2011年

• Kanehira T, Yamaguchi T, Asano K, Morita M, Maeshima E, Matsuda A, Fujii Y, Sakamoto W. A screening test for capsaicin-stimulated salivary flow using filter paper: a study for diagnosis of hyposalivation with a complaint of dry mouth. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontology. 112, 73-80 (2011)
• HUIXIAN SUN, FUYUHIKO MASUDA, SHUSO KAWAMURA1, JUN-ICHI HIMOTO, KOZO ASANO and TOSHINORI KIMURA, Effect of Electric Current of Ohmic Heating on Nonthermal Injury to Streptococcusthermophilus in Milk, Journal of Food Process Engineering, 34, 878-892 (2011)
• Sri Pudjiraharti, Nobuchika Takesue, Taiki Katayama, Puspita Lisdiyanti, Muhamad Hanafi, Michiko Tanaka, Teruo Sone, 1 and Kozo Asano. Actinomycete Nonomuraea sp. isolated from Indonesian soil is a new producer of inulin fructotransferase.  J. Biosci. Bioeng. 111, 671-674 (2011)
• 浅野行蔵、永久凍土・氷楔中に存在する微生物の網羅的単離・分離とその保存、IFO Research Communications, No. 24, 7-16 ( 2010)
• Sri Pudjiraharti1, Nobuchika Takesue, Taiki Katayama, Puspita Lisdiyanti, Muhamad Hanafi, Michiko Tanaka, Teruo Sone and Kozo Asano. Actinomycete Nonomuraea sp. isolated from Indonesian soil is a new producer of inulin fructotransferase Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 111, 671–674 (2011)

2010年

• Taiki Katayama, Tomoko Kato, Michiko Tanaka, Thomas A. Douglas, Anatoli Brouchkov, Ayumi Abe, Teruo Sone, Masami Fukuda and Kozo Asano. Tomitella biformata gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the suborder Corynebacterineae isolated from a permafrost ice wedge; International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 60, 2803-2807 (2010)
• FUJIHARA, Noriko ISHIDA, Kozo ASANO, Kazuhiro MATSUDA, Nobuo NOMURA, Yoshihiro NISHIDA and Ryô HARASAWA, Variation of Genes Encoding GGPLs Syntheses among Mycoplasma fermentans Strains. Masatoshi J. Vet. Med. Sci. 72(6): 805–808 ( 2010)
• Sujaya, I. N., Nocianitri, K. A. and Asano, K. Diversity of bacterial flora of Indonesian ragi tape and their dynamics during the tape fermentation as determined by PCR-DGGE. International Food Research Journal 17: 239-245 (2010)
• Noriko Ishida, Daisuke Irikura, Kazuhiro Matsuda, Seiji Sato, Teruo Sone, Michiko Tanaka, Kozo Asano, Enzymatic synthesis of Mycoplasma fermentans specific glycoglycerophospholipid from 1,2-dipalmitoylglycerol. J. Biosci. Bioengi. 109, 341-345 (2010).
• Miho Chatani, Michiko Tanaka a, Akiyoshi Nakamura b, Nobuchika Takesue a, Isao Tanaka b, Kozo Asano, A simple turbidimetric method for monitoring the inhibition of tRNA-dependent amidotransferase GatCAB. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 80: 117–122 (2010)
• Sali Atanga Ndindeng, Shinsuke Miki, Ayumi Abe, Kozo Asano and Teruo Sone. EGFR-Rhm51 foci enable the visualization and enumeration of DNA double-strand 18 breaks in Magnaporthe oryzae. J. General PlantPathology 76: 377-381 (2010)

