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Toshiaki Kudo

Toshiaki Kudo

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
81
Citations
19034
World Ranking
3957
National Ranking
258

Overview

Toshiaki Kudo is affiliated with Nagasaki University in Japan and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work encompasses several interconnected subfields, including Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Pollution, and Molecular Biology.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Kudo's recent scientific contributions include papers published in notable venues such as Fisheries Science and Scientific Reports. Key recent publications are:

  • Diversity and functions of bacterial communities in water and sediment from the watershed of the Tama River flowing a highly urbanized area, 2021, Fisheries Science
  • Seasonal and annual changes in the microbial communities of Ofunato Bay, Japan, based on metagenomics, 2021, Scientific Reports

Their frequent coauthors reflect a collaborative research environment. These coauthors include:

  • Nanami Mizusawa
  • Md. Shaheed Reza
  • Atsushi Kobiyama
  • Yuichiro Yamada
  • Yuri Ikeda

Toshiaki Kudo's research outputs demonstrate a focus on microbial ecology and environmental processes, with work spanning molecular and ecological approaches to understanding aquatic microbial communities and related environmental phenomena. Their collaborations and publications highlight engagement with comprehensive studies of microbial communities, especially in urban and marine environments.

Best Publications

  • Genome Sequence of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum

    Stephen Richards;Richard A. Gibbs;Nicole M. Gerardo;Nancy Moran

  • Antagonistic Interaction between Systemic Acquired Resistance and the Abscisic Acid–Mediated Abiotic Stress Response in Arabidopsis

    Michiko Yasuda;Atsushi Ishikawa;Yusuke Jikumaru;Motoaki Seki

  • Intra- and Interspecific Comparisons of Bacterial Diversity and Community Structure Support Coevolution of Gut Microbiota and Termite Host

    Yuichi Hongoh;Pinsurang Deevong;Tetsushi Inoue;Shigeharu Moriya

  • Molecular analysis of bacterial microbiota in the gut of the termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera; Rhinotermitidae)

    Yuichi Hongoh;Moriya Ohkuma;Toshiaki Kudo

  • Phylogenetic diversity of the intestinal bacterial community in the termite Reticulitermes speratus

    M Ohkuma;T Kudo

  • Evaluation of primers and PCR conditions for the analysis of 16S rRNA genes from a natural environment

    Yuichi Hongoh;Hiroe Yuzawa;Moriya Ohkuma;Toshiaki Kudo;Toshiaki Kudo

  • Complete genome of the uncultured Termite Group 1 bacteria in a single host protist cell

    Yuichi Hongoh;Vineet K. Sharma;Tulika Prakash;Satoko Noda

  • Transcriptome analysis of the aphid bacteriocyte, the symbiotic host cell that harbors an endocellular mutualistic bacterium, Buchnera

    Atsushi Nakabachi;Shuji Shigenobu;Naoko Sakazume;Toshiyuki Shiraki

  • Genome of an Endosymbiont Coupling N2 Fixation to Cellulolysis Within Protist Cells in Termite Gut

    Yuichi Hongoh;Vineet K. Sharma;Tulika Prakash;Satoko Noda

  • Phylogenetic diversity of nitrogen fixation genes in the symbiotic microbial community in the gut of diverse termites.

    Moriya Ohkuma;Satoko Noda;Toshiaki Kudo

  • Bacterial genes in the aphid genome: absence of functional gene transfer from Buchnera to its host.

    Naruo Nikoh;John P. McCutcheon;Toshiaki Kudo;Shin Ya Miyagishima

  • Purification and Properties of Extracellular Amylase from the Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Thermococcus profundus DT5432.

    Young Chul Chung;T. Kobayashi;H. Kanai;T. Akiba

  • Characterization of a gene responsible for the Na+/H+ antiporter system of alkalophilic Bacillus species strain C‐125

    Tetsuo Hamamoto;Michizane Hashimoto;Motohiro Hino;Makio Kitada

  • Cospeciation in the triplex symbiosis of termite gut protists (Pseudotrichonympha spp.), their hosts, and their bacterial endosymbionts.

    S. Noda;O. Kitade;T. Inoue;M. Kawai

  • Steroid degradation in Comamonas testosteroni

    Masae Horinouchi;Toshiaki Hayashi;Toshiaki Kudo

  • Differential role of symbiotic fungi in lignin degradation and food provision for fungus-growing termites (Macrotermitinae: Isoptera)

    F. Hyodo;I. Tayasu;T. Inoue;J.‐I. Azuma

  • Diversity of Nitrogen Fixation Genes in the Symbiotic Intestinal Microflora of the Termite Reticulitermes speratus.

    Moriya Ohkuma;Satoko Noda;Ron Usami;Koki Horikoshi

  • A New Bacterial Steroid Degradation Gene Cluster in Comamonas testosteroni TA441 Which Consists of Aromatic-Compound Degradation Genes for Seco-Steroids and 3-Ketosteroid Dehydrogenase Genes

    Masae Horinouchi;Toshiaki Hayashi;Takako Yamamoto;Toshiaki Kudo

  • A two-component histidine kinase of the rice blast fungus is involved in osmotic stress response and fungicide action

    Takayuki Motoyama;Kaori Kadokura;Tomohiro Ohira;Akihiko Ichiishi

  • Intracolony variation of bacterial gut microbiota among castes and ages in the fungus‐growing termite Macrotermes gilvus

    Y. Hongoh;L. Ekpornprasit;T. Inoue;S. Moriya

Frequent Co-Authors

Moriya Ohkuma
Moriya Ohkuma National Presto Industries
Koki Horikoshi
Koki Horikoshi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Chiaki Kato
Chiaki Kato Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Hiroyuki Koshino
Hiroyuki Koshino Tokyo University of Agriculture
Hiroyuki Arai
Hiroyuki Arai University of Tokyo
Masahira Hattori
Masahira Hattori Waseda University
Shuji Shigenobu
Shuji Shigenobu National Institute for Basic Biology
Eric Viscogliosi
Eric Viscogliosi Institut Pasteur
Hideo Nakashita
Hideo Nakashita Fukui Prefectural University

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