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Fusako Kawai

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97

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Active since

1971

Affiliations

Okayama University(Current)

Kyoto Institute of Technology

Okayama Prefectural Kurashiki Chuo High School

Kobe University

Osaka University of Commerce

Fusako Kawai is an author at Okayama University specializing in life sciences, enzymology, and biochemistry.

Publications per year

1971–2022

97

Publications

97

A novel Ca2+-activated, thermostabilized polyesterase capable of hydrolyzing polyethylene terephthalate from Saccharomonospora viridis AHK190

Fusako Kawai, Masayuki Oda, Tomonari Tamashiro et al. · Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology · 2014 · 346 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Biotechnology +7

Current State and Perspectives Related to the Polyethylene Terephthalate Hydrolases Available for Biorecycling

Fusako Kawai, Takeshi Kawabata, Masayuki Oda · ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering · 2020 · 265 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Biotechnology +17

Taxonomic Study of Polyethylene Glycol-Utilizing Bacteria: Emended Description of the Genus Sphingomonas and New Descriptions of Sphingomonas macrogoltabidus sp. nov., Sphingomonas sanguis sp. nov. and Sphingomonas terrae sp. nov.

Mariko Takeuchi, Fusako Kawai, Y Shimada et al. · Systematic and Applied Microbiology · 1993 · 180 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Microbiology +8

Diversity of polyester-degrading bacteria in compost and molecular analysis of a thermoactive esterase from Thermobifida alba AHK119

Uschara Thumarat, Xian Zhang, Ming Tang et al. · Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology · 2010 · 164 citations

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Soil Sciences +17

Structural basis for the Ca2+-enhanced thermostability and activity of PET-degrading cutinase-like enzyme from Saccharomonospora viridis AHK190

Takuya Miyakawa, Hiroki Mizushima, Jun Ohtsuka et al. · Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology · 2014 · 133 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology +13

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