2009年

• Taiki Katayama, Tomoko Kato, Michiko Tanaka, Yhomas A. Douglas, Anatoli Brouchkov, Masami Fukuda, Fusao Tomita and Kozo Asano: Glaciibacter superstes gen.nov.,sp.nov.,a novel member of the family Microbacteriaceae isolated from a permafrost ice wedge，International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59: 482-486 (2009).
• Noriko Ishida, Daisuke Irikura, Kazuhiro Matsuda, Seiji Sato, Teruo Sone, Michiko Tanaka and Kozo Asano, Molecular Cloning and Expression of a Novel Cholinephosphotransferase Involved in Glycoglycerophospholipid Biosynthesis of Mycoplasma fermentans. Current Microbiology 58: 535-540 (2009).
• Charin THAWORNKUNO, Michiko TANAKA, Teruo SONE and Kozo ASANO: Biotransformation of Daidzein to Equol by Crude Enzyme from Asaccharobacter celatus AHU1763 Required an Anaerobic Environment, Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 73: 1435-1438 (2009).
• Martin Patrick Ongol, Kozo Asano, Main microorganisms involved in the fermentation of Ugandan ghee, Int. J. Food Microbiol. 133: 286–291 (2009).
• Martin Patrick Ongol, Michiko Tanaka, Teruo Sone, Kozo Asano: A real-time PCR method targeting a gene sequence encoding 16S rRNA processing protein, rimM, for detection and enumeration of Streptococcus thermophilus in dairy products. Food Research International, 42: 893–898 (2009).
• Takesue, N., Sone, T., Tanaka, M., Tomita, F., and Asano, K.: Effect of an additionally introduced degQ gene on di-D-fructofranosyl-2,6’:2’,6-anhydride (DFA Ⅳ) production by recombinant Bacillus subtilis in a single culture production system. J. Bioscience and Bioengineering 107: 623-629 (2009).
• Chatani, M., Tanaka, M., Nakamura, A., Takesue, N., Tanaka, I., and Asano, K.: A simple turbidimetric method for monitoring the inhibition of tRNA-dependent amidotransferase GatCAB. J. Microbiol. Methods, in press (2009).
• L.-J. Ma, A. S. Ibrahim, C. Skory, M. G. Grabherr, G. Burger, M. Butler, M. Elias, A. Idnurm, B. F. Lang, T. Sone, A. Abe, S. Calvo, L. M. Corrochano, R. Engels, J. Fu, W. Hansberg, J.-M. Kim, C. D. Kodira, M. J. Koehrsen, B. Liu, D. Miranda-Saavedr, S. O’Leary1, L. Ortiz-Castellanos, R. Poulter, J. Ruiz-Herrera, Y. Q. Shen, Q. Zeng, J. Galagan, B. W. Birren, C. A. Cuomo, B. L. Wickes.: Genomic analysis of the basal lineage fungus Rhizopus oryzae reveals a whole-genome duplication. PLoS Genetics 5: e1000549 (2009).
• A. Abe, K. Asano, and T. Sone. Identification and Characterization of Rhizot, an Novel-type LTR Retrotransposon of Rhizopus oryzae and R. delemar. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 73: 1860-1862 (2009).
• H. Kito, A. Abe, I-N. Sujaya, Y. Oda, K. Asano, and T. Sone.: Molecular characterization of relationship among Amylomyces rouxii, Rhizopus oryzae, and Rhizopus delemar. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 73: 861-864 (2009).
• S. Miki, K. Matsui, H. Kito, K. Otsuka, T. Ashizawa, N. Yasuda, S. Fukiya, J. Sato, K. Hirayae, Y. Fujita, T. Nakajima, F. Tomita, and T. Sone. Molecular cloning and characterization of the AVR-Pia locus from a Japanese field isolate of Magnaporthe oryzae. Molecular Plant Pathology 10: 361-374 (2009).

2008年

• Benjamas Jonganurakkun, Qi Wang, Shan Hua Xu, Yuya Tada, Kimiko Minamida, Daisuke Yasokawa, Masahito Sugi, Hiroshi Hara, and Kozo Asano.: Pediococcus pentosaceus NB-17 for Probiotics Use. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 106:69-73 (2008).
• Ishikawa, K., Asahara, T., Gunji, Y., Yasueda, H., and Asano, K.: Disruption of met Fincreased L-Lysine production by Methylophilus methylotrophus from methanol.，Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 72: 1317-1324 (2008).
• Ishikawa, K., Asahara, T., Gunji, Y., Yasueda, H., and Asano, K.: Improvemet of L-lysine production by Methylophilus methylotrophus from methanol via the Entner-Doudoroff pathway, originating in Echerichia coli. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 72: 2535-2542 (2008).
• K. Minamida, K. Ota, M. Nishimukai, M. Tanaka, A. Abe, T. Sone, F. Tomita, H. Hara and K. Asano: Asaccharobacter celatus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from rat cecum. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 58: 1238-1240 (2008).
• Kohei Ishikawa, Yuriko Toda-Murakoshi, Fumito Ohnishi, Kazuya Kondo, Tsuyoshi Osumi, and Kozo Asano: Medium composition suitable for L-lysine production by Methylophilus methylotrophus in Fed-batch cultivation. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 106: 574-579 (2008).
• M. P. Ongol, T. Iguchi, M. Tanaka, T. Sone, H. Ikeda, K. Asano and T. Nishimura: Potential of Selected Strains of Lactic Acid Bacteria to Induce a Th1 Immune Profile. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 72: 2847-2857 (2008).
• Wataru Sakamoto, Yoshihiro Fujii, Takashi Kanehira, Kozo Asano, Hiroshi Izumi: A novel assay system for myeloperoxidase activity in whole saliva，Clinical Biochemistry. 41: 584-590 (2008).
• 関口幸恵、田中みち子、高橋淳、浅野行蔵：北海道の植物からのSaccharomyces属酵母の単離と製パン適性，日本醸造協会誌，103: 125-134 (2008).

