Achievement

Publications: original papers

• Isopropanol production via the thermophilic bioconversion of sugars and syngas using metabolically engineered Moorella thermoacetica

  Junya Kato*, Takeshi Matsuo*, Kaisei Takemura, Setsu Kato, Tatsuya Fujii, Keisuke Wada, Yusuke Nakamichi, Masahiro Watanabe, Yoshiteru Aoi, Tomotake Morita, Katsuji Murakami, Yutaka Nakashimada

  Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts

  , Vol.17, No.13

  (2024.1)

• Muricauda meishanensis sp. nov., a facultative anaerobic bacterium belonging to the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from marine sediment in the East China Sea

  Chaoling Sun​, Chi Zhang​, Chaobo Guo​, Hong Ding​, Dawoon Jung​, Eun-Young Seo , Yoshiteru Aoi​, Shan He, Lijian Ding*​, Weiyan Zhang*

  INTERNATIONAOL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

  (2023)

• Enhancing acetone production from H2 and CO2 using supplemental electron acceptors in an engineered Moorella thermoacetica

  Kaisei Takemura , Junya Kato, Setsu Kato, Tatsuya Fujii, Keisuke Wada, Yuki Iwasaki, Yoshiteru Aoi, Akinori Matsushika, Tomotake Morita, Katsuji Murakami, Yutaka Nakashimada*

  JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING

  , Volume 136, Issue 1,pp.13-19

  (2023)

• A targeted liquid cultivation method for previously uncultured non-colony forming microbes

  Eun-Young Seo, Dawoon Jung, Slava S. Epstein, Weiyan Zhang, Jeffrey S. Owen, Hiroaki Baba, Akina Yamamoto, Mifuyu Harada, Yutaka Nakashimada, Setsu Kato, Yoshiteru Aoi*, Shan He*

  Frontiers in Microbiology

  , Vol.14, 1194466

  (2023)

• New microbial electrosynthesis system for methane production from carbon dioxide coupled with oxidation of sulfide to sulfate

  Hiromi Kambara, Ha T. T. Dinh, Shuji Matsushita, Yoshiteru Aoi, Tomonori Kindaichi, Noriatsu Ozaki, Akiyoshi Ohashi*

  JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

  , 125: pp.786-797 (2023)

• Cultivation of previously uncultured sponge-associated bacteria using advanced cultivation techniques: A perspective on possible key mechanisms

  Dawoon Jung, Koshi Machida, Yoichi Nakao, Jeffrey S. Owen, Shan He, Tomonori Kindaichi, Akiyoshi Ohashi, Yoshiteru Aoi*

  Frontiers in Marine Science

  , 9:963277

  (2022)

• Reversible Hydrogenase Activity Confers Flexibility to Balance Intracellular Redox in Moorella thermoacetica

  Shunsuke Kobayashi, Junya Kato, Keisuke Wada, Kaisei Takemura, Setsu Kato, Tatsuya Fujii, Yuki Iwasaki, Yoshiteru Aoi, Tomotake Morita, Akinori Matsushita, Katsuji Murakami, Yutaka Nakashimada*

  Frontiers in Microbiology

  , 13:897066

  (2022)

• Metabolic Potential of the Superphylum Patescibacteria Reconstructed from Activated Sludge Samples from a Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant

  Naoki Fujii, Kyohei Kuroda, Takashi Narihiro, Yoshiteru Aoi, Noriatsu Ozaki, Akiyoshi Ohashi, Tomonori Kindaichi*

  Microbes and Environments

  , 37（３）

  (2022)

• Biological methane production coupled with sulfur oxidation in a microbial electrosynthesis system without organic substrates

  Ha T. T.Dinh, Hiromi Kambara, Shuji Matsushita, Yoshiteru Aoi, Tomonori Kindaichi, Noriatsu Ozaki, Akiyoshi Ohashi*

  JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

  , 116:pp.68-78

  (2022)

