List of works - Tomohiro Imura

A basidiomycetous yeast, Pseudozyma crassa, produces novel diastereomers of conventional mannosylerythritol lipids as glycolipid biosurfactants.

scientific article published on 9 September 2008

A basidiomycetous yeast, Pseudozyma tsukubaensis, efficiently produces a novel glycolipid biosurfactant. The identification of a new diastereomer of mannosylerythritol lipid-B.

scientific article

A yeast glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylerythritol lipid, shows high binding affinity towards lectins on a self-assembled monolayer system

scientific article published on 05 January 2007

A yeast glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylerythritol lipid, shows potential moisturizing activity toward cultured human skin cells: the recovery effect of MEL-A on the SDS-damaged human skin cells

scientific article published in January 2009

Accumulation of cellobiose lipids under nitrogen-limiting conditions by two ustilaginomycetous yeasts, Pseudozyma aphidis and Pseudozyma hubeiensis

scientific article published on 11 October 2012

Activation of fibroblast and papilla cells by glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids

scientific article published on 01 January 2010

Analysis of expressed sequence tags from the anamorphic basidiomycetous yeast, Pseudozyma antarctica, which produces glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids.

scientific article

Aqueous gel formation from sodium salts of cellobiose lipids

scientific article published on 25 September 2014

Aqueous-phase behavior and vesicle formation of natural glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylerythritol lipid-B.

scientific article

Aqueous-phase behavior of natural glycolipid biosurfactant mannosylerythritol lipid A: sponge, cubic, and lamellar phases

scientific article published on 11 January 2007

Biosurfactant-producing yeast isolated from Calyptogena soyoae (deep-sea cold-seep clam) in the deep sea.

scientific article

Biosurfactant-producing yeasts widely inhabit various vegetables and fruits

scientific article published on 16 April 2014

Characterization and bioavailability of liposomes containing a ukon extract.

scientific article published on 7 May 2008

Characterization of mannosylerythritol lipids containing hexadecatetraenoic acid produced from cuttlefish oil by Pseudozyma churashimaensis OK96.

scientific article

Characterization of new glycolipid biosurfactants, tri-acylated mannosylerythritol lipids, produced by Pseudozyma yeasts

scientific article published on 07 April 2007

Characterization of the genus Pseudozyma by the formation of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

Convenient transformation of anamorphic basidiomycetous yeasts belonging to genus pseudozyma induced by electroporation

scientific article published in December 2007

Detection of acetyl monoglyceride as a metabolite of newly isolated glycerol-assimilating bacteria.

scientific article published in January 2009

Discovery of Pseudozyma rugulosa NBRC 10877 as a novel producer of the glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, based on rDNA sequence

scientific article published on 30 May 2006

Effect of adsorption of bovine serum albumin on liposomal membrane characteristics

scientific article published on 01 February 2001

Effects of lysozyme and bovine serum albumin on membrane characteristics of dipalmitoylphosphatidylglycerol liposomes

scientific article published on 01 February 2001

Efficient Production of Acid-Form Sophorolipids from Waste Glycerol and Fatty Acid Methyl Esters by Candida floricola.

scientific article published on 9 March 2018

Efficient production of di- and tri-acylated mannosylerythritol lipids as glycolipid biosurfactants by Pseudozyma parantarctica JCM 11752(T)

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Enzymatic conversion of diacetylated sophoroselipid into acetylated glucoselipid: surface-active properties of novel bolaform biosurfactants.

scientific article

Enzymatic synthesis of a novel glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylerythritol lipid-D and its aqueous phase behavior

scientific article published on 26 November 2010

Formation of W/O microemulsion based on natural glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylerythritol lipid-a

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Formation of the two novel glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylribitol lipid and mannosylarabitol lipid, by Pseudozyma parantarctica JCM 11752T ⬇️

scientific article published on June 22, 2012

Glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, repair the damaged hair.