2007年

• A. Abe, Y. Oda, K. Asano and T. Sone: Rhizopus delemar is the proper name for Rhizopus oryzae fumaric-malic acid producers，Mycologia. 99: 714-722 (2007).
• Juli D. Tna, Edmund L. Sanchez, Jr., Michiko Tanaka, Taiki Katayama, Kozo Asano, and Fusao Tomita : Screening of endophytic microorganisums from sweeetpotato for the production of antimicrobial compounds. Annals of Tropical Research 29: 66-77 (2007).
• Katayama, T., Tanaka, M., Moriizumi, J., Nakamura, T., Brouchkov, A., Douglas, T.A., Fukuda, M., Tomita, F., Asano K. : Phylogenetic analysis of bacteria preserved in a permafrost ice wedge for 25,000 years. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73: 2360-2363 (2007).
• M. P. Ongol, Y. Sawatari, Y. Ebina, T. Sone, M. Tanaka, F. Tomita, A. Yokota, and K. Asano: Yoghurt fermented by Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus H+-ATPase-defective mutants exhibits enhanced viability of Bifidobacterium breve during storage. International Journal of Food Microbiology 116: 358-366 (2007).
• N. Takesue, T. Sone, M. Tanaka, F. Tomita, and K. Asano: Production of di-S-fructofranosil-2,6’: 2’,6-anhydride (DFA IV) by recombinant Bacillus subtilis carrying heterogeneous levan frucctotransferase from Arthrobacter nicotinovorans GS-9. Enzyme and Microbial Technology 41: 673-676 (2007).
• MD. KAOSAR NIAZ BIN SUFIAN, TOHRU HIRA, KOZO ASANO, HIROSHI HARA: Peptides Derived from Dolicholin, a Phaseolin-like Protein in Country Beans (Dolichos lablab), Potently Stimulate Cholecystokinin Secretion from Enteroendocrine STC-1 Cells. Jornal of Agriculture Food Chemistry 55: 8980-8986 (2007).

2006年

• I. B. W. Gunam, Y. Yaku, M. Hirano, K. Yamamura, F. Tomita, T. Sone, and K. Asano: Biodesulfurization of alkylated Forms of dibenzothiophene and benzothiophene by Sphingomonas subarctica T7b. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 101: 322-327 (2006).
• A. Abe, E. Elegado, and T. Sone: Construction of pDESTR, a GATEWAY vector for gene disruption in filamentous fungi. Current Microbiology 52: 210-215 (2006).
• A. Abe, Y. Oda, K. Asano, and T. Sone: The molecular phylogeny of the genus Rhizopus based on rDNA sequences. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 70: 2387-2393 (2006).
• Dinoto A, Suksomcheep A, Ishizuka S, Kimura H, Hanada S, Kamagata Y, Asano K, Tomita F, Yokota A.: Modulation of rat cecal microbiota by administration of raffinose and encapsulated Bifidobacterium breve. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72: 784-792 (2006).
• E. Elegado, A. Iwasaki, M. Sales, C. Ishii, F. Tomita, and T. Sone：Oxidative stress induces high transcription of Rhm52 and Rhm54, novel genes identified to be involved in recombinational repair in Magnaporthe grisea. Journal of General Plant Pathology 72: 16-19 (2006).
• K. Minamida, C. Asakawa, I-N. Sujaya, M. Kaneko, A. Abe, T. Sone, H. Hara, K. Asano, and F. Tomita: Effects of long-term ingestion of difructose anhydride III (DFA III) on intestinal bacteria and bile acid metabolism in humans. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 101: 149-156 (2006).
• K. Minamida, M. Tanaka, A. Abe, T. Sone, F. Tomita, H. Hara, and K. Asano.: Production of equol from daidzein by Gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium isolated from rat intestine. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 102: 247-250 (2006).
• Katayama, T., Fukuda, M., Moriizumi, J., Nakamura, T., Brouchkov, A., Asano, K., Tanaka, M., Beget, J., and Tomita, F.: A late quaternary ice wedge from the Fox permafrost tunnel in central Alaska is a time capsule for gas and bacteria. Society for industrial Microbiology News 56: 10-15 (2006).
• Minamida, K., Ohashi, M., Hara, H., Asano, K., and Tomita, F.: Effects of Ingestion of Difructose Anhydride III (DFA III) and DFA III-Assimilating bacterium, Ruminococcus productus, on Rat Intestine. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 70: 332-339 (2006).
• Saranpuetti C, Tanaka M, Sone T, Asano K, Tomita F.: Determination of enzymes from Colletotrichum sp. AHU9748 essential for lepidimoide production from okra polysaccharide. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 102: 452-456 (2006).
• Sufian MK, Hira T, Miyashita K, Nishi T, Asano K, Hara H.: Pork peptone stimulates cholecystokinin secretion from enteroendocrine cells and suppresses appetite in rats. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 70:1869-1874 (2006).

