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Tokuma Fukuoka is affiliated with the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Chemistry, with significant focus on biomaterials, molecular biology, pollution, organic chemistry, and biomedical engineering.

Their work touches on several main topics, including biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, microplastics and plastic pollution, mass spectrometry techniques and applications, surfactants and colloidal systems, as well as lipid membrane structure and behavior.

Among recent notable papers authored or coauthored by Tokuma Fukuoka are:

  • Glycolipid Biosurfactants, Mannosylerythritol Lipids: Distinctive Interfacial Properties and Applications in Cosmetic and Personal Care Products (2021), Journal of Oleo Science
  • Self-Assembling Properties and Recovery Effects on Damaged Skin Cells of Chemically Synthesized Mannosylerythritol Lipids (2021), ChemBioChem
  • A putative transporter gene PtMMF1-deleted strain produces mono-acylated mannosylerythritol lipids in Pseudozyma tsukubaensis (2020), Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Preparation of pH-Responsive Poly(γ-glutamic acid) Hydrogels by Enzymatic Cross-Linking (2022), ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
  • Accelerated degradation of plastic products via yeast enzyme treatment (2023), Scientific Reports

Frequent coauthors of Tokuma Fukuoka include:

  • Tomotake Morita
  • Kazunori Ushimaru
  • Azusa Saika
  • Shun Sato
  • Maito Koga

Their publications are often found in journals such as Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Journal of Oleo Science, Polymer Journal, Polymer, and the Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society. Specifically, the Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology journal has featured four of their works, with three appearing in the Journal of Oleo Science.

Best Publications

  • Self-assembling properties of glycolipid biosurfactants and their potential applications

    Dai Kitamoto;Tomotake Morita;Tokuma Fukuoka;Masa-aki Konishi

  • Production of new types of sophorolipids by Candida batistae.

    Masaaki Konishi;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomotake Morita;Tomohiro Imura

  • Characterization of the genus Pseudozyma by the formation of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids.

    Tomotake Morita;Masaaki Konishi;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomohiro Imura

  • Discovery of Pseudozyma rugulosa NBRC 10877 as a novel producer of the glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, based on rDNA sequence

    Tomotake Morita;Masaaki Konishi;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomohiro Imura

  • Production of mannosylerythritol lipids and their application in cosmetics

    Tomotake Morita;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomohiro Imura;Dai Kitamoto

  • Glycolipid Biosurfactants, Mannosylerythritol Lipids, Show Antioxidant and Protective Effects against H2O2-Induced Oxidative Stress in Cultured Human Skin Fibroblasts

    Makoto Takahashi;Makoto Takahashi;Tomotake Morita;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomohiro Imura

  • Microbial conversion of glycerol into glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, by a basidiomycete yeast, Pseudozyma antarctica JCM 10317T

    Tomotake Morita;Masaaki Konishi;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomohiro Imura

  • Production of different types of mannosylerythritol lipids as biosurfactants by the newly isolated yeast strains belonging to the genus Pseudozyma

    Masaaki Konishi;Tomotake Morita;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomohiro Imura

  • Microbial production of glyceric acid, an organic acid that can be mass produced from glycerol

    Hiroshi Habe;Yuko Shimada;Toshiharu Yakushi;Hiromi Hattori

  • Structural characterization and surface-active properties of a new glycolipid biosurfactant, mono-acylated mannosylerythritol lipid, produced from glucose by Pseudozyma antarctica

    Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomotake Morita;Masaaki Konishi;Tomohiro Imura

  • Mannosylerythritol Lipids: Production and Applications

    Tomotake Morita;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomohiro Imura;Dai Kitamoto

  • A basidiomycetous yeast, Pseudozyma tsukubaensis, efficiently produces a novel glycolipid biosurfactant. The identification of a new diastereomer of mannosylerythritol lipid-B.

    Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomotake Morita;Masaaki Konishi;Tomohiro Imura

  • Physiological differences in the formation of the glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, between Pseudozyma antarctica and Pseudozyma aphidis

    Tomotake Morita;Masaaki Konishi;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomohiro Imura

  • Glycolipid Biosurfactants, Mannosylerythritol Lipids, Repair the Damaged Hair

    Tomotake Morita;Masaru Kitagawa;Shuhei Yamamoto;Atsushi Sogabe

  • Biotechnological production of D-glyceric acid and its application.

    Hiroshi Habe;Tokuma Fukuoka;Dai Kitamoto;Keiji Sakaki

  • Enzymatic Polymerization of Tyrosine Derivatives. Peroxidase- and Protease-Catalyzed Synthesis of Poly(tyrosine)s with Different Structures

    Tokuma Fukuoka;Yoichi Tachibana;Hiroyuki Tonami;Hiroshi Uyama

  • Production of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, by Pseudozyma siamensis CBS 9960 and their interfacial properties.

    Tomotake Morita;Masaaki Konishi;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomohiro Imura

  • Characterization of new glycolipid biosurfactants, tri-acylated mannosylerythritol lipids, produced by Pseudozyma yeasts.

    Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomotake Morita;Masaaki Konishi;Tomohiro Imura

  • Efficient production of mannosylerythritol lipids with high hydrophilicity by Pseudozyma hubeiensis KM-59.

    Masaaki Konishi;Tomotake Morita;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomohiro Imura

  • Production of glycolipid biosurfactants by basidiomycetous yeasts.

    Tomotake Morita;Tokuma Fukuoka;Tomohiro Imura;Dai Kitamoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Dai Kitamoto
Dai Kitamoto National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Tomohiro Imura
Tomohiro Imura National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Hideki Sakai
Hideki Sakai Tokyo University of Science
Masahiko Abe
Masahiko Abe Tokyo University of Science
Kazunobu Matsushita
Kazunobu Matsushita Yamaguchi University
Sumaeth Chavadej
Sumaeth Chavadej Chulalongkorn University
Seiya Tsushima
Seiya Tsushima Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Kazunobu Toshima
Kazunobu Toshima Keio University

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