenases: Functional Versatilities and Directed Evolution

    Kensuke Furukawa;Hikaru Suenaga;Masatoshi Goto

  • Alcaligenes and Acinetobacter Strains Capable of Degrading Polychlorinated Biphenyls

    Kensuke Furukawa;Fumio Matsumura;Kenzo Tonomura

  • Isolation and characterization of Desulfitobacterium sp. strain Y51 capable of efficient dehalogenation of tetrachloroethene and polychloroethanes.

    Akiko Suyama;Ryo Iwakiri;Keiichirou Kai;Takashi Tokunaga

  • Cloning and nucleotide sequence of the 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl dioxygenase gene from the PCB-degrading strain of Pseudomonas paucimobilis Q1

    Kazunari Taira;Nobuki Hayase;Nariaki Arimura;Shigeki Yamashita

  • Molecular relationship of chromosomal genes encoding biphenyl/polychlorinated biphenyl catabolism: some soil bacteria possess a highly conserved bph operon.

    K Furukawa;N Hayase;K Taira;N Tomizuka

  • Molecular Characterization of the PceA Reductive Dehalogenase of Desulfitobacterium sp. Strain Y51

    Akiko Suyama;Masaki Yamashita;Sadazo Yoshino;Kensuke Furukawa

  • Biochemical and genetic bases of dehalorespiration.

    Taiki Futagami;Masatoshi Goto;Kensuke Furukawa

  • Molecular genetics and evolutionary relationship of PCB-degrading bacteria.

    Kensuke Furukawa

  • Construction of a novel RNA-transcript-trimming plasmid which can be used both in vitro in place of run-off and (G)-free transcriptions and in vivo as multi-sequences transcription vectors.

    Kazunari Taira;Kaori Nakagawa;Satoshi Nishikawa;Kensuke Furukawa

  • Biochemical and genetic bases of microbial degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).

    Kensuke Furukawa

  • Characterization of the sol Operon in Butanol-Hyperproducing Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum Strain N1-4 and Its Degeneration Mechanism

    Tomoyuki Kosaka;Shunichi Nakayama;Keizo Nakaya;Sadazo Yoshino

  • 'Super bugs' for bioremediation.

    Kensuke Furukawa

  • Directed evolution of biphenyl dioxygenase: emergence of enhanced degradation capacity for benzene, toluene, and alkylbenzenes.

    Hikaru Suenaga;Mariko Mitsuoka;Yuko Ura;Takahito Watanabe

  • Molecular characterization of a keratinolytic enzyme from an alkaliphilic Nocardiopsis sp. TOA-1

    Shinji Mitsuiki;Shinji Mitsuiki;Misato Ichikawa;Takuji Oka;Masashi Sakai

Frequent Co-Authors

Norihiko Misawa
Norihiko Misawa Ishikawa Prefectural University
Shigeaki Harayama
Shigeaki Harayama Chuo University
Kazunari Taira
Kazunari Taira University of Tokyo
Yasuo Ohnishi
Yasuo Ohnishi University of Tokyo
Seiji Tsuzuki
Seiji Tsuzuki University of Tokyo
Sueharu Horinouchi
Sueharu Horinouchi University of Tokyo
Tadafumi Uchimaru
Tadafumi Uchimaru National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Masao Fukuda
Masao Fukuda Chubu University
Eiji Masai
Eiji Masai Nagaoka University of Technology
Masayuki Inui
Masayuki Inui Nara Institute of Science and Technology

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