• Environmental Factors Affecting the Community of Methane-oxidizing Bacteria

  Hiromi Kambara, Takahiro Shinno, Norihisa Matsuura, Shuji Matsushita, Yoshiteru Aoi, Tomonori Kindaichi, Noriatsu Ozaki, Akiyoshi Ohashi*

  Microbes and Environments

  , Vol. 37 (1) Article ID: ME21074

  (2022)

• Mutualistic relationship between Nitrospira and concomitant heterotrophs

  Chiho Murakami, Koshi Machida, Yoichi Nakao, Tomonori Kindaichi, Akiyoshi Ohashi, Yoshiteru Aoi*

  Environmental Microbiology Reports

  , 14(1): pp.130-137

  (2022)

• Single-Cell Time-Lapse Observation Reveals Cell Shrinkage upon Cell Death in Batch Culture of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

  Setsu Kato*, Kenta Suzuki, Taiki Kenjo, Junya Kato, Yoshiteru Aoi, Yutaka Nakashimada.

  mBIO

  , 12(6): e03094-21

  (2021)

• Autotrophic growth and ethanol production enabled by diverting acetate flux in the metabolically engineered Moorella thermoacetica

  Kaisei Takemura, Junya Kato, Setsu Kato, Tatsuya Fujii, Keisuke Wada, Yuki Iwasaki, Yoshiteru Aoi, Akinori Matsushika, Katsuji Murakami, Yutaka Nakashimada*

  Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

  , 132(6): pp.569-574

  (2021)

• Bioelectrical Methane Production with an Ammonium Oxidative Reaction under the No Organic Substance Condition

  Ha T. T. Dinh, Hiromi Kambara, Yoshiki Harada, Shuji Matsushita, Yoshiteru Aoi, Tomonori Kindaichi, Noriatsu Ozaki, Akiyoshi Ohashi*

  Microbes and Environments

  , 36(2): ME21007

  (2021)

• Performance optimization of a chitosan/anammox reactor in nitrogen removal from synthetic wastewater

  Mojiri Amin, Zhou John L., Ratnaweera Harsha, Akiyoshi Ohashi, Noriatsu Ozaki, Yoshiteru Aoi, Vakili Mohammadtaghi, Tomonori Kindaichi*

  Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

  , 9(3): 105252

  (2021)

• Reactor performance and microbial community structure of single-stage partial nitritation anammox membrane bioreactors inoculated with Brocadia and Scalindua enrichment cultures

  Takanori Awata, Yumiko Goto, Hisashi Kuratsuka, Yoshiteru Aoi, Noriatsu Ozaki, Akiyoshi Ohashi, Tomonori Kindaichi*

  Biochemical Engineering Journal

  , 170: 107991

  (2021)

• Triggering Growth via Growth Initiation Factors in Nature: A Putative Mechanism for in situ Cultivation of Previously Uncultivated Microorganisms

  Dawoon Jung, Koshi Machida, Yoichi Nakao, Tomonori Kindaichi, Akiyoshi Ohashi, Yoshiteru Aoi,

  Frontiers in Microbiology

  , 12:537194

  (2021)

• Metabolic engineering of Moorella thermoacetica for thermophilic bioconversion of gaseous substrates to a volatile chemical

  Junya Kato, Kaisei Takemura, Setsu Kato, Tatsuya Fujii, Keisuke Wada, Yuki Iwasaki, Yoshiteru Aoi, Akinori Matsushika, Katsuji Murakami, Yutaka Nakashimada*

  AMB Express

  , 11: 59

  (2021)

• Cometabolism of the Superphylum Patescibacteria with Anammox Bacteria in a Long-Term Freshwater Anammox Column Reactor

  Suguru Hosokawa, Kyohei Kuroda, Takashi Narihiro, Yoshiteru Aoi, Noriatsu Ozaki, Akiyoshi Ohashi, Tomonori Kindaichi*

  Water

  , 13(2): 208

  (2021)

• Anti-bacterial Effects of MnO2 on the Enrichment of Manganese-oxidizing Bacteria in Downflow Hanging Sponge Reactors

