Kimihiro Abe

912 total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 642 citations indexed

About

Kimihiro Abe is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Kimihiro Abe has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 642 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 10 papers in Ecology and 9 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Kimihiro Abe's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (9 papers) and Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (5 papers). Kimihiro Abe is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers), Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (9 papers) and Bacterial Infections and Vaccines (5 papers). Kimihiro Abe collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Germany. Kimihiro Abe's co-authors include Nobuhiko Nomura, Satoru Suzuki, Tsutomu Sato, Nozomu Obana, K. Nakamura, Patrick Eichenberger, Yuki Maruyama, Masanori Toyofuku, Nina Maryn and Adam Driks and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Scientific Reports and Journal of Bacteriology.

In The Last Decade

Kimihiro Abe

19 papers receiving 637 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Biofilms: hot spots of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in aquatic environments, with a focus on a new HGT mechanism

2020 288 citations Kimihiro Abe, Nobuhiko Nomura et al. FEMS Microbiology Ecology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kimihiro Abe Japan	11	335	237	168	148	97	20	642
Yoshikane Itoh Japan	10	707 2.1×	149 0.6×	178 1.1×	72 0.5×	60 0.6×	12	958
Petra Tielen Germany	16	632 1.9×	174 0.7×	128 0.8×	69 0.5×	207 2.1×	21	889
Sathish Rajamani United States	13	419 1.3×	140 0.6×	88 0.5×	44 0.3×	55 0.6×	22	752
Michela Gambino Denmark	14	298 0.9×	297 1.3×	48 0.3×	53 0.4×	53 0.5×	27	723
Tatyana A. Sysoeva United States	12	341 1.0×	126 0.5×	151 0.9×	176 1.2×	251 2.6×	28	715
Siobhán O’Brien United Kingdom	11	543 1.6×	204 0.9×	196 1.2×	40 0.3×	246 2.5×	22	899
Otto Geisenberger Germany	7	724 2.2×	150 0.6×	202 1.2×	66 0.4×	140 1.4×	9	915
Hajnalka E. Daligault United States	16	352 1.1×	153 0.6×	107 0.6×	58 0.4×	41 0.4×	57	682
Thomas Baumgarten Sweden	10	461 1.4×	159 0.7×	139 0.8×	103 0.7×	19 0.2×	12	752
L. Richards United Kingdom	8	356 1.1×	101 0.4×	80 0.5×	63 0.4×	94 1.0×	14	548

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kimihiro Abe

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Nakao, Ryoma, Takehiro Yamaguchi, Kimihiro Abe, et al.. (2025). Assessment of periodontitis vaccine using three different bacterial outer membrane vesicles in canine model. mSphere. 10(4). e0103324–e0103324.

Uchiyama, Hiroki, Toshifumi Kudo, Takehiro Yamaguchi, et al.. (2024). Mucosal adjuvanticity and mucosal booster effect of colibactin-depleted probiotic Escherichia coli membrane vesicles. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics. 20(1). 2337987–2337987. 1 indexed citations

Abe, Kimihiro, et al.. (2023). Identification of CgeA as a glycoprotein that anchors polysaccharides to the spore surface in Bacillus subtilis. Molecular Microbiology. 120(3). 384–396. 7 indexed citations

Kobayashi, Nobuhide, Kimihiro Abe, Yoshitake Shiraishi, et al.. (2022). Membrane Vesicles Derived From Clostridium botulinum and Related Clostridial Species Induce Innate Immune Responses via MyD88/TRIF Signaling in vitro. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 720308–720308. 5 indexed citations

Abe, Kimihiro, Hiroko Kato, Yuta Hasegawa, et al.. (2022). Visualization and characterization of spore morphogenesis in <i>Paenibacillus polymyxa</i> ATCC39564. The Journal of General and Applied Microbiology. 68(2). 79–86. 1 indexed citations

