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Sou-ichi Makino is affiliated with Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, specifically within the subfields of plant science and food science.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including:

  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Legume nitrogen fixing symbiosis
  • Potato plant research

Makino has contributed to research published in the venue New Phytologist. A notable recent paper is titled "Solanoeclepin C, a root-secreted molecule converted by rhizosphere microbes to hatching factors for potato cyst nematodes", published in 2025 in New Phytologist.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Makino include:

  • Ryota Akiyama
  • Yoshiko Kawano
  • Kosuke Shimizu
  • Karen Akanuma
  • Hiroshi Nagatomo

Best Publications

  • Molecular characterization and protein analysis of the cap region, which is essential for encapsulation in Bacillus anthracis.

    S. I. Makino;I. Uchida;N. Terakado;C. Sasakawa

  • A genetic determinant required for continuous reinfection of adjacent cells on large plasmid in S. flexneri 2a.

    Souichi Makino;Chihiro Sasakawa;Konio Kamata;Takeshi Kurata

  • virG, a plasmid-coded virulence gene of Shigella flexneri: identification of the virG protein and determination of the complete coding sequence

    M C Lett;C Sasakawa;N Okada;T Sakai

  • Phase variation of the opacity outer membrane protein controls invasion by Neisseria gonorrhoeae into human epithelial cells.

    S.-I. Makino;J. P. M. Van Putten;T. F. Meyer

  • Molecular alteration of the 140-megadalton plasmid associated with loss of virulence and Congo red binding activity in Shigella flexneri.

    C Sasakawa;K Kamata;T Sakai;S Y Murayama

  • Virulence-associated genetic regions comprising 31 kilobases of the 230-kilobase plasmid in Shigella flexneri 2a.

    C Sasakawa;K Kamata;T Sakai;S Makino

  • A dual transcriptional activation system for the 230 kb plasmid genes coding for virulence-associated antigens of Shigella flexneri.

    B. Adler;C. Sasakawa;T. Tobe;S. Makino

  • Mass Outbreak of Food Poisoning Disease Caused by Small Amounts of Staphylococcal Enterotoxins A and H

    Tetsuya Ikeda;Naoto Tamate;Keiji Yamaguchi;Sou-ichi Makino

  • Salmonella enteritidis FliC (Flagella Filament Protein) Induces Human β-Defensin-2 mRNA Production by Caco-2 Cells *

    Ken Ichi Ogushi;Akihiro Wada;Takuro Niidome;Naoki Mori

  • Detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) at a cattle farm in Japan.

    Mitsuhiro Iwasa;Sou-Ichi Makino;Hiroshi Asakura;Hideaki Kobori

  • Gene expression profile of Vibrio cholerae in the cold stress-induced viable but non-culturable state.

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  • Identification of a novel gene, dep, associated with depolymerization of the capsular polymer in Bacillus anthracis.

    I. Uchida;S. Makino;C. Sasakawa;M. Yoshikawa

  • Cross-talk to the genes for Bacillus anthracis capsule synthesis by atxA, the gene encoding the trans-activator of anthrax toxin synthesis

    Ikuo Uchida;Sou-ichi Makino;Tsutomu Sekizaki;Nobuyuki Terakado

  • Detection of anthrax spores from the air by real-time PCR.

    S.-I. Makino;H.I. Cheun;M. Watarai;I. Uchida

  • Lipid raft microdomains mediate class A scavenger receptor-dependent infection of Brucella abortus.

    Suk Kim;Masahisa Watarai;Hiroshi Suzuki;Hiroshi Suzuki;Sou-ichi Makino

  • DNA sequence and product analysis of the virF locus responsible for congo red binding and cell invasion in Shigella flexneri 2a.

    T Sakai;C Sasakawa;S Makino;M Yoshikawa

  • Does enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 enter the viable but nonculturable state in salted salmon roe?

    Sou-Ichi Makino;Tsutomu Kii;Hiroshi Asakura;Toshikazu Shirahata

  • Cloning and CO2-dependent expression of the genetic region for encapsulation from Bacillus anthracis.

    S. Makino;C. Sasakawa;I. Uchida;N. Terakado

  • Effect of the Lower Molecular Capsule Released from the Cell Surface of Bacillus anthracis on the Pathogenesis of Anthrax

    Sou-ichi Makino;Masahisa Watarai;Hyeng-il Cheun;Toshikazu Shirahata

  • Direct and rapid detection of Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae DNA in animals by PCR.

    S Makino;Y Okada;T Maruyama;K Ishikawa

  • Prevalence of foodborne pathogens in open markets and supermarkets in Thailand

    Atsuka Minami;Wanpen Chaicumpa;Manas Chongsa-Nguan;Seksun Samosornsuk

  • Differential expression of the outer membrane protein W (OmpW) stress response in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 corresponds to the viable but non-culturable state.

    Hiroshi Asakura;Keiko Kawamoto;Yuji Haishima;Shizunobu Igimi

  • Detection and Genetical Characterization of Shiga Toxin‐Producing Escherichia coli from Wild Deer

    Hiroshi Asakura;Sou-ichi Makino;Toshikazu Shirahata;Teizo Tsukamoto

  • Molecular cloning of a genetic determinant for Congo red binding ability which is essential for the virulence of Shigella flexneri.

    T Sakai;C Sasakawa;S Makino;K Kamata

Frequent Co-Authors

Chihiro Sasakawa
Chihiro Sasakawa Chiba University
Wanpen Chaicumpa
Wanpen Chaicumpa Mahidol University
Akio Nakane
Akio Nakane Hirosaki University
Osamu Ogawa
Osamu Ogawa Kyoto University
Nobuhiro Fujii
Nobuhiro Fujii Sapporo Medical University
G. Balakrish Nair
G. Balakrish Nair National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases
Keiji Oguma
Keiji Oguma Okayama University
Takayuki Ezaki
Takayuki Ezaki Gifu University
Naoki Mori
Naoki Mori University of the Ryukyus
Chihiro Sugimoto
Chihiro Sugimoto Hokkaido University

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