1

Tiamenla Lanuyanger, My Hanh Thi Vu, Masato Suzuki, Futoshi Kurisu, Ikuro Kasuga. Variations of cefotaxime-resistant Escherichia coli and class 1 integron integrase genes in urban wastewater in two cities in Japan. Journal of Water Environment and Technology, 24, 1, 135-148

2026

2

Ei Ogata, Viet-Dung Pham, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroyuki Kato. Unveiling the Biological Methylation of 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol and the Formation of 2,4,6-Trichloroanisole in a Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 139773.

2025

3

Yutaro Uehara, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroaki Furumai, Futoshi Kurisu. Effect of Organic Enrichment and Desalination on Sample Pretreatment for Non-targeted Analysis of Dissolved Organic Matter in Urban River Water by LC-ESI-Orbitrap MS. Journal of Water and Environment Technology, 23(3), 155–166.

2025

4

Vu Duc Canh, Tippawan Singhopon, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroyuki Katayama. Removal of viruses and antibiotic resistance genes in bacteriophage fraction by conventional activated sludge (CAS) and membrane bioreactor treatment (MBR) systems. Science of the Total Environment, 989, 179787.

2025

5

Chenrun Jiang, Toshiyuki Onuma, Kenichi Yoshizawa, Futoshi Kurisu, Ikuro Kasuga. Characterization of adsorption and biodegradation potential of biological activated carbon removing 2-methylisoborneol in drinking water. Journal of Water Environment and Technology, 23(1), 36–45.

2025

6

Yalan Gan, Futoshi Kurisu, Dai Simazaki, Mitsuyoshi Yoshida, Hanako Fukano, Takeshi Komine, Hiromi Nagashima, Yoshihiko Hoshino, Ikuro Kasuga. Unveiling significant regrowth and potential risk of nontuberculous mycobacteria in hospital water supply system. Water Research, 275, 123188.

2025

7

My Hanh Vu Thi, Futoshi Kurisu, Futoshi Hasebe, Masato Suzuki, Ikuro Kasuga. Characterization of microbial communities and antimicrobial resistance genes in urban wastewater in three cities in Vietnam. Journal of Water Environment and Technology, 22(6), 308–320.

2024

8

Miaomiao Liu, Ikuro Kasuga. Impact of chlorine disinfection on intracellular and extracellular antimicrobial resistance genes in wastewater treatment and water reclamation. Science of the Total Environment, 175046.

2024

9

Maho Ota, Ikuro Kasuga, Futoshi Kurisu. Sensitivity and quantitativeness of large-volume injection combined with liquid chromatography/high-resolution mass spectrometry for target screening analysis of emerging contaminants. Environmental Pollution, 355, 124180.

2024

10

Ryo Honda et al. Recommendations of key elements within an integrated monitoring framework of antimicrobial resistance for Asian countries. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 11(1), 5–8.

2024

11

Iftita Rahmatika, Dai Simazaki, Futoshi Kurisu, Hiroaki Furumai, Ikuro Kasuga. Occurrence and diversity of nontuberculous mycobacteria affected by water stagnation in building plumbing. Water Supply, 23(12), 5017–5028.

2023

12

Yuta Ishizaki, Futoshi Kurisu, Hiroaki Furumai, Ikuro Kasuga. Autotrophic growth activity of complete ammonia oxidizers in an upflow biological contact filter for drinking water treatment. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 76(9), 1–6.

2023

13

Aishwarya Pandey, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroaki Furumai, Futoshi Kurisu. Concurrent analysis of 84 compounds in the list of emerging contaminants published by the Ministry of Environment, Japan in domestic wastewater treatment plants using LC-HRMS. Journal of Water Environment and Technology, 21(2), 108–118.

2023

14

Nga Thi Nguyen, Futoshi Kurisu, Hiroaki Furumai, Ikuro Kasuga. Antimicrobial resistance profiles of bacterial community in premise plumbing before and after water stagnation. Journal of Water Environment and Technology, 21(2), 19–29.

2023

15

Huong Thi Thu Nguyen, Ha Thi Viet Tran, Phuong Minh Nguyen, Ikuro Kasuga. Synthesis and optimization of visible-light-driven G-C3N4/CoMoO4 for the removal of tetracycline. Journal of Water and Environment Technology, 21(1), 11–18.

2023

16

Yuta Shinfuku, Hirokazu Takanashi, Tsunenori Nakajima, Ikuro Kasuga, Michihiro Akiba. The status quo of causal substance exploration for fishy odor in raw water for taps. Journal of Water Environment and Technology, 20(2), 29–44.

2022

17

Yalan Gan et al. The fate and risk of nontuberculous mycobacteria in water supply system: A review. H2Open Journal, 5(2), 180–197.

2022

18

Iftita Rahmatika, Ikuro Kasuga, Futoshi Kurisu, Hiroaki Furumai. Dynamics of microbial community and opportunistic pathogens after water stagnation in premise plumbing of a building. Microbes and Environments, 37(1), ME21065.

2022

19

Ikuro Kasuga et al. High-throughput screening of antimicrobial resistance genes and their associations with class 1 integrons in urban rivers in Japan. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10, 825372.

2022

20

Trung Duc Dao et al. Emergence of mobile tigecycline resistance gene tet(X4)-harboring Shewanella xiamenensis in a water environment. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 28, 140–142.

2022

21

Aki Hirabayashi et al. A transferable IncC-IncX3 hybrid plasmid co-carrying blaNDM-4, tet(X4), and tmexCD3-toprJ3 confers resistance to carbapenem and tigecycline. mSphere, 6(4), e00592-21.

