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Improved electrochemical properties of graphite
electrodes incubated with iron powders in rice-paddy fields boost power outputs
from microbial fuel cells. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 87:1229-1235.
Ochiai I, Harada T, Jomori S, Kouzuma A, Watanabe K. Bioaugmentation of microbial electrolysis cells with Geobacter sulfurreducens
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Yamada S, Takamatsu Y, Ikeda S, Kouzuma A, Watanabe K. Towards application
of electro-fermentation for the production of value-added chemicals from
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Yamada S, Kouzuma A, Watanabe K. Development of a CRISPR interference system for selective gene knockdown
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Nagoya M, Kouzuma A, Watanabe K. Codh/Acs-deficient methanogens are prevalent
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Matsumoto A, Koga R, Kanaly R, Kouzuma A, Watanabe K. Identification of
a diguanylate cyclase that facilitates biofilm formation on electrodes
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Koga R, Matsumoto A, Kouzuma A, Watanabe K. Identification of an ECF sigma
factor that facilitates c-type cytochrome maturation and current generation
under electrolyte-flow conditions in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Environ. Microbiol. 22:3671-3684.
Matsumoto A, Nagoya M, Tsuchiya M, Suga K, Inohana Y, Yamada S, Hirose
A, Kouzuma A, Watanabe K. Enhanced electricity generation in rice paddy-field microbial fuel cells
supplemented with iron powders. Bioelectrochemistry 136:107625.
Inohana Y, Katsuya S, Koga R, Kouzuma A,
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Suzuki Y, Kouzuma A, Watanabe K. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 using a broad host-range pBBR1-based plasmid. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 66:41-45.
Nagoya M, Kouzuma A, Ueno Y, Watanabe K. Isolation of an obligate mixotrophic methanogen that represents the major
population in thermophilic fixed-bed anaerobic digesters. Microorganisms 8:217.
Inohana Y, Matsumoto A, Nagoya M, Hirose A, Kouzuma A, Watanabe K. Rice
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systems: Vol. 2 Current and emerging applications. Springer/nature. 287-298.
Inaba R, Nagoya M, Kouzuma A, Watanabe K. Metatranscriptomic evidences
for magnetite nanoparticle-accelerated acetoclastic methanogenesis under
continuous agitation. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 85:e01733-19.
Kasai T, Suzuki Y, Kouzuma A, Watanabe K. Roles of D-lactate dehydrogenases
in the anaerobic growth of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 on sugars. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 85:e02668.
Hirose A, Kasai T, Koga K, Suzuki Y, Kouzuma A, Watanabe K.Understanding and
engineering electrochemically active bacteria for sustainable biotechnology. Bioresourc. Bioprocess. 6:10.
Hirose A, Kouzuma A, Watanabe K. Towards development of electrogenetics using
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Kasai T, Tomioka Y, Kouzuma A, Watanabe K. Overexpression of the adenylate cyclase gene cyaC facilitates current generation by Shewanella oneidensis in bioelectrochemical system. Bioelectrochemistry 129:100-105.
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Kouzuma A, Ishii S,
Watanabe K. Metagenomic insights into the ecology and physiology of microbes in bioelectrochemical
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Kasai T, Kouzuma A, Watanabe K. CpdA is involved in amino acid metabolism in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 82:166-172.
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Asai Y, Miyahara M, Kouzuma A, Watanabe K. Comparative evaluation of wastewater-treatment
microbial fuel cells in terms of organics removal, waste-sludge production
and electricity generation. Bioresour. Bioprocess. 4:30.
Kitayama M, Koga R, Kasai T, Kouzuma A, Watanabe K. Structures, compositions
and activities of live Shewanella biofilms formed on graphite electrodes in electrochemical flow cells.
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Kasai T, Kouzuma A, Watanabe K. CRP regulates D-lactate oxidation in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Front. Microbiol. 8:869.
Kouzuma A, Tsutsumi M, Ishii S, Ueno Y, Abe T, Watanabe
K. Non-autotrophic methanogens dominate in thermophilic anaerobic digesters.
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Takahashi S, Miyahara M Kouzuma A, Watanabe K. Electricity generation from
rice bran in microbial fuel cells. Bioresour. Bioprocess. 3:50.
Miyahara M, Sakamoto A, Kouzuma A, Watanabe K. Poly iron sulfate flocculant
as an effective additive for improving the performance of microbial fuel
cells. Bioresour. Technol. 221:331-335.
Ueoka N, Kouzuma A, Watanabe K. Missing iron-oxidizing acidophiles highly
sensitive to organic compounds. Microbes Environ. 31:244-248.