Abe, Kimihiro, Masanori Toyofuku, Nobuhiko Nomura, & Nozomu Obana. (2021). Autolysis‐mediated membrane vesicle formation in Bacillus subtilis. Environmental Microbiology. 23(5). 2632–2647. 41 indexed citations

Abe, Kimihiro, Takumi Takahashi, & Tsutomu Sato. (2020). Extreme C‐terminal element of SprA serine integrase is a potential component of the “molecular toggle switch” which controls the recombination and its directionality. Molecular Microbiology. 115(6). 1110–1121. 8 indexed citations

Abe, Kimihiro, Nobuhiko Nomura, & Satoru Suzuki. (2020). Biofilms: hot spots of horizontal gene transfer (HGT) in aquatic environments, with a focus on a new HGT mechanism. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 96(5). 288 indexed citations breakdown →

Suzuki, Shota, et al.. (2019). Compatibility of Site-Specific Recombination Units between Mobile Genetic Elements. iScience. 23(1). 100805–100805. 14 indexed citations

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Ogura, Mitsuo, Tsutomu Sato, & Kimihiro Abe. (2019). Bacillus subtilis YlxR, Which Is Involved in Glucose-Responsive Metabolic Changes, Regulates Expression of tsaD for Protein Quality Control of Pyruvate Dehydrogenase. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. 923–923. 11 indexed citations

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Holland, Gudrun, Kimihiro Abe, Daisuke Imamura, et al.. (2019). Expansion of the Spore Surface Polysaccharide Layer in Bacillus subtilis by Deletion of Genes Encoding Glycosyltransferases and Glucose Modification Enzymes. Journal of Bacteriology. 201(19). 19 indexed citations

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Abe, Kimihiro, Xiaoyu Huang, Nina Maryn, et al.. (2018). Contributions of crust proteins to spore surface properties in Bacillus subtilis. Molecular Microbiology. 111(3). 825–843. 43 indexed citations

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Abe, Kimihiro, et al.. (2017). A novel non prophage(-like) gene-intervening element within gerE that is reconstituted during sporulation in Bacillus cereus ATCC10987. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 11426–11426. 8 indexed citations

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Abe, Kimihiro, et al.. (2017). Mechanism of bacterial gene rearrangement: SprA-catalyzed precise DNA recombination and its directionality control by SprB ensure the gene rearrangement and stable expression of spsM during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis. Nucleic Acids Research. 45(11). 6669–6683. 26 indexed citations

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Abe, Kimihiro, et al.. (2014). Developmentally-Regulated Excision of the SPβ Prophage Reconstitutes a Gene Required for Spore Envelope Maturation in Bacillus subtilis. PLoS Genetics. 10(10). e1004636–e1004636. 67 indexed citations

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Abe, Kimihiro, et al.. (2013). Regulated DNA rearrangement during sporulation in Bacillus weihenstephanensis KBAB4. Molecular Microbiology. 90(2). 415–427. 18 indexed citations

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Abe, Kimihiro, Nozomu Obana, & K. Nakamura. (2010). Effects of Depletion of RNA-Binding Protein Tex on the Expression of Toxin Genes inClostridium perfringens. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry. 74(8). 1564–1571. 17 indexed citations

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Obana, Nozomu, et al.. (2010). Stabilization of Clostridium perfringens collagenase mRNA by VR‐RNA‐dependent cleavage in 5′ leader sequence. Molecular Microbiology. 77(6). 1416–1428. 59 indexed citations

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Abe, Kimihiro, et al.. (1982). Distribution pattern of lysosomal granules in fibroblasts of the Chediak-Higashi syndrome.. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 35(5). 496–501. 6 indexed citations

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TOMITA, Yuji, Kimihiro Abe, & Tomosada Jotaki. (1981). Analysis of Capsule Pipeline System by the Method of Characteristics : Numerical Analysis and Comparison with Transport Experiment. Bulletin of JSME. 24(195). 1579–1585. 3 indexed citations

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