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  1. A Rotational Slurry Bioreactor Accelerates Biodegradation of A-Fuel in Oil-Contaminated Soil Even under Low Temperature Conditions

    Article • Microorganisms, February 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  2. Identification of a transcriptional regulator for oligotrophy-responsive promoter in Rhodococcus erythropolis N9T-4

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, December 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  3. Isolation and Characterization of Genes Responsible for Naphthalene Degradation from Thermophilic Naphthalene Degrader, Geobacillus sp. JF8

    Article • Microorganisms, December 2019, MDPI AG

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  4. Chryseotalea sanaruensis gen. nov., sp., nov., a Member of the Family Cytophagaceae, Isolated from a Brackish Lake in Hamamatsu Japan

    Article • Current Microbiology, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  5. Isolation and characterization of a moderate thermophilic Paenibacillus naphthalenovorans strain 4B1 capable of degrading dibenzofuran from dioxin-contaminated soil in Vietnam

    Article • Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, November 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  6. Algoriphagus sanaruensis sp. nov., a member of the family Cyclobacteriaceae, isolated from a brackish lake in Hamamatsu, Japan

    Article • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, July 2019, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  7. High-Resolution Comparison of Bacterial Conjugation Frequencies

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, January 2019, MyJove Corporation

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  8. Cloning, expression and characterization of catechol 1,2-dioxygenase from Burkholderia cepacia

    Article • The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology, January 2019, Microbiology Research Foundation

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  9. Reconsidering plasmid maintenance factors for computational plasmid design

    Article • Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, January 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  10. Novel Self-Transmissible and Broad-Host-Range Plasmids Exogenously Captured From Anaerobic Granules or Cow Manure

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, November 2018, Frontiers

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  11. Biodegradation of A-fuel oil in soil samples with bacterial mixtures of Rhodococcus and Gordonia strains under low temperature conditions

    Article • Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, August 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  12. Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes are major phyla of filterable bacteria passing through 0.22 μm pore size membrane filter, in Lake Sanaru, Hamamatsu, Japan

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, March 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  13. Lanthanide-Dependent Regulation of Methylotrophy in Methylobacterium aquaticum Strain 22A

    Article • mSphere, January 2018, ASM Journals

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  14. Correction: Different transferability of incompatibility (Inc) P-7 plasmid pCAR1 and IncP-1 plasmid pBP136 in stirring liquid conditions

    Article • PLoS ONE, January 2018, PLOS

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  15. Divalent cations increase the conjugation efficiency of the incompatibility P-7 group plasmid pCAR1 among different Pseudomonas hosts

    Article • Microbiology, January 2018, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  16. Synergistic degradation of pyrene by five culturable bacteria in a mangrove sediment-derived bacterial consortium

    Article • Journal of Hazardous Materials, January 2018, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  17. Different transferability of incompatibility (Inc) P-7 plasmid pCAR1 and IncP-1 plasmid pBP136 in stirring liquid conditions

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2017, PLOS

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  18. Interaction of Bacterial Membrane Vesicles with Specific Species and Their Potential for Delivery to Target Cells

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, April 2017, Frontiers

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  19. The behavior of mobile genetic elements (MGEs) in different environments

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  20. Complete Genome Sequence of Algoriphagus sp. Strain M8-2, Isolated from a Brackish Lake

    Article • Genome Announcements, May 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  21. Comparisons of the transferability of plasmids pCAR1, pB10, R388, and NAH7 amongPseudomonas putidaat different cell densities

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  22. MvaT Family Proteins Encoded on IncP-7 Plasmid pCAR1 and the Host Chromosome Regulate the Host Transcriptome Cooperatively but Differently

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Hideaki Nojiri, Dr Masaki Shintani

  23. Effects of phosphate addition on methane fermentation in the batch and upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactors

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  24. Genomic Features and Genome-Wide Analyses of Dioxin-Like Compound Degraders

    Article • September 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  25. Dominant ectosymbiotic bacteria of cellulolytic protists in the termite gut also have the potential to digest lignocellulose

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, August 2015, Wiley

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  26. Nucleoid-associated proteins encoded on plasmids: Occurrence and mode of function

    Article • Plasmid, July 2015, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  27. Genomics of microbial plasmids: classification and identification based on replication and transfer systems and host taxonomy

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, March 2015, Frontiers

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  28. Effects of Three Different Nucleoid-Associated Proteins Encoded on IncP-7 Plasmid pCAR1 on Host Pseudomonas putida KT2440

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, February 2015, ASM Journals

    Dr Hideaki Nojiri, Dr Masaki Shintani

  29. Complete Genome Sequence of Polychlorinated Biphenyl Degrader Comamonas testosteroni TK102 (NBRC 109938)

    Article • Genome Announcements, September 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  30. Modulation of primary cell function of hostPseudomonasbacteria by the conjugative plasmid pCAR1

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, June 2014, Wiley

    Dr Hideaki Nojiri, Dr Hiromi Nishida, Dr Masaki Shintani

  31. Complete Genome Sequence of the Thermophilic Polychlorinated Biphenyl Degrader Geobacillus sp. Strain JF8 (NBRC 109937)

