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Norio Wakao
Researcher at Iwate University
Publications - 53
Citations - 1299
Norio Wakao is an academic researcher from Iwate University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Acidiphilium & Bacteriochlorophyll. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 53 publications receiving 1262 citations.
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Discovery of Natural Photosynthesis using Zn-Containing Bacteriochlorophyll in an Aerobic Bacterium Acidiphilium rubrum
Norio Wakao,Naoto Yokoi,Naohito Isoyama,Akira Hiraishi,Keizo Shimada,Masami Kobayashi,Hideo Kise,Masayo Iwaki,Shigeru Itoh,Shinichi Takaichi,Yonekichi Sakurai +10 more
TL;DR: Natural photosynthesis is discovered using Zn-containing bacteriochlorophyll a in an acidophilic bacterium Addiphilium rubrum, indicating an unexpectedly wide variability of photosynthesi s.f.
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Phylogeny and photosynthetic features of Thiobacillus acidophilus and related acidophilic bacteria: its transfer to the genus Acidiphilium as Acidiphilium acidophilum comb. nov.
Akira Hiraishi,Kenji V. P. Nagashima,Katsumi Matsuura,Keizo Shimada,Shinichi Takaichi,Norio Wakao,Yoko Katayama +6 more
TL;DR: It is proposed to reclassify T. acidophilus (Guay and Silver) Harrison 1983 as Acidiphilium acidophilum comb, a group of strictly aerobic, heterotrophic acidophiles now categorized into aerobic photosynthetic bacteria.
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Acidisphaera rubrifaciens gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic bacteriochlorophyll-containing bacterium isolated from acidic environments.
TL;DR: Four strains of aerobic, mesophilic, acidophilic bacteria that produced bacteriochlorophyll (BChl) a were isolated from acidic hot springs and mine drainage and should be classified into a new genus and a new species, for which the name Acidisphaera rubrifaciens is proposed.
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Expression and Regulation of the Arsenic Resistance Operon of Acidiphilium multivorum AIU 301 Plasmid pKW301 in Escherichia coli
TL;DR: The arsenic resistance (ars) operon from plasmid pKW301 of Acidiphilium multivorum AIU 301 was cloned and sequenced and inactivation of the arsR gene resulted in constitutive expression of theArs genes, suggesting that ArsR of pK W301 controls the expression of this operon.
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Acidiphilium multivorum sp. nov., an acidophilic chemoorganotrophic bacterium from pyritic acid mine drainage
Norio Wakao,Naoshi Nagasawa,Tsuneaki Matsuura,Hisato Matsukura,Takehiko Matsumoto,Akira Hiraishi,Yonekichi Sakurai,Hideo Shiota +7 more
TL;DR: Six strains of acidophilic chemoorganotrophic bacteria from acid mine drainage were studied in their taxonomic aspects and the isolates are concluded as a new species, Acidiphilium multivorum sp.