Kento Tominaga

The paper introduces the SAR11 Genome Atlas, a resource integrating SAR11 genomes and functional data to support ecological and genomic analysis of oceanic bacteria.

The paper identifies a novel dominant symbiont in deep-sea holothurians, characterizes its genome and spatial distribution, and explores its evolutionary adaptations at the host interface.

This study develops a model to predict optimal growth temperature in prokaryotes using genomic data, finding that incorporating gene presence/absence improves accuracy for psychrophiles.

This study investigates the function of the unknome in SAR11 clade bacteria, identifying genes involved in substrate uptake, nucleotide utilization, and antiviral defense, providing insights into their ecological success.

The paper introduces two phylogenetic methods, ASA and SEV, to identify functionally related gene pairs in prokaryotic genomes by considering evolutionary history, showing improved performance over existing methods.

The paper shows carotenoids enhance rhodopsin light utilization by accelerating photocycles and light-harvesting in marine bacteria.