scientific article published in January 2010

Glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, show antioxidant and protective effects against H(2)O(2)-induced oxidative stress in cultured human skin fibroblasts

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

Identification of Pseudozyma graminicola CBS 10092 as a producer of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids.

scientific article

Identification of Ustilago cynodontis as a new producer of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, based on ribosomal DNA sequences

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Identification of novel peptides from amphibian (Xenopus tropicalis) skin by direct tissue MALDI-MS analysis

scientific article

Identification of the gene PaEMT1 for biosynthesis of mannosylerythritol lipids in the basidiomycetous yeast Pseudozyma antarctica

scientific article published on November 2010

Isolation and screening of glycolipid biosurfactant producers from sugarcane

scientific article published on 07 September 2012

Isolation of Pseudozyma churashimaensis sp. nov., a novel ustilaginomycetous yeast species as a producer of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids.

scientific article

Isolation of basidiomycetous yeast Pseudozyma tsukubaensis and production of glycolipid biosurfactant, a diastereomer type of mannosylerythritol lipid-B

scientific article published on 21 July 2010

Kinetic studies on the interactions between glycolipid biosurfactant assembled monolayers and various classes of immunoglobulins using surface plasmon resonance

scientific article published on 12 March 2007

Low molecular weight gelators based on biosurfactants, cellobiose lipids by Cryptococcus humicola

scientific article published in January 2012

Mannosylerythritol lipids: production and applications.

scientific article

Microbial conversion of glycerol into glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, by a basidiomycete yeast, Pseudozyma antarctica JCM 10317(T).

scientific article published in July 2007

Minimum amino acid residues of an α-helical peptide leading to lipid nanodisc formation

scientific article published on 21 October 2014

Monolayer behavior of binary systems of lactonic and acidic forms of sophorolipids: thermodynamic analyses of Langmuir monolayers and AFM study of Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers.

scientific article

Monolayer behavior of cyclic and linear forms of surfactins: thermodynamic analysis of Langmuir monolayers and AFM study of Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers.

scientific article published on 5 March 2014

Monolayers assembled from a glycolipid biosurfactant from Pseudozyma (Candida) antarctica serve as a high-affinity ligand system for immunoglobulin G and M

scientific article published on 07 March 2007

Naturally engineered glycolipid biosurfactants leading to distinctive self-assembled structures.

scientific article published in March 2006

One-step preparation of chitosan-coated cationic liposomes by an improved supercritical reverse-phase evaporation method

scientific article published on 01 April 2006

Packing density of glycolipid biosurfactant monolayers give a significant effect on their binding affinity toward immunoglobulin G.

scientific article published in January 2008

Phase behavior of ternary mannosylerythritol lipid/water/oil systems.

scientific article

Physicochemical and biological characterizations of Pxt peptides from amphibian (Xenopus tropicalis) skin.

scientific article published on 22 January 2016

Physiological differences in the formation of the glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, between Pseudozyma antarctica and Pseudozyma aphidis.

scientific article published on 14 November 2006

Preparation and properties of liposomes composed of various phospholipids with different hydrophobic chains using a supercritical reverse phase evaporation method.

scientific article published in January 2008

Preparation of liposomes containing Ceramide 3 and their membrane characteristics

scientific article published on 01 January 2001

Preparation of liposomes using an improved supercritical reverse phase evaporation method.

scientific article published in March 2006

Production and characterization of a glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylerythritol lipid B, from sugarcane juice by Ustilago scitaminea NBRC 32730

scientific article published on 07 July 2011

Production of D-arabitol from raw glycerol by Candida quercitrusa

scientific article published on 19 December 2013

Production of Glycolipid Biosurfactants, cellobiose lipids, by Cryptococcus humicola JCM 1461 and their interfacial properties

scientific article published on 07 August 2011

Production of a novel glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylmannitol lipid, by Pseudozyma parantarctica and its interfacial properties.

scientific article

Production of different types of mannosylerythritol lipids as biosurfactants by the newly isolated yeast strains belonging to the genus Pseudozyma