2005年

• Minamida, K., Kaneko, M., Ohashi, M., Sujaya, I, N., Sone, T., Wada, M., Yokota, A., Hara, H., Asano, K., and Tomita, F.: Effects of difructose anhydride III (DFA III) administration on bile acids and growth of DFA III-assimilating bacterium Ruminococcus productus on rat intestine. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 99, 548-554 (2005).
• Minamida, K., Shiga, K., Sujaya, I. N., Sone, T., Yokota, A., Hara, H., Asano, K., and Tomita, F.: Effects of difructose anhydride III (DFA III) administration on rat intestinal microbiota. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 99, 230-236 (2005).
• A.S.M. Selim, P. Boonkumklao, T. Sone, A. Assavanig, M. Wada and A. Yokota: Development and assessment of a real-time PCR assay for rapid and sensitive detection of a novel thermotolerant bacterium, Lactobacillus thermotolerans, in chiken feces. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71: 4214-4219 (2005).
• M. Tsuda, M. Sasaki, T. Mugishima, K. Komatsu, T. Sone, M. Tanaka, Y. Mikami and J. Kobayashi: Scalusamides A-C, new pyrrolidine alkaloids from marine-derived fungus Penicillium citrinum. Journal of Natural Products 68: 273-276 (2005).

2004年

• A. Abe, I N. Sujaya, T. Sone, K. Asano and Y. Oda: Microflora and Selected Metabolites of Potato Pulp Fermented with an Indonesian Starter Ragi Tape. Food Technol. Biotechnol. 42: 169-173 (2004).
• A. Abe, T. Sone, Y. Oda, and K. Asano: The classification of genus Rhizopus by rDNA-ITS sequence. Letters in Applied Micriobiol.
• A. Abe, Y. Oda, T. Sone, and K. Asano: Molecular cloning of chitin synthase genes from Rhizopus oryzae. Fungal Genet News 52 (Suppl) 203 (2005).
• Nyoman Semadi Antara, . I Nengah Sujaya, Atsushi Yokota, Kozo Asano, and Fusao Tomita: Effects of indigenious starter cultures on the microbial and physiochemical characteristics of Urutan, a Balines fermented sausage. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 98: 92-98 (2004).
• Ren, S., Tomita, F., Yokota, A., and Asano, K.: Isolation of a cadmium-releasing bacterium and characterization of its novel protease. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 68, 1627-1633 (2004).
• Ren, S., Tomita, F., Yokota, A., and Asano, K.: Screening of microorganisms producing protease capable of releasing cadmium from scallop hepatopancreas. Annual Report of ICBiotech. 27 (2004).
• A. Abe, I N. Sujaya, T. Sone, K. Asano and Y. Oda: Microflora and selected metabolites of potato pulp fermented with an Indonesian starter Ragi Tape. Food Technology and Biothechnology 42: 169-173 (2004).
• I. N. Sujaya, N. S. Antara, T. Sone, Y. Tamura, W. R. Aryanta, A. Yokota, K. Asano, and F. Tomita: Identification and characterization of yeasts in brem, a traditional Balinese rice wine. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology，20:143-150 (2004).
• K. Minamida, I N. Sujaya, A. Tamura, N. Shigematsu, T. Sone, A. Yokota, K. Asano, Y. Benno, and F. Tomita: The effects of Di-D-Fructofuranose-1, 2’:2, 3’-Dianhydride (DFA III) administration on human intestinal microbiota. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 98: 244-250 (2004).
• K. Saito, A. Abe, I-N. Sujaya, T. Sone and Y. Oda: Comparison of Amylomyces rouxii and Rhizopus oryzae in Lactic Acid Fermentation of Potato pulp. Food Science and Technology Research 10: 229-231 (2004).
• M. Tsuda, Y. Kasai, K. Komatsu, T. Sone, M. Tanaka, Y. Mikami, J. Kobayashi: Citrinadin A, a novel pentacyclic alkaloid from marine-derived fungus Penicillium citrinum. Organic Letters 6: 3087-3089 (2004).