Masanori Fukao

Identification of the Lantibiotic Nisin Q, a New Natural Nisin Variant Produced by<i>Lactococcus lactis</i>61-14 Isolated from a River in Japan

Takeshi Zendo, Masanori Fukao, Kyoko Ueda et al. · Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry · 2003 · 166 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +15

Safety assessment of Lactobacillus brevis KB290 as a probiotic strain

Takafumi Yakabe, E. L. Moore, Syunji Yokota et al. · Food and Chemical Toxicology · 2009 · 53 citations

Agriculture, Food Science, Microbiology +14

Genomic Analysis by Deep Sequencing of the Probiotic Lactobacillus brevis KB290 Harboring Nine Plasmids Reveals Genomic Stability

Masanori Fukao, Kenshiro Oshima, Hidetoshi Morita et al. · PLoS ONE · 2013 · 53 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +17

Assessment of Antibiotic Resistance in Probiotic Strain Lactobacillus brevis KB290

Masanori Fukao, Haruyoshi Tomita, Takafumi Yakabe et al. · Journal of Food Protection · 2009 · 39 citations

Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Microbiology +13

Biosynthetic characterization and biochemical features of the third natural nisin variant, nisin Q, produced by<i>Lactococcus lactis</i>61-14

Fuminori Yoneyama, Masanori Fukao, Takeshi Zendo et al. · Journal of Applied Microbiology · 2008 · 36 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +10