Takura Wakinaka

Isolation of halophilic lactic acid bacteria possessing aspartate decarboxylase and application to fish sauce fermentation starter

Takura Wakinaka, Satomi Iwata, Yuya Takeishi et al. · International Journal of Food Microbiology · 2018 · 53 citations

Agriculture, Food Science, Microbiology +16

Bifidobacterial α-galactosidase with unique carbohydrate-binding module specifically acts on blood group B antigen

Takura Wakinaka, Masashi Kiyohara, Shin Kurihara et al. · Glycobiology · 2012 · 41 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +17

α-N-Acetylglucosaminidase from Bifidobacterium bifidum specifically hydrolyzes α-linked N-acetylglucosamine at nonreducing terminus of O-glycan on gastric mucin

Yoshimi Shimada, Yuka Watanabe, Takura Wakinaka et al. · Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology · 2014 · 34 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology +14

Comparative Genomics of Closely Related Tetragenococcus halophilus Strains Elucidate the Diversity and Microevolution of CRISPR Elements

Minenosuke Matsutani, Takura Wakinaka, Jun Watanabe et al. · Frontiers in Microbiology · 2021 · 16 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +15

Transposition of IS <i>4</i> Family Insertion Sequences IS <i>Teha3</i> , IS <i>Teha4</i> , and IS <i>Teha5</i> into the <i>arc</i> Operon Disrupts Arginine Deiminase System in <i>Tetragenococcus halophilus</i>

Takura Wakinaka, Jun Watanabe · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 2019 · 15 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +14