Takeshi Zendo

Takeshi Zendo publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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Takeshi Zendo D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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Best Publications

• Novel bacteriocins from lactic acid bacteria (LAB): various structures and applications.

  Rodney H Perez;Takeshi Zendo;Kenji Sonomoto

  634
  Citations

• Effects of bacteriocins on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus biofilm

  Ken Ichi Okuda;Takeshi Zendo;Shinya Sugimoto;Tadayuki Iwase

  354
  Citations

• Identification of the lantibiotic nisin q, a new natural nisin variant produced by lactococcus lactis 61-14 isolated from a river in japan

  Takeshi Zendo;Masanori Fukao;Kyoko Ueda;Tomoko Higuchi

  237
  Citations

• Structural analysis and characterization of lacticin Q, a novel bacteriocin belonging to a new family of unmodified bacteriocins of gram-positive bacteria.

  Koji Fujita;Shiro Ichimasa;Takeshi Zendo;Shoko Koga

  212
  Citations

• Identification and characterization of lactocyclicin Q, a novel cyclic bacteriocin produced by Lactococcus sp. strain QU 12.

  Naruhiko Sawa;Takeshi Zendo;Junko Kiyofuji;Koji Fujita

  171
  Citations

• Peptide-Lipid Huge Toroidal Pore, a New Antimicrobial Mechanism Mediated by a Lactococcal Bacteriocin, Lacticin Q

  Fuminori Yoneyama;Yuichi Imura;Kanako Ohno;Takeshi Zendo

  170
  Citations

• Circular and Leaderless Bacteriocins: Biosynthesis, Mode of Action, Applications, and Prospects.

  Rodney H. Perez;Takeshi Zendo;Kenji Sonomoto

  167
  Citations

• Biochemical and genetic evidence for production of enterocins A and B by Enterococcus faecium WHE 81.

  Saïd Ennahar;Yuji Asou;Takeshi Zendo;Kenji Sonomoto

  165
  Citations

• Antimicrobial mechanism of lantibiotics.

  Mohammad R. Islam;Jun Ichi Nagao;Takeshi Zendo;Kenji Sonomoto

  151
  Citations

• Identification and production of a bacteriocin from Enterococcus mundtii QU 2 isolated from soybean

  T. Zendo;N. Eungruttanagorn;S. Fujioka;Y. Tashiro

  139
  Citations

• Continuous d-lactic acid production by a novelthermotolerant Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. lactis QU 41

  Yukihiro Tashiro;Wataru Kaneko;Yanqi Sun;Keisuke Shibata

  134
  Citations

• Lactococcin Q, a Novel Two-Peptide Bacteriocin Produced by Lactococcus lactis QU 4

  Takeshi Zendo;Shoko Koga;Yasushi Shigeri;Jiro Nakayama

  132
  Citations

• Purification, characterization and in vitro cytotoxicity of the bacteriocin from Pediococcus acidilactici K2a2-3 against human colon adenocarcinoma (HT29) and human cervical carcinoma (HeLa) cells

  Karen I. Villarante;Francisco B. Elegado;Shun Iwatani;Takeshi Zendo

  115
  Citations

• Efficient Homofermentative l-(+)-Lactic Acid Production from Xylose by a Novel Lactic Acid Bacterium, Enterococcus mundtii QU 25

  Mohamed Ali Sayed Mohamed Abdelrahman;Mohamed Ali Sayed Mohamed Abdelrahman;Yukihiro Tashiro;Takeshi Zendo;Katsuhiro Hanada

  114
  Citations

• Identification and characterization of leucocyclicin Q, a novel cyclic bacteriocin produced by Leuconostoc mesenteroides TK41401.

  Yoshimitsu Masuda;Hiroshi Ono;Hiroshi Kitagawa;Haruo Ito

  112
  Citations

• Enterocin X, a Novel Two-Peptide Bacteriocin from Enterococcus faecium KU-B5, Has an Antibacterial Spectrum Entirely Different from Those of Its Component Peptides

  Chih Bo Hu;Wanna Malaphan;Takeshi Zendo;Jiro Nakayama

  108
  Citations

• Anti-listeria activity of Pediococcus pentosaceus BCC 3772 and application as starter culture for Nham, a traditional fermented pork sausage

  Yutthana Kingcha;Amonlaya Tosukhowong;Takeshi Zendo;Sittiruk Roytrakul

  108
  Citations

• Screening and Characterization of Novel Bacteriocins from Lactic Acid Bacteria

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  105
  Citations

• Characterization and Structure Analysis of a Novel Bacteriocin, Lacticin Z, Produced by Lactococcus lactis QU 14

  Shun Iwatani;Takeshi Zendo;Fuminori Yoneyama;Jiro Nakayama

  104
  Citations

• Characterization and identification of weissellicin Y and weissellicin M, novel bacteriocins produced by Weissella hellenica QU 13

  Yoshimitsu Masuda;Takeshi Zendo;N. Sawa;R. H. Perez

  100
  Citations