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Akihiro Okamoto

Tokyo Institute of TechnologyORCID 0000-0002-8102-4316Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:metagenomics· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Research Focus:cell-cell communication· 1 Research Focus:database / resource· 1

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Adam M. DeutschbaueriD· 1 shared Arkadiy I. GarberiD· 1 shared Clara S. ChaniD· 1 shared Dianne K. NewmaniD· 1 shared Divya NaradasuiD· 1 shared Hans K. CarlsoniD· 1 shared Kangmin Yan· 1 shared Kemal DemireriD· 1 shared

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintSep 7, 2026

Genome-wide fitness profiling reveals flagellar rotation as an energetic liability during anaerobic maintenance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Kemal Demirer, Ryan A. Melnyk, Hans K. Carlson…·Dianne K. Newman

This study identifies genes critical for anaerobic maintenance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa using RB-TnSeq, revealing flagellar rotation as an energy drain.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.04.749331

bacteria (other)whole-genome sequencing

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MicrobiologybioRxivPreprintSep 18, 2024

Droplet Sequencing Reveals Virulence Gene Clusters in Oral Biofilm Extracellular Vesicles

Sotaro Takano, Divya Naradasu, Satoshi Takenawa…·Akihiro Okamoto

This paper introduces a microdroplet-based sequencing technique to analyze DNA content in individual bacterial extracellular vesicles, revealing gene clusters related to virulence and horizontal gene transfer in oral biofilms.

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metagenomicsexperimental assay

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BioinformaticsFrontiers in MicrobiologyPeer-reviewedJan 31, 2020

FeGenie: a comprehensive tool for the identification of iron genes and iron gene neighborhoods in genomes and metagenome assemblies

Arkadiy I. Garber, Kenneth H. Nealson, Akihiro Okamoto…·Nancy Merino

FeGenie identifies iron-related genes and gene clusters in genomes and metagenomes using a comprehensive HMM database, improving detection of iron oxidation and reduction genes.

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whole-genome sequencingmetagenomics

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