World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Nobumichi Kobayashi

Nobumichi Kobayashi

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
10208
World Ranking
14526
National Ranking
1027

Overview

Nobumichi Kobayashi is affiliated with Sapporo Medical University in Japan. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focused on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these disciplines, their work concentrates on several subfields including Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Clinical Biochemistry.

Their research topics cover a range of issues related to bacterial and viral infections, with a particularly strong emphasis on antimicrobial resistance and bacterial infections. Main topics of their work include Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus, Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, Streptococcal Infections and Treatments, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections.

Kobayashi has been frequently published in several peer-reviewed journals. The most common publication venues include New Microbes and New Infections, IJID Regions, Pathogens, Antibiotics, and the Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance.

They have collaborated extensively with other researchers, with frequent co-authors including Meiji Soe Aung, Noriko Urushibara, Mitsuyo Kawaguchiya, Nobuhide Ohashi, and Shyamal Kumar Paul.

Notable recent papers by Nobumichi Kobayashi include:

  • Prevalence, Genetic Diversity, and Temporary Shifts of Inducible Clindamycin Resistance Staphylococcus aureus Clones in Tehran, Iran: A Molecular-Epidemiological Analysis From 2013 to 2018 (2020) published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Antimicrobial Resistance, Virulence Factors, and Genotypes of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium Clinical Isolates in Northern Japan: Identification of optrA in ST480 E. faecalis (2023) published in Antibiotics
  • Detection and Molecular Characterization of Picobirnaviruses (PBVs) in the Mongoose: Identification of a Novel PBV Using an Alternative Genetic Code (2020) published in Viruses
  • Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin (-Like) Genes sey, selw, selx, selz, sel26 and sel27 in Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (2020) published in Toxins
  • High prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in non-vaccine serotypes of non-invasive/colonization isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae: A cross-sectional study eight years after the licensure of conjugate vaccine in Japan (2020) published in Journal of Infection and Public Health

Best Publications

  • Detection of mecA, femA , and femB genes in clinical strains of staphylococci using polymerase chain reaction

    N. Kobayashi;H. Wu;K. Kojima;K. Taniguchi

  • Whole-genomic analysis of rotavirus strains: current status and future prospects.

    Souvik Ghosh;Nobumichi Kobayashi

  • Changing pattern of human group A rotaviruses: Emergence of G12 as an important pathogen among children in eastern India

    S. Samajdar;V. Varghese;P. Barman;S. Ghosh

  • Distribution of aminoglycoside resistance genes in recent clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis, Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus avium

    N. Kobayashi;Md. Mahbub Alam;Y. Nishimoto;S. Urasawa

  • Evolution and Global Transmission of a Multidrug-Resistant, Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Lineage from the Indian Subcontinent

    Eike J. Steinig;Sebastian Duchene;D. Ashley Robinson;Stefan Monecke;Stefan Monecke

  • Analysis on distribution and genomic diversity of high-level antiseptic resistance genes qacA and qacB in human clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus.

    Mohammed Mahbub Alam;Nobumichi Kobayashi;Nobuyuki Uehara;Naoki Watanabe

  • Survey of Human Rotavirus Serotypes in Different Locales in Japan by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay with Monoclonal Antibodies

    Shozo Urasawa;Tomoko Urasawa;Koki Taniguchi;Fumiyo Wakasugi

  • Emergence of Novel Human Group A Rotavirus G12 Strains in India

    Soma Das;V. Varghese;S. Chaudhury;P. Barman

  • Determination of minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of cloxacillin for selected isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with their antibiogram

    MA Islam;MM Alam;ME Choudhury;N Kobayashi

  • Molecular characterization of a human rotavirus reveals porcine characteristics in most of the genes including VP6 and NSP4.

    V. Varghese;S. Das;Ng. B. Singh;K. Kojima

  • Rotavirus Nonstructural Protein 1 Suppresses Virus-Induced Cellular Apoptosis To Facilitate Viral Growth by Activating the Cell Survival Pathways during Early Stages of Infection

    Parikshit Bagchi;Dipanjan Dutta;Shiladitya Chattopadhyay;Anupam Mukherjee

  • Human group B rotavirus infections cause severe diarrhea in children and adults in Bangladesh.

    Takeshi Sanekata;Muzahed Uddin Ahmed;Abdul Kader;Koki Taniguchi

  • Species-specific and interspecies relatedness of NSP1 sequences in human, porcine, bovine, feline, and equine rotavirus strains.

    K. Kojima;K. Taniguchi;N. Kobayashi

  • Genetic characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates carrying Panton-Valentine leukocidin genes in Bangladesh.

    Sadia Afroz;Nobumichi Kobayashi;Shigeo Nagashima;M Mahbub Alam

  • Detection of a novel intergenogroup recombinant Norovirus from Kolkata, India.

    Mukti K. Nayak;Ganesh Balasubramanian;Ganesh C. Sahoo;Rittwika Bhattacharya

  • Analysis of human rotavirus strains prevailing in Bangladesh in relation to nationwide floods brought by the 1988 Monsoon

    M U Ahmed;S Urasawa;K Taniguchi;T Urasawa

  • Molecular epidemiologic analysis of group A rotaviruses in adults and children with diarrhea in Wuhan city, China, 2000-2006.

    Y.-H. Wang;N. Kobayashi;D.-J. Zhou;Z.-Q. Yang

  • Molecular characterization of a porcine Group A rotavirus strain with G12 genotype specificity.

    S. Ghosh;V. Varghese;S. Samajdar;S. K. Bhattacharya

  • Epidemiological study of the G serotype distribution of group A rotaviruses in Kenya from 1991 to 1994.

    Shuji Nakata;Zippora Gatheru;Susumu Ukae;Noriaki Adachi

  • Epidemiology, phylogeny, and evolution of emerging enteric Picobirnaviruses of animal origin and their relationship to human strains.

    Yashpal S. Malik;Naveen Kumar;Kuldeep Sharma;Kuldeep Dhama

Frequent Co-Authors

Koki Taniguchi
Koki Taniguchi Fujita Health University
Yashpal Singh Malik
Yashpal Singh Malik Indian Veterinary Research Institute
Krisztián Bányai
Krisztián Bányai University of Pecs
Kuldeep Dhama
Kuldeep Dhama Indian Veterinary Research Institute
Rosa del Campo
Rosa del Campo Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Thandavarayan Ramamurthy
Thandavarayan Ramamurthy National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases
Raj Kumar Singh
Raj Kumar Singh Indian Veterinary Research Institute
Shunzo Chiba
Shunzo Chiba Sapporo Medical University
Anastasia N. Vlasova
Anastasia N. Vlasova The Ohio State University
Sujit K. Bhattacharya
Sujit K. Bhattacharya Indian Council of Medical Research

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Biology and biochemistry graduates have a wide variety of online degree options to further specialize and expand their career opportunities in the health and life sciences sector. For those interested in patient care, there are highly regarded online nursing programs designed to prepare students for entry-level clinical roles and licensure.

If your passion lies in health and nutrition, consider a online nutrition degree that opens doors to roles in wellness coaching, public health, and dietary research.

Those aiming for leadership positions in healthcare systems can pursue cahme accredited online mha programs—a credential highly valued for healthcare administrators.

For advanced practitioners, online dnp programs enable nurses to achieve the highest level of practice-focused nursing education, often with flexible, non-clinical tracks.

Online degrees in these areas make it easier to balance study and professional commitments, offering flexible pathways to advance your science-based career.

Best Scientists Citing Nobumichi Kobayashi

Trending Scientists