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Production of glycolipid biosurfactants by basidiomycetous yeasts.

scientific article published on May 2009

Production of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, by Pseudozyma siamensis CBS 9960 and their interfacial properties.

scientific article

Production of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, using sucrose by fungal and yeast strains, and their interfacial properties

scientific article published on 7 October 2009

Production of mannitol from raw glycerol by Candida azyma

scientific article published on 25 December 2013

Production of mannosylerythritol lipids and their application in cosmetics.

scientific article published on 14 April 2013

Production of new types of sophorolipids by Candida batistae.

scientific article published in January 2008

Production of sophorolipid glycolipid biosurfactants from sugarcane molasses using Starmerella bombicola NBRC 10243.

scientific article

Production of sophorolipids from non-edible jatropha oil by Stamerella bombicola NBRC 10243 and evaluation of their interfacial properties

scientific article

Reverse vesicle formation from the yeast glycolipid biosurfactant mannosylerythritol lipid-D

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

Screening of a Bacillus subtilis Strain Producing Multiple Types of Cyclic Lipopeptides and Evaluation of Their Surface-tension-lowering Activities.

scientific article published in January 2017

Selective Production of Acid-form Sophorolipids from Glycerol by Candida floricola

scientific article

Selective encapsulation of cesium ions using the cyclic peptide moiety of surfactin: Highly efficient removal based on an aqueous giant micellar system.

scientific article

Selective formation of mannosyl-L-arabitol lipid by Pseudozyma tsukubaensis JCM16987.

scientific article

Selective production of two diastereomers of disaccharide sugar alcohol, mannosylerythritol by Pseudozyma yeasts.

scientific article published on 23 November 2013

Spontaneous vesicle formation from sodium salt of acidic sophorolipid and its application as a skin penetration enhancer

scientific article published on 14 January 2014

Structural characterization and surface-active properties of a new glycolipid biosurfactant, mono-acylated mannosylerythritol lipid, produced from glucose by Pseudozyma antarctica.

scientific article

Structural characterization and surface-active properties of a succinoyl trehalose lipid produced by Rhodococcus sp. SD-74.

scientific article

Surfactant-like properties of an amphiphilic α-helical peptide leading to lipid nanodisc formation

scientific article published on 16 April 2014

Synthesis and Characterization of Dioctanoyl Glycerate as Water-soluble Trypsin Inhibitor.

scientific article

The diastereomers of mannosylerythritol lipids have different interfacial properties and aqueous phase behavior, reflecting the erythritol configuration

scientific article published on 28 January 2012

The moisturizing effects of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, on human skin

scientific article published on 01 January 2012

The role of PaAAC1 encoding a mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier in the biosynthesis of extracellular glycolipids, mannosylerythritol lipids, in the basidiomycetous yeast Pseudozyma antarctica

scientific article

Thermodynamically stable vesicle formation from glycolipid biosurfactant sponge phase.

scientific article published in June 2005

Yeast extract stimulates production of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, by Pseudozyma hubeiensis SY62

scientific article published on 09 March 2011

pH-induced conformational change of natural cyclic lipopeptide surfactin and the effect on protease activity

scientific article published on 9 May 2017

List of works by Tomohiro Imura

A basidiomycetous yeast, Pseudozyma crassa, produces novel diastereomers of conventional mannosylerythritol lipids as glycolipid biosurfactants.

A basidiomycetous yeast, Pseudozyma tsukubaensis, efficiently produces a novel glycolipid biosurfactant. The identification of a new diastereomer of mannosylerythritol lipid-B.

A yeast glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylerythritol lipid, shows high binding affinity towards lectins on a self-assembled monolayer system

A yeast glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylerythritol lipid, shows potential moisturizing activity toward cultured human skin cells: the recovery effect of MEL-A on the SDS-damaged human skin cells

Accumulation of cellobiose lipids under nitrogen-limiting conditions by two ustilaginomycetous yeasts, Pseudozyma aphidis and Pseudozyma hubeiensis

Activation of fibroblast and papilla cells by glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids

Analysis of expressed sequence tags from the anamorphic basidiomycetous yeast, Pseudozyma antarctica, which produces glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids.

