Purification and characterization of Vibrio parahaemolyticus extracellular chitinase and chitin oligosaccharide deacetylase involved in the production of heterodisaccharide from chitin

Kazunari Kadokura, Akiko Rokutani, Miki Yamamoto, +6

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

BiosynthesisEngineeringBiotransformationChitin Oligosaccharide DeacetylaseGlycobiology +5

Larval pufferfish protected by maternal tetrodotoxin

Shiro Itoi, Saori Yoshikawa, Kiyoshi Asahina, +18

Toxicon

Nitrite-oxidizing bacteria, Nitrospira, distribution in the outer layer of the biofilm from filter materials of a recirculating water system for the goldfish Carassius auratus

Shiro Itoi, Noriaki Ebihara, Sayaka Washio, +1

Aquaculture

EngineeringGoldfish Carassius AuratusEnvironmental EngineeringAquacultural SystemsBioremediation +10

Chitinolytic bacteria in the intestinal tract of Japanese coastal fishes

Shiro Itoi, Toshihiro Okamura, Yuki Koyama, +1

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Rapid identification of eels Anguilla japonica and Anguilla anguilla by polymerase chain reaction with single nucleotide polymorphism-based specific probes

Shiro Itoi, Misako Nakaya, Gen Kaneko, +3

Fisheries Science

BiologyPolymerase Chain ReactionMolecular EcologyMedicineGenetics +6

Molecular identification of intestinal microflora in Takifugu niphobles

Akiko Shiina, Shiro Itoi, Sayaka Washio, +1

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D Genomics and Proteomics

Takifugu NiphoblesPathologyMicrobiologyMicrobiomeMedicine +1

Isolation of halotolerant Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis from intestinal tract of coastal fish

Shiro Itoi, Takeshi Abe, Sayaka Washio, +3

International Journal of Food Microbiology

ProbioticIntestinal TractMicrobial DiseaseCoastal FishFish Immunology +3

Including planocerid flatworms in the diet effectively toxifies the pufferfish, Takifugu niphobles

Shiro Itoi, Hiroyuki Ueda, Riko Yamada, +11

Scientific Reports

Changes of carp F_oF₁-ATPase in association with temperature acclimation

Shiro Itoi, Shigeharu Kinoshita, Kiyoshi Kikuchi, +1

American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Toxic Flatworm Egg Plates Serve as a Possible Source of Tetrodotoxin for Pufferfish

Taiki Okabe, Hikaru Oyama, Maho Kashitani, +4

Toxins