  Shuji Matsushita, Takafumi Hiroe, Hiromi Kambara, Ahmad Shoiful, Yoshiteru Aoi, Tomonori Kindaichi, Noriatsu Ozaki, Hiroyuki Imachi, Akiyoshi Ohashi*

  Microbes and Environments

  , 35(4): ME20052

  (2020)

• Multiple organic substrates support Mn(II) removal with enrichment of Mn(II)-oxidizing bacteria

  Ahmad Shoiful, Taiki Ohta, Hiromi Kambara, Shuji Matsushita, Tomonori Kindaichi, Noriatsu Ozaki, Yoshiteru Aoi, Hiroyuki Imachi, Akiyoshi Ohashi*

  Journal of Environmental Management

  , 259: 109771

  (2020)

• Integrated anammox-biochar in synthetic wastewater treatment: Performance and optimization by artificial neural network

  Mojiri Amin, Akiyoshi Ohashi, Noriatsu Ozaki, Yoshiteru Aoi, Tomonori Kindaichi*

  Journal of Cleaner Production

  , 243: 118638

  (2020)

• Mn(II) oxidation and manganese-oxide reduction on the decolorization of an azo dye

  Ahmad Shoifula, Hiromi Kambara, Linh Thi Thuy Cao, Shuji Matsushita, Tomonori Kindaichi, Yoshiteru Aoi, Noriatsu Ozaki, Akiyoshi Ohashi*

  International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation

  , 146: 104820

  (2020)

• Integrated biological-physical process for biogas purification effluent treatment

  Noorain Roslan, Tomonori Kindaichi, Noriatsu Ozaki, Yoshiteru Aoi, Akiyoshi Ohashi*

  Journal of Environmental Sciences-China

  , 83: pp.110-122

  (2019)

• Do textbook describe the “Nature of Science”? A comparative study of biology high school textbooks in Japan and Canada

  Sachi Okamoto*, Yoshiteru Aoi

  Journal of Science Education in Japan

  , 43(2): pp.187-204

  (2019)

• Biogas purification performance of new water scrubber packed with sponge carriers

  Noorain Roslan, Tomonori Kindaichi Noriatsu Ozaki, Yoshiteru Aoi, Akiyoshi Ohashi*

  Journal of Cleaner Production

  , 214: pp.103-111

  (2019)

• Effects of Salts on the Activity and Growth of “Candidatus Scalindua sp.”, a Marine Anammox Bacterium

  Mojiri Amin, Kazuma Nishimoto, Takanori Awata, Yoshiteru Aoi, Noriatsu Ozaki, Akiyoshi Ohashi, Tomonori Kindaichi*

  Microbes and Environments

  , 33(3): pp.336-339

  (2018)

• Specificities and Efficiencies of Primers Targeting Candidatus Phylum Saccharibacteria in Activated Sludge

  Ryota Takenaka, Yoshiteru Aoi, Noriatsu Ozaki, Akiyoshi Ohashi, Tomonori Kindaichi*

  Materials

  , 11(7): 1129

  (2018)

• Application of the filter plate microbial trap (FPMT), for cultivating thermophilic bacteria from thermal springs in Barguzin area, eastern Baikal, Russia

  Jung Dawoon, Eun-Young Seo, Jeffrey S. Owen, Yoshiteru Aoi, Seungcheon Yong, Elena V Lavrentyeva, Ahn Tae Seok*

  Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry

  , 82(9): pp.1624-1632

  (2018)

• Draft Genome Sequence of Mn(II)-Oxidizing Pseudomonas resinovorans Strain MO-1

  Shuji Matsushita, Michiharu Nakano, Yoshiteru Aoi, Tomonori Kindaichi, Noriatsu Ozaki, Akiyoshi Ohashi*

  Genome Announcements

  , 6(11): e00088-18

  (2018)

• Production of biogenic manganese oxides coupled with methane oxidation in a bioreactor for removing metals from wastewater

  Shuji Matsushita, Daisuke Komizo, Linh Thi Thuy Cao, Yoshiteru Aoi, Tomonori Kindaichi, Noriatsu Ozaki, Hiroyuki Imachi, Akiyoshi Ohashi*

  Water Research

  , 130: pp.224-233

  (2018)

• pH-Gradient ion-exchange microbial cell chhromatography as a simple method for microbial separation.