    Article • Genome Announcements, January 2014, ASM Journals

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  32. Single-Cell Analyses Revealed Transfer Ranges of IncP-1, IncP-7, and IncP-9 Plasmids in a Soil Bacterial Community

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  33. Conjugative Elements: Host Chromosome Function Modifiers

    Article • September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  34. Complete Genome Sequence of the Carbazole Degrader Pseudomonas resinovorans Strain CA10 (NBRC 106553)

    Article • Genome Announcements, July 2013, ASM Journals

    Dr Hideaki Nojiri, Dr Masaki Shintani

  35. Mobile Genetic Elements (MGEs) Carrying Catabolic Genes

    Article • January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  36. ParI, an orphan ParA family protein fromPseudomonas putida KT2440-specific genomic island, interferes with the partition system of IncP-7 plasmids

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, August 2012, Wiley

    Professor Masataka Tsuda, Dr Masaki Shintani

  37. DNA rearrangement has occurred in the carbazole-degradative plasmid pCAR1 and the chromosome of its unsuitable host, Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf0-1

    Article • Microbiology, September 2011, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  38. Alterations of RNA maps of IncP-7 plasmid pCAR1 in various Pseudomonas bacteria

    Article • Plasmid, July 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Hiromi Nishida, Dr Masaki Shintani

  39. Evolution of the IncP-7 carbazole-degradative plasmid pCAR1 improves survival of its host Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf0-1 in artificial water microcosms

    Article • Microbiology, May 2011, Society for General Microbiology

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  40. Distribution of Genes Encoding Nucleoid-Associated Protein Homologs in Plasmids

    Article • International Journal of Evolutionary Biology, January 2011, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  41. Pmr, a Histone-Like Protein H1 (H-NS) Family Protein Encoded by the IncP-7 Plasmid pCAR1, Is a Key Global Regulator That Alters Host Function

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, July 2010, ASM Journals

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  42. Behavior of Various Hosts of the IncP-7 Carbazole-Degradative Plasmid pCAR1 in Artificial Microcosms

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, February 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  43. The Behavior and Significance of Degradative Plasmids Belonging to Inc Groups in Pseudomonas within Natural Environments and Microcosms

    Article • Microbes and Environments, January 2010, Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  44. Response of thePseudomonashost chromosomal transcriptome to carriage of the IncP-7 plasmid pCAR1

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, December 2009, Wiley

    Dr Hiromi Nishida, Dr Masaki Shintani

  45. Carbazole-Degradative IncP-7 Plasmid pCAR1.2 Is Structurally Unstable in Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf0-1, Which Accumulates Catechol, the Intermediate of the Carbazole Degradation Pathway

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, April 2009, ASM Journals

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  46. The Complete Nucleotide Sequence of pCAR2: pCAR2 and pCAR1 Were Structurally Identical IncP-7 Carbazole Degradative Plasmids

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, March 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  47. High-resolution mapping of plasmid transcriptomes in different host bacteria

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Hiromi Nishida, Dr Masaki Shintani

  48. Catabolic Plasmids Involved in the Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Heteroaromatic Compounds

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  49. Behavior of the IncP-7 carbazole-degradative plasmid pCAR1 in artificial environmental samples

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, July 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  50. Conjugative transfer of the IncP-7 carbazole degradative plasmid, pCAR1, in river water samples

    Article • Biotechnology Letters, September 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  51. Transcriptome Analysis of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 Harboring the Completely Sequenced IncP-7 Plasmid pCAR1

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, August 2007, ASM Journals

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  52. The Sphingomonas Plasmid pCAR3 Is Involved in Complete Mineralization of Carbazole

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, December 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  53. Characterization of the Replication, Maintenance, and Transfer Features of the IncP-7 Plasmid pCAR1, Which Carries Genes Involved in Carbazole and Dioxin Degradation

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, May 2006, ASM Journals

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  54. Recipient Range of IncP-7 Conjugative Plasmid pCAR2 from Pseudomonas putida HS01 is Broader than from Other Pseudomonas Strains

    Article • Biotechnology Letters, December 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masataka Tsuda, Dr Masaki Shintani

  55. Large plasmid pCAR2 and class II transposon Tn4676 are functional mobile genetic elements to distribute the carbazole/dioxin-degradative car gene cluster in different bacteria

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, November 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  56. Divergence of mobile genetic elements involved in the distribution of xenobiotic-catabolic capacity

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, April 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  57. Divergent Structures of Carbazole DegradativecarOperons Isolated from Gram-negative Bacteria

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, January 2004, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  58. Complete Nucleotide Sequence of Carbazole/Dioxin-degrading Plasmid pCAR1 in Pseudomonas resinovorans Strain CA10 Indicates its Mosaicity and the Presence of Large Catabolic Transposon Tn4676

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, February 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  59. Article • Biotechnology Letters, January 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Masaki Shintani

  60. Organization and Transcriptional Characterization of Catechol Degradation Genes Involved in Carbazole Degradation byPseudomonas resinovoransStrain CA10

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, January 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Masaki Shintani