Yuki Ohara

This study shows that gas-phase conditions activate an alternative toluene catabolic pathway in Acinetobacter sp. Tol 5, involving cresol intermediates and the mph operon.

This study expresses carbonic anhydrase in Acinetobacter sp. Tol 5 to enhance CO2 conversion as a whole-cell biocatalyst, finding that periplasmic expression significantly improves activity.

This paper introduces GPIA, a method to quantify bacterial cell aggregation by analyzing microscopy images, showing it can detect changes in cell-to-cell affinity and identify regions critical for self-aggregation.

This study identifies and characterizes the toluene degradation pathway in Acinetobacter sp. Tol 5, revealing its functional TOD genes and their role in aromatic compound metabolism.