Aqueous gel formation from sodium salts of cellobiose lipids

Aqueous-phase behavior and vesicle formation of natural glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylerythritol lipid-B.

Aqueous-phase behavior of natural glycolipid biosurfactant mannosylerythritol lipid A: sponge, cubic, and lamellar phases

Biosurfactant-producing yeast isolated from Calyptogena soyoae (deep-sea cold-seep clam) in the deep sea.

Biosurfactant-producing yeasts widely inhabit various vegetables and fruits

Characterization and bioavailability of liposomes containing a ukon extract.

Characterization of mannosylerythritol lipids containing hexadecatetraenoic acid produced from cuttlefish oil by Pseudozyma churashimaensis OK96.

Characterization of new glycolipid biosurfactants, tri-acylated mannosylerythritol lipids, produced by Pseudozyma yeasts

Characterization of the genus Pseudozyma by the formation of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids

Convenient transformation of anamorphic basidiomycetous yeasts belonging to genus pseudozyma induced by electroporation

Detection of acetyl monoglyceride as a metabolite of newly isolated glycerol-assimilating bacteria.

Discovery of Pseudozyma rugulosa NBRC 10877 as a novel producer of the glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, based on rDNA sequence

Effect of adsorption of bovine serum albumin on liposomal membrane characteristics

Effects of lysozyme and bovine serum albumin on membrane characteristics of dipalmitoylphosphatidylglycerol liposomes

Efficient Production of Acid-Form Sophorolipids from Waste Glycerol and Fatty Acid Methyl Esters by Candida floricola.

Efficient production of di- and tri-acylated mannosylerythritol lipids as glycolipid biosurfactants by Pseudozyma parantarctica JCM 11752(T)

Enzymatic conversion of diacetylated sophoroselipid into acetylated glucoselipid: surface-active properties of novel bolaform biosurfactants.

Enzymatic synthesis of a novel glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylerythritol lipid-D and its aqueous phase behavior

Formation of W/O microemulsion based on natural glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylerythritol lipid-a

Formation of the two novel glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylribitol lipid and mannosylarabitol lipid, by Pseudozyma parantarctica JCM 11752T ⬇️

Glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, repair the damaged hair.

Glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, show antioxidant and protective effects against H(2)O(2)-induced oxidative stress in cultured human skin fibroblasts

Identification of Pseudozyma graminicola CBS 10092 as a producer of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids.

Identification of Ustilago cynodontis as a new producer of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, based on ribosomal DNA sequences

Identification of novel peptides from amphibian (Xenopus tropicalis) skin by direct tissue MALDI-MS analysis

Identification of the gene PaEMT1 for biosynthesis of mannosylerythritol lipids in the basidiomycetous yeast Pseudozyma antarctica

Isolation and screening of glycolipid biosurfactant producers from sugarcane

Isolation of Pseudozyma churashimaensis sp. nov., a novel ustilaginomycetous yeast species as a producer of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids.

Isolation of basidiomycetous yeast Pseudozyma tsukubaensis and production of glycolipid biosurfactant, a diastereomer type of mannosylerythritol lipid-B

Kinetic studies on the interactions between glycolipid biosurfactant assembled monolayers and various classes of immunoglobulins using surface plasmon resonance

Low molecular weight gelators based on biosurfactants, cellobiose lipids by Cryptococcus humicola

Mannosylerythritol lipids: production and applications.

Microbial conversion of glycerol into glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, by a basidiomycete yeast, Pseudozyma antarctica JCM 10317(T).

Minimum amino acid residues of an α-helical peptide leading to lipid nanodisc formation

Monolayer behavior of binary systems of lactonic and acidic forms of sophorolipids: thermodynamic analyses of Langmuir monolayers and AFM study of Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers.

