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Hirofumi Watanabe

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Active since

1989

Affiliations

Institute of Agrobiological Sciences(Current)

University of the Ryukyus

The University of Tokyo

Institute of Vegetable and Floriculture Science

The University of Sydney

Hirofumi Watanabe is an author at Institute of Agrobiological Sciences specializing in medicine, microbiology, and biology.

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1989–2023

72

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72

Evidence from multiple gene sequences indicates that termites evolved from wood-feeding cockroaches

Nathan Lo, Gaku Tokuda, Hirofumi Watanabe et al. · Current Biology · 2000 · 344 citations · Full text

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Dual cellulose-digesting system of the wood-feeding termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki

Keisuke Nakashima, Hirofumi Watanabe, Hiroyuki Saitoh et al. · Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 2002 · 237 citations

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Hidden cellulases in termites: revision of an old hypothesis

Gaku Tokuda, Hirofumi Watanabe · Biology Letters · 2007 · 180 citations · Full text

Endogenous Plant Cell Wall Digestion: A Key Mechanism in Insect Evolution

Nancy Calderón-Cortés, Maurício Quesada, Hirofumi Watanabe et al. · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics · 2012 · 166 citations

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Fiber-associated spirochetes are major agents of hemicellulose degradation in the hindgut of wood-feeding higher termites

Gaku Tokuda, Aram Mikaelyan, Chiho Fukui et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2018 · 147 citations · Full text

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