  Yoshiteru Aoi+*, Yuji Kaneko+, Satoshi Tsuneda (+equal contribution)

  Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

  , 123(4): pp.431-436

  (2017)

• Dominant Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis Enriched in Response to Phosphate Concentrations in EBPR Process,

  Nurmiyanto Awaluddin, Hiroya Kodera, Tomonori Kindaichi, Noriatsu Ozaki, Yoshiteru Aoi, Akiyoshi Ohashi*

  Microbes and Environments

  , 32(3): pp.260- 267

  (2017)

• In Situ Cultivation Allows for Recovery of Bacterial Types Competitive in Their Natural Environment

  Jung Dawoon+，Yoshiteru Aoi+*，Slava S. Epstein* (+equal contribution)

  Microbes and Environments

  , 31(4): pp.456-459

  (2016)

• Biological oxidation of Mn(II) coupled with nitrification for removal and recovery of minor metals by downflow hanging sponge reactor

  Linh Thi Thuy Cao, Hiroya Kodera, Kenichi Abe, Hiroyuki Imachi, Yoshiteru Aoi, Tomonori Kindaichi, Noriatsu Ozaki, Akiyoshi Ohashi*

  Water Research

  , 68: pp.545- 553

  (2015)

• Isolation of Microorganisms Using Sub-Micrometer Constrictions

  Nil Tandogan, Pegah N. Abadian, Slava Epstein*, Yoshiteru Aoi*, Edgar D. Goluch*

  Plos One

  , 9(6): e101429

  (2014)

• Isolation of sublineage I Nitrospira by a novel cultivation strategy

  Hirotsugu Fujitani, Norisuke Ushiki, Satoshi Tsuneda, Yoshiteru Aoi*

  Environmental Microbiology

  , 16(10): pp.3030- 3040

  (2014)

• Selective Enrichment of Two Different Types of Nitrospira-like Nitrite-oxidizing Bacteria from a Wastewater Treatment Plant

  Hirotsugu Fujitani, Yoshiteru Aoi*, Satoshi Tsuneda*

  Microbes and Environments

  , 28(2): pp.236- 243

  (2013)

• Challenges for Complex Microbial Ecosystems: Combination of Experimental Approaches with Mathematical Modeling

  Shin Haruta, Takehito Yoshida, Yoshiteru Aoi, Kunihiko Kaneko, Hiroyuki Futamata*

  MICROBES AND ENVIRONMENTS

  , 28(3): pp.285-294

  (2013)

• Isolation of Nitrospira belonging to Sublineage II from a Wastewater Treatment Plant

  Norisuke Ushiki, Hirotsugu Fujitani, Yoshiteru Aoi*, Satoshi Tsuneda*

  Microbes and Environments

  , 28(3): pp.346- 353

  (2013)

• Microbial community structure in autotrophic nitrifying granules characterized by experimental and simulation analyses

  Shinya Matsumoto, Mayu Katoku, Goro Saeki, Akihiko Terada, Yoshiteru Aoi, Satoshi Tsuneda*, Picioreanu Cristian,van Loosdrecht, Mark C. M.

  Environmental Microbiology

  , 12(1): pp.192- 206

  (2010)

• Microbial Population Dynamics and Community Structure during the Formation of Nitrifying Granules to Treat Ammonia-Rich Inorganic Wastewater

  Shinya Matsumoto, Daisuke Ishikawa, Goro Saeki, Yoshiteru Aoi, Satoshi Tsuneda*

  , 25(3): pp.164- 170

  (2010)

• Hollow-Fiber Membrane Chamber as a Device for In Situ Environmental Cultivation

  Yoshiteru Aoi*, Tomoyuki Kinoshita, Toru Hata, Hiroaki Ohta, Haruko Obokata, Satoshi Tsuneda

