Kazuaki Amikura

The paper analyzes 46,015 bacterial genomes to show hibernation factors evolved from large proteins, reduced in size, and were lost in over 10% of species, with some bacteria borrowing factors from others.

The paper analyzes over 30,000 bacterial genomes to show that CPR bacteria have fewer ribosome biogenesis factors, suggesting evolutionary flexibility in ribosome assembly.

The paper identifies a novel group I intron insertion site in tRNA genes of Patescibacteria and maps its phylogenetic distribution across bacterial phyla.

The paper identifies a spatial pattern of prickles on rose stems and proposes a mathematical model to explain its formation, showing similar patterns across species.