Hamamoto K, Miyahara M, Kouzuma A, Yoda M, Ishiguro T, Hashimoto K, Watanabe K. Evaluation of microbial fuel cells for electricity generation from oil-contaminated wastewater. J. Biosci. Bioeng. 122:589-593.
Miyahara M, Kouzuma A, Watanabe K. Sodium chloride concentration determines
exoelectrogens in anode biofilms occurring from mangrove-grown brackish
sediment. Bioresour. Technol. 218:674-679.
Fujinawa K, Asai Y, Miyahara M, Kouzuma A, Abe T, Watanabe K. Genomic features
of uncultured methylotrophs in activated-sludge microbiomes grown under
different enrichment procedures. Sci. Rep. 6:26650.
Ueoka N, Sese N, Sue M, Kouzuma A, Watanabe K. Sizes of anode and cathode affect electricity generation in rice paddy-field
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Nakagawa G, Kouzuma A, Hirose A, Kasai H, Yoshida G, Watanabe K. Metabolic
characteristics of a glucose- utilizing Shewanella oneidensis strain grown
under electrode-respiring conditions. Plos One 10:e0138813.
Kouzuma A, Kasai T, Hirose A, Watanabe K. Catabolic and regulatory systems
in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 involved in electricity generation in microbial
fuel cells. Front. Microbiol. 6:609.
Miyahara M, Kouzuma A, Watanabe K. Effects of NaCl concentration on anode
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Kouzuma A, Kato S, Watanabe K. Microbial interspecies interactions: recent findings in syntrophic consortia.
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Kasai T, Kouzuma A, Nojiri H, Watanabe K. Transcriptional mechanisms for
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in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. BMC Microbiol. 15:68.
Miyahara M, Yoshizawa T, Kouzuma A, Watanabe K. Floating boards improve
electricity generation from wastewater in cassette-electrode microbial
fuel cells. J. Wat. Env. Technol. 13:221-230.
Kouzuma A, Watanabe K. Exploring the potential of algae/bacteria interaction.
Cur. Opin. Biotechnol. 33:125-129.
Lee T, Okamoto A, Jung A, Nakamura R, Kim J, Watanabe K, Hashimoto K. Microbial
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Kouzuma A, Oba H, Tajima N, Hashimoto K, Watanabe K. Electrochemical selection and characterization of a high current-generating
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gene expression. BMC Microbiol. 14:190.
Kato S, Sasaki S, Watanabe K, Yumoto I, Kamagata Y. Physiological and transcriptomic analyses of a thermophilic, aceticlastic
methanogen Methanosaeta thermophila responding to ammonia stress. Microbes Environ. 29:162-167.
Yamamuro A, Kouzuma A, Abe T, Watanabe K. Metagenomic analyses reveal the
involvement of syntrophic consortia in methanol/electricity conversion
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Kouzuma A, Watanabe K. Microbial ecology pushes frontiers in biotechnology. Microbes Environ. 29:1-3.
Zhao Y, Watanabe K, Hashimoto K. Efficient oxygen reduction by a Fe/Co/C/N nano-porous catalyst in neutral
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Nishio K, Hashimoto K, Watanabe K. Light/electricity conversion by defined
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Kato S, Hashimoto K, Watanabe K. Iron-oxide minerals affect extracellular
electron-transfer paths of Geobacter spp. Microbes Environ. 28:141-148.
Nishio K, Hashimoto K, Watanabe K. Digesting algal biomass for electricity generation in microbial fuel
cells. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 77:670-672.
Inoue K, Ito T, Kawano Y, Iguchi A, Miyahara M, Suzuki Y, Watanabe K. Electricity
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Matsuda S, Liu H, Kouzuma A, Watanabe K, Hashimoto K, Nakanishi S. Electrochemical gating of tricaboxylic acid cycle in electricity-producing
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Kouzuma A, Kasai T, Nakagawa G, Yamamuro A, Abe T, Watanabe K. Comparative
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Watanabe K, Kouzuma A.3.1. Syntrophic interactions in biodegradative
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Zhao, Y., K. Watanabe and K. Hashimoto. Self-supporting oxygen reduction electrocatalysts made from a nitrogen-rich
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Kouzuma, A., K. Hashimoto and K. Watanabe. Roles of siderophore in manganese-oxide reduction by Shewanella oneidensis
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Kouzuma, A., K. Hashimoto, and K. Watanabe. Influences of aerobic respiration on current generation by Shewanella
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Kato, S., K. Hashimoto and K. Watanabe. Methanogenesis facilitated by electric syntrophy via (semi)conductive
iron-oxide minerals. Environ. Microbiol. 14:1646-1654.
