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Kiwamu Minamisawa

Kiwamu Minamisawa

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
63
Citations
12875
World Ranking
1051
National Ranking
30

Microbiology

D-Index
63
Citations
12819
World Ranking
2767
National Ranking
103

Overview

Kiwamu Minamisawa is a researcher affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan. Their work primarily focuses on the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Within these broader categories, their subfields of study include Plant Science, Pollution, Ecology, Soil Science, and Agronomy and Crop Science.

The research topics Minamisawa investigates cover several areas related to plant and microbial interactions and nutrient cycling. Key topics include Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Nematode Management and Characterization Studies, Plant Nutrient Uptake and Metabolism, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, and Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems.

The scientist has contributed to multiple academic journals, with frequent publications appearing in Microbes and Environments, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Scientific Reports, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, and the INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. Their published papers include:

  • Community Analysis-based Screening of Plant Growth-promoting Bacteria for Sugar Beet, 2021, Microbes and Environments
  • Diversity of Bradyrhizobium in Non-Leguminous Sorghum Plants: B. ottawaense Isolates Unique in Genes for N2O Reductase and Lack of the Type VI Secretion System, 2020, Microbes and Environments
  • Bradyrhizobium ottawaense efficiently reduces nitrous oxide through high nosZ gene expression, 2023, Scientific Reports
  • Mitigation of greenhouse gas emission by nitrogen-fixing bacteria, 2022, Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry
  • Evolution of rhizobial symbiosis islands through insertion sequence-mediated deletion and duplication, 2021, The ISME Journal

Collaboration with other researchers forms a significant part of their work. Frequent co-authors include Masayuki Sugawara, Shusei Sato, Sawa Wasai-Hara, Manabu Itakura, and Haruko Imaizumi-Anraku.

Best Publications

  • Complete genomic sequence of nitrogen-fixing symbiotic bacterium Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA110.

    Takakazu Kaneko;Yasukazu Nakamura;Shusei Sato;Kiwamu Minamisawa

  • Core microbiomes for sustainable agroecosystems.

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

  • Endophytic Colonization and In Planta Nitrogen Fixation by a Herbaspirillum sp. Isolated from Wild Rice Species

    Adel Elbeltagy;Kiyo Nishioka;Tadashi Sato;Hisa Suzuki

  • Isolation and characterization of endophytic bacteria from wild and traditionally cultivated rice varieties

    Adel Elbeltagy;Kiyo Nishioka;Hisa Suzuki;Tadashi Sato

  • Nitrogen Cycling in Rice Paddy Environments: Past Achievements and Future Challenges

    Satoshi Ishii;Seishi Ikeda;Kiwamu Minamisawa;Keishi Senoo

  • Expression Islands Clustered on the Symbiosis Island of the Mesorhizobium loti Genome

    Toshiki Uchiumi;Takuji Ohwada;Manabu Itakura;Hisayuki Mitsui

  • Complete Genomic Structure of the Cultivated Rice Endophyte Azospirillum sp. B510

    Takakazu Kaneko;Kiwamu Minamisawa;Tsuyoshi Isawa;Hiroki Nakatsukasa

  • Composition of storage carbohydrate in tubers of yacon (Polymnia sonchifolia)

    Takuji Ohyama;Osamu Ito;Sawako Yasuyoshi;Taro Ikarashi

  • Effects of ethylene precursor and inhibitors for ethylene biosynthesis and perception on nodulation in Lotus japonicus and Macroptilium atropurpureum.

    Noriyuki Nukui;Hiroshi Ezura;Ken Ichi Yuhashi;Tsuyoshi Yasuta

  • The communities of endophytic diazotrophic bacteria in cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.)

    Janpen Prakamhang;Kiwamu Minamisawa;Kamonluck Teamtaisong;Nantakorn Boonkerd

  • Mitigation of nitrous oxide emissions from soils by Bradyrhizobium japonicum inoculation

    Manabu Itakura;Yoshitaka Uchida;Hiroko Akiyama;Yuko Takada Hoshino

  • Rhizobitoxine Production by Bradyrhizobium elkanii Enhances Nodulation and Competitiveness on Macroptilium atropurpureum

    Ken Ichi Yuhashi;Norikazu Ichikawa;Hiroshi Ezura;Shoichiro Akao

  • Community- and Genome-Based Views of Plant-Associated Bacteria: Plant–Bacterial Interactions in Soybean and Rice

    Seishi Ikeda;Takashi Okubo;Mizue Anda;Hideo Nakashita

  • Development of a bacterial cell enrichment method and its application to the community analysis in soybean stems.

    Seishi Ikeda;Takakazu Kaneko;Takashi Okubo;Lynn E. E. Rallos

  • Metaproteomic identification of diazotrophic methanotrophs and their localization in root tissues of field-grown rice plants

    Zhihua Bao;Takashi Okubo;Kengo Kubota;Yasuhiro Kasahara

  • Novel endophytic nitrogen-fixing clostridia from the grass Miscanthus sinensis as revealed by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis

    Takuya Miyamoto;Makoto Kawahara;Kiwamu Minamisawa

  • Complete Genome Sequence of the Soybean Symbiont Bradyrhizobium japonicum Strain USDA6T.

    Takakazu Kaneko;Hiroko Maita;Hideki Hirakawa;Nobukazu Uchiike

  • Low nitrogen fertilization adapts rice root microbiome to low nutrient environment by changing biogeochemical functions.

    Seishi Ikeda;Kazuhiro Sasaki;Takashi Okubo;Akifumu Yamashita

  • Effects of Colonization of a Bacterial Endophyte, Azospirillum sp. B510, on Disease Resistance in Rice

    Michiko Yasuda;Tsuyoshi Isawa;Satoshi Shinozaki;Kiwamu Minamisawa

  • Anaerobic Nitrogen-Fixing Consortia Consisting of Clostridia Isolated from Gramineous Plants

    Kiwamu Minamisawa;Kiyo Nishioka;Taro Miyaki;Bin Ye

  • Expression of the 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid deaminase gene requires symbiotic nitrogen-fixing regulator gene nifA2 in Mesorhizobium loti MAFF303099.

    Noriyuki Nukui;Kiwamu Minamisawa;Shin-Ichi Ayabe;Toshio Aoki

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroshi Ezura
Hiroshi Ezura University of Tsukuba
Shusei Sato
Shusei Sato Tohoku University
Takakazu Kaneko
Takakazu Kaneko Kyoto Sangyo University
Satoshi Tabata
Satoshi Tabata Tokyo University of Science
Masataka Tsuda
Masataka Tsuda Tohoku University
Yasukazu Nakamura
Yasukazu Nakamura National Institute of Genetics
Masahira Hattori
Masahira Hattori Waseda University
Tatsuhito Fujimura
Tatsuhito Fujimura University of Tsukuba
Yuji Nagata
Yuji Nagata Tohoku University
Takeshi Tokida
Takeshi Tokida National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

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