Monolayer behavior of cyclic and linear forms of surfactins: thermodynamic analysis of Langmuir monolayers and AFM study of Langmuir-Blodgett monolayers.

Monolayers assembled from a glycolipid biosurfactant from Pseudozyma (Candida) antarctica serve as a high-affinity ligand system for immunoglobulin G and M

Naturally engineered glycolipid biosurfactants leading to distinctive self-assembled structures.

One-step preparation of chitosan-coated cationic liposomes by an improved supercritical reverse-phase evaporation method

Packing density of glycolipid biosurfactant monolayers give a significant effect on their binding affinity toward immunoglobulin G.

Phase behavior of ternary mannosylerythritol lipid/water/oil systems.

Physicochemical and biological characterizations of Pxt peptides from amphibian (Xenopus tropicalis) skin.

Physiological differences in the formation of the glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, between Pseudozyma antarctica and Pseudozyma aphidis.

Preparation and properties of liposomes composed of various phospholipids with different hydrophobic chains using a supercritical reverse phase evaporation method.

Preparation of liposomes containing Ceramide 3 and their membrane characteristics

Preparation of liposomes using an improved supercritical reverse phase evaporation method.

Production and characterization of a glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylerythritol lipid B, from sugarcane juice by Ustilago scitaminea NBRC 32730

Production of D-arabitol from raw glycerol by Candida quercitrusa

Production of Glycolipid Biosurfactants, cellobiose lipids, by Cryptococcus humicola JCM 1461 and their interfacial properties

Production of a novel glycolipid biosurfactant, mannosylmannitol lipid, by Pseudozyma parantarctica and its interfacial properties.

Production of different types of mannosylerythritol lipids as biosurfactants by the newly isolated yeast strains belonging to the genus Pseudozyma

Production of glycolipid biosurfactants by basidiomycetous yeasts.

Production of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, by Pseudozyma siamensis CBS 9960 and their interfacial properties.

Production of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, using sucrose by fungal and yeast strains, and their interfacial properties

Production of mannitol from raw glycerol by Candida azyma

Production of mannosylerythritol lipids and their application in cosmetics.

Production of new types of sophorolipids by Candida batistae.

Production of sophorolipid glycolipid biosurfactants from sugarcane molasses using Starmerella bombicola NBRC 10243.

Production of sophorolipids from non-edible jatropha oil by Stamerella bombicola NBRC 10243 and evaluation of their interfacial properties

Reverse vesicle formation from the yeast glycolipid biosurfactant mannosylerythritol lipid-D

Screening of a Bacillus subtilis Strain Producing Multiple Types of Cyclic Lipopeptides and Evaluation of Their Surface-tension-lowering Activities.

Selective Production of Acid-form Sophorolipids from Glycerol by Candida floricola

Selective encapsulation of cesium ions using the cyclic peptide moiety of surfactin: Highly efficient removal based on an aqueous giant micellar system.

Selective formation of mannosyl-L-arabitol lipid by Pseudozyma tsukubaensis JCM16987.

Selective production of two diastereomers of disaccharide sugar alcohol, mannosylerythritol by Pseudozyma yeasts.

Spontaneous vesicle formation from sodium salt of acidic sophorolipid and its application as a skin penetration enhancer

Structural characterization and surface-active properties of a new glycolipid biosurfactant, mono-acylated mannosylerythritol lipid, produced from glucose by Pseudozyma antarctica.

Structural characterization and surface-active properties of a succinoyl trehalose lipid produced by Rhodococcus sp. SD-74.

Surfactant-like properties of an amphiphilic α-helical peptide leading to lipid nanodisc formation

Synthesis and Characterization of Dioctanoyl Glycerate as Water-soluble Trypsin Inhibitor.

The diastereomers of mannosylerythritol lipids have different interfacial properties and aqueous phase behavior, reflecting the erythritol configuration

The moisturizing effects of glycolipid biosurfactants, mannosylerythritol lipids, on human skin