Zhao, Y., K. Watanabe and K. Hashimoto. Poly(bis-2,6-diaminopyridinesulphoxide) as an efficient and stable electrocatalyst
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Ohno, S., H. Okano, Y. Tanji, A. Ohashi, K. Watanabe, K. Takai and H. Imachi.
A method for evaluating the host range of bacteriophages using phages fluorescently
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Kato, S., K. Hashimoto and K. Watanabe. Microbial interspecies electron
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Kodama, Y., T. Shimoyama and K. Watanabe. Dysgonomonas oryzarvi sp. nov., isolated from a microbial fuel cell. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 62:3055-3059.
Abe, K., A. Ueki, Y. Ohtaki, N. Kaku, K. Watanabe, and K. Ueki. Anaerocella delicata gen. nov., sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic bacterium in the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from a methanogenic reactor of cattle farms. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 58:405-412.
Ueki A, K. Abe, Y. Ohtaki, N. Kaku, K. Watanabe,
and K. Ueki. Bacteroides paurosaccharolyticus sp. nov., isolated from a methanogenic
reactor treating waste from cattle farms. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol.
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Suzuki,C., C.-S. Yun, T. Umeda, T.
Terabayashi, K. Watanabe, H. Yamane, and H. Nojiri. Oligomerization and DNA-binding capacity of Pmr, a histone-like protein
H1 (H-NS) family protein encoded on IncP-7 carbazole-degradative plasmid
pCAR1. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 75:711-717.
Kodama, Y., and K. Watanabe. Rhizomicrobium electricum sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic, fermentative,
prosthecate bacterium isolated from a cellulose-fed microbial fuel cell.
Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 61:1781-1785.
Zhao, Y., S. Nakanishi, K. Watanabe and K.
Hashimoto. Hydroxylated and aminated polyaniline nanowire networks for improving
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Y., K. Watanabe, and K. Hashimoto. Hierarchical micro/nano structures of carbon composite as anodes for
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to an electrode-respiring condition. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 75:2229-2233.
Sugawara, Y., A. Ueki, K. Abe, N. Kaku, K.
Watanabe, and K. Ueki. Propioniciclava tarda gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a methanogenic
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Mori, H. Liu, K. Ishii, and K. Hashimoto. Three-dimensional conductive nanowire networks for maximizing anode performance
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Takanezawa, K., K. Nishio, S. Kato, K.
Hashimoto, and K. Watanabe. Factors affecting electric output from rice-paddy microbial fuel cells.
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Kouzuma, A., X.-Y. Meng, N. Kimura, K.
Hashimoto, and K. Watanabe. Disruption of the putative cell-surface polysaccharide biosynthesis gene
SO3177 in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 enhances the adhesiveness to electrodes
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Ueki, A., Y. Kodama, N. Kaku, T. Shiromura,
A. Satoh, K. Watanabe, and K. Ueki. Rhizomicrobium palustre gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic,
fermentative stalked bacterium in the class Alphaproteobacteria isolated
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Kato, S., R. Nakamura, K. F., Kai, K.
Watanabe, and K. Hashimoto. Respiratory interactions of soil bacteria with (semi)conductive iron-oxide
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Harwati, T. U., Y. Kasai, Y. Kodama, D. Susilaningsih,
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hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from the Semarang port in Indonesia.
Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 59: 388-391.
Harwati, T. U., Y. Kasai, Y. Kodama, D.
Susilaningsih, and K. Watanabe. Tropicimonas isoalkanivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a branched alkane-degrading
bacterium isolated from the Semarang port in Indonesia. Int. J. Syst. Evol.
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Shimoyama, T., S. Kato, S. Ishii, and K.
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Watanabe. Phylogenetic analyses of microbial communities developed in a cassette-electrode
microbial fuel cell. Microbes Environ. 24:188-192.
Kato, S., T. Kosaka, and K. Watanabe. Substrate-dependent transcriptomic shifts in Pelotomaculum thermopropionicum
grown in syntrophic coculture with Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus.
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Ueki, A., K. Abe, D. Suzuki, N. Kaku1, K.
Watanabe, and K. Ueki. Anaerosphaera aminiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel, glutamate-degrading,
Gram-positive anaerobic coccus isolated from a methanogenic reactor of
cattle waste. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 59:3161-3167.
Habe, H., A. Kobuna, A. Hosoda, T. Kosaka, T.
