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Seiichi Taguchi

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
49
Citations
7872
World Ranking
18083
National Ranking
1304

Seiichi Taguchi publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Seiichi Taguchi sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 223 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Seiichi Taguchi D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Seiichi Taguchi sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 49 D-Index — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Seiichi Taguchi is affiliated with Tokyo University of Agriculture in Japan and has contributed primarily to the fields of Materials Science and Environmental Science.

Their research focuses extensively on biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, with additional work in areas such as microplastics and plastic pollution, carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, enzyme catalysis and immobilization, graphene and nanomaterials applications, and advanced polymer synthesis and characterization.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Taguchi include Takeharu Tsuge, Sangho Koh, Yuki Miyahara, Christopher T. Nomura, and Hideki Abe.

Key recent publications by Taguchi include:

  • Evolution of polyhydroxyalkanoate synthesizing systems toward a sustainable plastic industry, 2020, Polymer Journal

Major venues where Taguchi has published multiple papers are Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, Polymer Degradation and Stability, Polymer Journal, and NPG Asia Materials.

Their published papers cover topics such as:

  • Evolution of polyhydroxyalkanoate synthesizing systems toward a sustainable plastic industry (2020, Polymer Journal)
  • Microbial Production of Biodegradable Lactate-Based Polymers and Oligomeric Building Blocks From Renewable and Waste Resources (2021, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology)
  • Superior thermal stability and fast crystallization behavior of a novel, biodegradable α-methylated bacterial polyester (2021, NPG Asia Materials)
  • Effect of introducing a disulfide bridge on the thermostability of microbial transglutaminase from Streptomyces mobaraensis (2021, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology)
  • Controllable secretion of multilayer vesicles driven by microbial polymer accumulation (2022, Scientific Reports)

Best Publications

  • A microbial factory for lactate-based polyesters using a lactate-polymerizing enzyme.

    Seiichi Taguchi;Miwa Yamada;Ken'ichiro Matsumoto;Kenji Tajima

  • Evolution of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production system by "enzyme evolution": successful case studies of directed evolution.

    Seiichi Taguchi;Yoshiharu Doi

  • Enhanced accumulation and changed monomer composition in polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) copolyester by in vitro evolution of Aeromonas caviae PHA synthase.

    Tomoyasu Kichise;Seiichi Taguchi;Yoshiharu Doi

  • Enhanced Synthesis of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) in Recombinant Escherichia coli by Means of Error-Prone PCR Mutagenesis, Saturation Mutagenesis, and In Vitro Recombination of the Type II Polyhydroxyalkanoate Synthase Gene

    Kazuma Takase;Seiichi Taguchi;Yoshiharu Doi

  • Molecular cloning of two (R)-specific enoyl-CoA hydratase genes from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and their use for polyhydroxyalkanoate synthesis.

    Takeharu Tsuge;Toshiaki Fukui;Hiromi Matsusaki;Seiichi Taguchi

  • Alteration of substrate chain-length specificity of type II synthase for polyhydroxyalkanoate biosynthesis by in vitro evolution: in vivo and in vitro enzyme assays.

    Kazuma Takase;Ken'ichiro Matsumoto;Seiichi Taguchi;Yoshiharu Doi

  • PHA synthase engineering toward superbiocatalysts for custom-made biopolymers

    Christopher T. Nomura;Seiichi Taguchi

  • A Repressor Protein, PhaR, Regulates Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Synthesis via Its Direct Interaction with PHA

    Akira Maehara;Seiichi Taguchi;Tatsuaki Nishiyama;Tsuneo Yamane

  • An azoreductase, aerobic NADH-dependent flavoprotein discovered from Bacillus sp.: functional expression and enzymatic characterization

    Toshihiko Ooi;Takeshi Shibata;Reiko Sato;Hiroaki Ohno

  • Analysis of mutational effects of a polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) polymerase on bacterial PHB accumulation using an in vivo assay system

    Seiichi Taguchi;Akira Maehara;Kazuma Takase;Maki Nakahara

  • Microbial Production of Lactate-Enriched Poly[(R)-lactate-co-(R)-3-hydroxybutyrate] with Novel Thermal Properties

    Miwa Yamada;Ken’ichiro Matsumoto;Takanori Nakai;Seiichi Taguchi

  • Enzymatic and whole-cell synthesis of lactate-containing polyesters: toward the complete biological production of polylactate

    Ken’ichiro Matsumoto;Seiichi Taguchi

  • Biosynthesis and characterization of polyhydroxyalkanoate containing 5-hydroxyvalerate units: Effects of 5HV units on biodegradability, cytotoxicity, mechanical and thermal properties

    Jo-Ann Chuah;Miwa Yamada;Seiichi Taguchi;Kumar Sudesh

  • Coexpression of genetically engineered 3-ketoacyl-ACP synthase III (fabH) and polyhydroxyalkanoate synthase (phaC) genes leads to short-chain-length-medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymer production from glucose in Escherichia coli JM109.

    Christopher T. Nomura;Kazunori Taguchi;Seiichi Taguchi;Yoshiharu Doi

  • Adjustable Mutations in Lactate (LA)-Polymerizing Enzyme for the Microbial Production of LA-Based Polyesters with Tailor-Made Monomer Composition

    Miwa Yamada;Ken'ichiro Matsumoto;Kotaro Shimizu;Shu Uramoto

  • Synergistic effects of Glu130Asp substitution in the type II polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthase: enhancement of PHA production and alteration of polymer molecular weight.

    Ken'ichiro Matsumoto;Kazuma Takase;Emi Aoki;Yoshiharu Doi

  • Engineering of a Cold-Adapted Protease by Sequential Random Mutagenesis and a Screening System

    Seiichi Taguchi;Akiyoshi Ozaki;Haruo Momose

  • Engineered Corynebacterium glutamicum as an endotoxin-free platform strain for lactate-based polyester production

    Yuyang Song;Ken’ichiro Matsumoto;Miwa Yamada;Miwa Yamada;Aoi Gohda

  • In Vitro Evolution of a Polyhydroxybutyrate Synthase by Intragenic Suppression-Type Mutagenesis

    Seiichi Taguchi;Hirofumi Nakamura;Tomohiro Hiraishi;Ichiro Yamato

  • Lactate fraction dependent mechanical properties of semitransparent poly(lactate-co-3-hydroxybutyrate)s produced by control of lactyl-CoA monomer fluxes in recombinant Escherichia coli.

    Miwa Yamada;Ken’ichiro Matsumoto;Shu Uramoto;Ren Motohashi

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshiharu Doi
Yoshiharu Doi RIKEN
Hideki Abe
Hideki Abe Tokyo Institute of Technology
Toshifumi Satoh
Toshifumi Satoh Hokkaido University
Izumi Kumagai
Izumi Kumagai Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Min Yao
Min Yao Hokkaido University
Keiji Numata
Keiji Numata Kyoto University
Tadahisa Iwata
Tadahisa Iwata University of Tokyo
Isao Tanaka
Isao Tanaka Hokkaido University
Hideki Abe
Hideki Abe National Institute for Materials Science
Toyoji Kakuchi
Toyoji Kakuchi Changchun University of Science and Technology

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