  Applied and Environmental Microbiology

  , 75(11): pp.3826- 3833

  (2009)

• Diversity of nitrite reductase genes in “Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis”-Dominated cultures enriched by flow-cytometric sorting

  Ryuki Miyauchi, Kazuma Oki, Yoshiteru Aoi, Satoshi Tsuneda*

  Applied and Environmental Microbiology

  , 73(16): pp.5331- 5337

  (2007)

• Experimental and simulation analysis of community structure of nitrifying bacteria in a membrane-aerated biofilm

  Shinya Matsumoto, Akihiko Terada, Yoshiteru Aoi, Satoshi Tsuneda*, Erik Alpkvist, Cristian Picioreanu, van Loosdrecht, Mark C. M.

  Water Science and Technology

  , 55(8-9): pp.283- 290

  (2007)

• Real-time quantitative LAMP (loop-mediated isothermal amplification of DNA) as a simple method for monitoring ammonia-oxidizing bacteria

  Yoshiteru Aoi*, Mariko Hosogai, Satoshi Tsuneda

  Journal of Biotechnology

  , 125(4): pp.484 -491

  (2006)

• Single-stage autotrophic nitrogen-removal process using a composite matrix immobilizing nitrifying and sulfur-denitrifying bacteria

  Yoshiteru Aoi*, Yuko Shiramasa, Erina Kakimoto, Satoshi Tsuneda, Akira Hirata, Teruyuki Nagamune

  Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

  , 68(1): pp.124-130

  (2005)

• Comparison of spatial organization in top-down- and membrane-aerated biofilms: a numerical study

  Andrew Bell*, Yoshiteru Aoi, Akihiko Terada, Satohi Tsuneda, Akira Hirata

  Water Science and Technology

  , 52(7): pp.173-180

  (2005)

• Expression of amoA mRNA in wastewater treatment processes examined by competitive RT-PCR

  Yoshiteru Aoi*, Yuko Shiramasa, Youske Masaki, Satoshi Tsuneda, Akira Hirata, Atsuhi Kitayama, Teruyuki Nagamune

  Journal of Biotechnology

  , 111(2): pp.111-120

  (2004)

• Transition of bacterial spatial organization in a biofilm monitored by FISH and subsequent image analysis

  Yoshiteru Aoi*, Satoshi Tsuneda, Akira Hirata

  Water Science and Technology

  , 49(11-12): pp.365- 370

  (2004)

• Quantitative analysis of amoA mRNA expression as a new biomarker of ammonia oxidation activities in a complex microbial community

  Yoshiteru Aoi*, Y Masaki, Satoshi Tsuneda, Akira Hirata

  Letters in Applied Microbiology

  , 39(6): pp.477-482

  (2004)

• In situ identification of microorganisms in biofilm communities

  Yoshiteru Aoi*

  Journal of bioscience and bioengineering

  , 94(6): pp.552-556

  (2002)

• Real-time monitoring of ammonia-oxidizing activity in a nitrifying biofilm by amoA mRNA analysis

  Yoshiteru Aoi*, Yuko Shiramasa, Satoshi Tsuneda, Akira Hirata, Atsushi Kitayama, Teruyuki Nagamune

  Water Science and Technology

  , 46(1-2): pp.439- 442

  (2002)

• Microbial ecology of nitrifying bacteria in wastewater treatment process examined by fluorescence in situ hybridizatio

  Yoshiteru Aoi, Tomoko Miyoshi, Toshiyuki Okamoto, Satoshi Tsuneda*, Akira Hirata, Atsushi Kitayama, Teruyuki Nagamune

  Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

  , 90(3): pp.234- 240

  (2000)

• Tailoring of highly efficient nitrifying biofilms in fluidized bed for ammonia-rich industrial wastewater treatment

  Satoshi Tsuneda*, Tomoko Miyoshi, Yoshiteru Aoi, Akira Hirata

  Water Science and Technology

  , 42(3-4): pp.357- 362

  (2000)