Endoh, H. Tamura, H. Yamane, H. Nojiri, T. Omori, and K. Watanabe. Identification of the electron transfer flavoprotein as upregulated enzyme
in the benzoate utilization of Desulfotignum balticum. Biosci. Biotechnol.
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Kato, S., and K. Watanabe. Analysis of gene transcripts in a crude oil-degrading marine microbial
community. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 73:1665-1668.
Nishiyama, T., A. Ueki, N. Kaku, K.
Watanabe, and K. Ueki. Bacteroides graminisolvens sp. nov., novel, xylanolytic anaerobic rods
isolated from a methanogenic reactor of cattle waste. Int. J. Syst. Evol.
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Hashimoto, and K. Watanabe. Analyses of current-generating mechanisms of Shewanella loihica PV-4
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Watanabe,
K., Manefield, M., Lee, M., and Kouzuma, A. Electron shuttles in biotechnology. Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 20:633-641.
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K. and Bennett, G. Chemical biotechnology: an expanding discipline that contributes to sustainable
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Watanabe, K., and Y. Takahata. Bioremediation of benzene-contaminated underground aquifers. In Advances
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K. Ueki. Bacteroides propionicifaciens sp. nov., isolated from rice-straw residue
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Watanabe. Thalassospira tepidiphila sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
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Kato, S., T. Kosaka, and K. Watanabe. Comparative transcriptome analysis of responses of Methanothermobacter
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Kosaka, T., S. Kato, T. Shimoyama, S.
Ishii, T. Abe, and K. Watanabe. The genome of Pelotomaculum thermopropionicum reveals niche-associated
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Ishii, S., Y. Hotta and K. Watanabe. Methanogenesis versus electrogenesis: morphological and phylogenetic
comparisons of microbial communities. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 72:286-294.
Harwati, T. U., Y. Kasai, Y. Kodama, D.
Susilaningsih, and K. Watanabe. Tranquillimonas alkanivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkane-degrading
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H. Yamane, H. Nojiri, T. Omori, and K. Watanabe. Subtractive hybridization and random arbitrarily primed PCR analyses
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Uchiyama, T., and K. Watanabe. Substrate-induced gene-expression (SIGEX) screening of metagenome libraries.
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Ueno, B. E. Logan and K. Watanabe. Electricity generation from model organic wastewater in a cassette-electrode
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Rajashekhara, and K. Watanabe. Propionate sensor using coenzyme-A transferase and acyl-CoA oxidase.
Protein Peptide Lett., 15:779-781.
Ishii, S., K. Watanabe, S. Yabuki, B. E.
Logan, and Y. Sekiguchi. Comparison of electrode reducing activities of Geobacter sulfurreducens
and an enriched consortium in an air-cathode microbial fuel cell. Appl.
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K. Recent developments of microbial fuel cell technologies for sustainable
bioenergy. J. Biosci. Bioeng. 106:528-536.
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M.-O., H. Ikenaga, and K. Watanabe. Characterization of phages produced in a methanogenic digester. Microb.
Ecol. 53:98-103.
Manefield, M., A. Whiteley, T.
Curtis, and K. Watanabe. The influence of sustainability and immigration in assembling bacterial
populations of known size and function. Microb. Ecol. 53:348-354.
Kodama, Y., L. T. Ha, and K. Watanabe. Sulfurospirillum cavolei, sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic sulfur-reducing
bacterium isolated from an underground crude-oil storage cavity. Int. J.
Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 57:827-831.
Shimoyama, T., E. Rajashekhara, D. Ohmori,
T. Kosaka, and K. Watanabe. MmcBC in Pelotomaculum thermopropionicum represents a novel group of
prokaryotic fumarases. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 270:207-213.
Kasai, Y., Y. Kodama, Y. Takahata, T. Hoaki
and K. Watanabe. Degradative capacities and bioaugmentation potential of an anaerobic
benzene- degrading bacterium strain DN11. Environ. Sci. Technol. 41:6222-6227.
Harwati, T. U., Y. Kasai, Y. Kodama, D.
Susilaningsih, and K. Watanabe. Characterization of diverse hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria isolated from
Indonesian seawater. Microbes Environ. 22:412-415.
Uchiyama, T., and K. Watanabe. The SIGEX Scheme: high throughput screening of environmental metagenomes
for the isolation of novel catabolic genes. Biotechnol. Gen. Eng. Rev.
24:107-116.
Watanabe, K., and Y. Kasai. Emerging technologies to analyse natural attenuation and bioaugmentation.
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Kosaka, T., T. Uchiyama, S. Ishii, M. Enoki, H. Imachi, Y. Kamagata, A.
