| Functional analyses of a variety of chimeric dioxygenases constructed from two biphenyl dioxygenases that are similar structurally but different functionally. N Kimura, A Nishi, M Goto, K Furukawa Journal of bacteriology 179 (12), 3936-3943, 1997 | 164 | 1997 |
| Non-sulfate-reducing, syntrophic bacteria affiliated with Desulfotomaculum cluster I are widely distributed in methanogenic environments H Imachi, Y Sekiguchi, Y Kamagata, A Loy, YL Qiu, P Hugenholtz, ... Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72 (3), 2080-2091, 2006 | 155 | 2006 |
| A novel p-nitrophenol degradation gene cluster from a gram-positive bacterium, Rhodococcus opacus SAO101 W Kitagawa, N Kimura, Y Kamagata Journal of bacteriology 186 (15), 4894-4902, 2004 | 152 | 2004 |
| Disruption of the putative cell surface polysaccharide biosynthesis gene SO3177 in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 enhances adhesion to electrodes and current generation in … A Kouzuma, XY Meng, N Kimura, K Hashimoto, K Watanabe Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 76 (13), 4151-4157, 2010 | 99 | 2010 |
| Primary gut symbiont and secondary, Sodalis-allied symbiont of the scutellerid stinkbug Cantao ocellatus N Kaiwa, T Hosokawa, Y Kikuchi, N Nikoh, XY Meng, N Kimura, M Ito, ... Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 76 (11), 3486-3494, 2010 | 99 | 2010 |
| Versatile Transcription of Biphenyl Catabolic bphOperon in Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707 T Watanabe, R Inoue, N Kimura, K Furukawa Journal of Biological Chemistry 275 (40), 31016-31023, 2000 | 60 | 2000 |
| “Candidatus Curculioniphilus buchneri,” a novel clade of bacterial endocellular symbionts from weevils of the genus Curculio H Toju, T Hosokawa, R Koga, N Nikoh, XY Meng, N Kimura, T Fukatsu Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 76 (1), 275-282, 2010 | 57 | 2010 |
| Metagenomics: access to unculturable microbes in the environment N Kimura Microbes and Environments 21 (4), 201-215, 2006 | 56 | 2006 |
| Engineering hybrid pseudomonads capable of utilizing a wide range of aromatic hydrocarbons and of efficient degradation of trichloroethylene. A Suyama, R Iwakiri, N Kimura, A Nishi, K Nakamura, K Furukawa Journal of Bacteriology 178 (14), 4039-4046, 1996 | 53 | 1996 |
| Metabolism of dibenzo-p-dioxin and chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin by a gram-positive bacterium, Rhodococcus opacus SAO101 N Kimura, Y Urushigawa Journal of bioscience and bioengineering 92 (2), 138-143, 2001 | 51 | 2001 |
| Isolation of butanol-and isobutanol-tolerant bacteria and physiological characterization of their butanol tolerance M Kanno, T Katayama, H Tamaki, Y Mitani, XY Meng, T Hori, T Narihiro, ... Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 79 (22), 6998-7005, 2013 | 47 | 2013 |
| Genetic and biochemical characterization of the dioxygenase involved in lateral dioxygenation of dibenzofuran from Rhodococcus opacus strain SAO101 N Kimura, W Kitagawa, T Mori, N Nakashima, T Tamura, Y Kamagata Applied microbiology and biotechnology 73 (2), 474-484, 2006 | 42 | 2006 |
| Bacterial symbionts of the giant jewel stinkbug Eucorysses grandis (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae) N Kaiwa, T Hosokawa, Y Kikuchi, N Nikoh, XY Meng, N Kimura, M Ito, ... Zoological science 28 (3), 169-174, 2011 | 41 | 2011 |
| Functional and structural relationship of various extradiol aromatic ring-cleavage dioxygenases of Pseudomonas origin J Hirose, N Kimura, A Suyama, A Kobayashi, S Hayashida, K Furukawa FEMS microbiology letters 118 (3), 273-277, 1994 | 36 | 1994 |
| Phylogenetically novel LuxI/LuxR-type quorum sensing systems isolated using a metagenomic approach E Nasuno, N Kimura, MJ Fujita, CH Nakatsu, Y Kamagata, S Hanada Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 78 (22), 8067-8074, 2012 | 32 | 2012 |
| Heterologous production of bisucaberin using a biosynthetic gene cluster cloned from a deep sea metagenome MJ Fujita, N Kimura, H Yokose, M Otsuka Molecular BioSystems 8 (2), 482-485, 2012 | 27 | 2012 |
| Cloning and heterologous expression of the vibrioferrin biosynthetic gene cluster from a marine metagenomic library MJ Fujita, N Kimura, A Sakai, Y Ichikawa, T Hanyu, M Otsuka Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry 75 (12), 2283-2287, 2011 | 27 | 2011 |
| Isolation and characterization of a 4-nitrotoluene-oxidizing enzyme from activated sludge by a metagenomic approach N Kimura, K Sakai, K Nakamura Microbes and environments, 1004130175-1004130175, 2009 | 26* | 2009 |
| Metagenomic approaches to understanding phylogenetic diversity in quorum sensing N Kimura Virulence 5 (3), 433-442, 2014 | 25 | 2014 |
| Discovery of glycoside hydrolase enzymes in an avicel-adapted forest soil fungal community by a metatranscriptomic approach K Takasaki, T Miura, M Kanno, H Tamaki, S Hanada, Y Kamagata, ... PLoS One 8 (2), 2013 | 25 | 2013 |