Ohashi, H. Harada, H. Ikenaga, and K. Watanabe. Reconstruction and regulation of the central catabolic pathway in thermophilic
propionate-oxidizing syntroph Pelotomaculum thermopropionicum. J. Bacteriol.
188:202-210.
Rajashekhara, E., A. Hosoda, K. Sode, H.
Ikenaga and K. Watanabe. Volatile fatty acid-sensing system involving coenzyme A transferase.
Biotechnol. Prog. 22:334-337.
Kasai,
Y., Y. Takahata, M. Manefield, and K. Watanabe. RNA-based stable isotope probing and isolation of anaerobic benzene-degrading
bacteria from gasoline-contaminated groundwater. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.
72:3586-3592.
Miyasaka,
T., H. Asami, and K. Watanabe. Impacts of different bioremediation strategies on bacterial population
in naphthalene-contaminated marine sediments. Biodegradation 17:227-235.
Ishii, S. T. Kosaka, Y. Hotta, and K.
Watanabe. Simulating the contribution of coaggregation to interspecies hydrogen
fluxes in syntrophic methanogenic consortia. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.
72:5093-5096.
Uchiyama, T., and K. Watanabe. An improved inverse PCR scheme for metagenome walking. Biotechniques,
41:183-188.
Gorby, Y. A., S. Yanina, J. S. McLean, K.
M. Rosso, D. Moyles, A. Dohnalkova, T. J. Beveridge, I. S. Chang, B. H. Kim, K.
S. Kim, D. E. Culley, S. B. Reed, M. F. Romine, D. A. Saffarini, E. A. Hill, L.
Shi, D. A. Elias, D. W. Kennedy, G. Pinchuk, K. Watanabe, S. Ishii, B. Logan,
K. H. Nealson, and J. Fredrickson. Electrically conductive bacterial nanowires produced by Shewanella oneidensis
strain MR-1 and other microorganisms. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 103:11358-11363.
Takahata, Y., Y. Kasai, T. Hoaki, and K.
Watanabe. Rapid intrinsic biodegradation of benzene, toluene and xylenes at the
boundary of a gasoline- contaminated plume during natural attenuation.
Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 73:713-722.
Kanaly,
R. A., K. Watanabe, and S. Matsui. Bioavailability of benzo[a]pyrene during NAPL-enhanced biodegradation
in soil and in liquid culture. Water Sci. Technol. 53:17-25.
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Meguro, N., Y. Kodama, M. T. Gallegos, and
K. Watanabe. Molecular characterization of Resistance-Nodulation- Division transporters
from solvent- and drug-resistant bacteria in petroleum-contaminated soil.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:580-586.
Uchiyama, T., T.
Abe, T. Ikemura and K. Watanabe. Substrate-induced gene-expression screening of environmental metagenome
libraries for isolation of catabolic genes. Nature Biotechnol. 23:88-93.
Futamata, H., Y. Nagano, K. Watanabe, and
A. Hiraishi. Unique kinetic properties of phenol-degrading Variovorax strains responsible
for efficient trichloroethylene degradation in chemostat enrichment. Appl.
Environ. Microbiol. 71:904-911.
Hosoda, A., Y. Kasai, N. Hamamura, Y.
Takahata, and K. Watanabe. Development of a PCR method for the detection and quantification of benzoyl-CoA
reductase genes and its application to monitored natural attenuation. Biodegradation
16:591-601.
Kaku, N., A. Ueki, K. Ueki, and K. Watanabe. Methanogenesis as an important terminal electron accepting process in
estuarine sediment at the mouth of Orikasa river. Microbes Environ. 20:41-52.
Kasai, Y., Y. Takahata, T.
Hoaki, and K. Watanabe. Physiological and molecular characterization of a microbial community
established in unsaturated, petroleum-contaminated soil. Environ. Microbiol.
7:806-818.
Asami, H., M. Aida, and K. Watanabe. Accelerated sulfur cycle in coastal marine sediment beneath areas of
intensive shellfish aquaculture. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:2925-2933.
Ishii, S., T. Kosaka, K. Hori, Y. Hotta,
and K. Watanabe. Coaggregation facilitates interspecies hydrogen transfer between Pelotomaculum
thermopropionicum and Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus. Appl. Environ.
Microbiol. 71:7838-7845.
Ramos, J. L., M. Martinez-Bueno, A. J. Molina-Henares, W. Teran, K. Watanabe,
X. Zhang, M. T. Gallegos, R. Brennan and R. Tobes. The TetR family of transcriptional repressors. Microbiol. Mol. Biol.
Rev., 69:326-356.