2021

22

Ikuro Kasuga, Hitomi Nakamura, Futoshi Kurisu, Hiroaki Furumai. Characterization of microbial regrowth potential shaped by advanced drinking water treatment. H2Open Journal, 4(1), 157–166.

2021

23

Daniel Ekhlas et al. Identification of new eligible indicator organisms for combined sewer overflow via 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing in Kanda River, Tokyo. Journal of Environmental Management, 284, 112059.

2021

24

Nga Thi Nguyen et al. Association of the colistin resistance gene mcr-1 with fecal pollution in water environments in Hanoi, Vietnam. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 72(3), 275–282.

2021

25

Phanwatt Phungsai et al. Changes in dissolved organic matter during water treatment by sequential solid-phase extraction and unknown screening analysis. Chemosphere, 263, 128278.

2021

26

Yoshihiro Ishii et al. Competition for growth substrates in river water between Escherichia coli and indigenous bacteria illustrated by high resolution mass spectrometry. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 72(2), 133–140.

2021

27

Chotiwat Jantarakasem et al. Temperature-dependent ammonium removal capacity of biological activated carbon used in a full-scale drinking water treatment plant. Environmental Science & Technology, 54(20), 13257–13263.

2020

28

Warangkana Na Phatthalung et al. Non-target screening of dissolved organic matter in raw water, coagulated water, and chlorinated water by Orbitrap mass spectrometry. Chemosphere, 264, 128437.

2020

29

Li Xie et al. Simultaneous screening for chemically diverse micropollutants in public water bodies in Japan by HPLC–Orbitrap mass spectrometry. Chemosphere, 273, 128524.

2020

30

Ikuro Kasuga et al. Molecular-level characterization of biodegradable organic matter causing microbial regrowth in drinking water by non-target screening using Orbitrap mass spectrometry. Water Research, 184, 116130.

2020

31

Ikuro Kasuga, Vitharuch Yuthawong, Futoshi Kurisu, Hiroaki Furumai. Molecular-level comparison of dissolved organic matter in 11 major lakes in Japan by Orbitrap mass spectrometry. Water Supply, 20(4), 1271–1280.

2020

32

Vitharuch Yuthawong, Ikuro Kasuga, Futoshi Kurisu, Hiroaki Furumai. Application of Orbitrap mass spectrometry to investigate seasonal variations of dissolved organic matter composition in a eutrophic lake in Japan. Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 6(7), 1816–1827.

2020

33

Thi My Hanh Vu, Ikuro Kasuga. Prevalence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance gene mcr-1 in domestic wastewater. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 496(1), 012015.

2020

34

Minh Ngoc Pham, Ikuro Kasuga. Profiling fecal pollution in rivers in Hanoi, Vietnam, using host-specific Bacteroidales and crAssphage markers. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 496, 012014.

2020

35

Nga Thi Nguyen, Taichiro Takemura, Anh Hong Quynh Pham, Hien Thi Tran, Kim Chi Thi Vu, Nguyen Dong Tu, Le Thanh Huong, Ngo Tuan Cuong, Ikuro Kasuga, Futoshi Hasebe, Masato Suzuki. Whole-genome sequencing and comparative genomic analysis of Shewanella xiamenensis strains carrying blaOXA-48-like genes isolated from water environment in Vietnam. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance, 21, 272–274.

2020

36

Manish Kumar, Hiroaki Furumai, Ikuro Kasuga, Futoshi Kurisu. Metal partitioning and leaching vulnerability in soil, soakway sediment, and road dust in the urban area of Japan. Chemosphere, 252, 126605.

2020

37

Iftita Rahmatika, Ikuro Kasuga, Futoshi Kurisu, Hiroaki Furumai. Impacts of organic matter migrating from pipe materials on microbial regrowth in drinking water. Journal of Water and Environment Technology, 18(1), 45–53.

2020

38

Miaomiao Liu, Ikuro Kasuga, Akihiko Hata, Hiroyuki Katayama. Consecutive ultrafiltration and silica adsorption for recovery of extracellular antibiotic resistance genes from an urban river. Environmental Pollution, 260, 114062.

2020

39

Vu Duc Canh, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroaki Furumai, Hiroyuki Katayama. Viability RT-qPCR combined with sodium deoxycholate pre-treatment for selective quantification of infectious viruses in drinking water samples. Food and Environmental Virology, 11(1), 40–51.

2019

40

Phungsai Phanwatt, Futoshi Kurisu, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroaki Furumai. Molecular characteristics of dissolved organic matter transformed by O3 and O3/H2O2 treatments and the effects on formation of unknown disinfection by-products. Water Research, 159, 214–222.

2019

41

Thi Nga Nguyen, Miaomiao Liu, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroyuki Katayama. Occurrence of antibiotic resistance genes as emerging contaminants in watersheds of Tama River and Lake Kasumigaura in Japan. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 266, 012003.

2019

42

Mohammad Mosleh Uddin, Futoshi Kurisu, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroaki Furumai, S. M. Atiqul Islam. Potential of biological arsenite oxidation in sand filtration units at arsenic–iron removal plants (AIRPs) in Bangladesh. Applied Water Science, 9(48), 2–7.

2019

43

Vitharuch Yuthawong, Ikuro Kasuga, Futoshi Kurisu, Hiroaki Furumai. Molecular-level changes in dissolved organic matter compositions of Lake Inba water by KMnO4 oxidation assessed by Orbitrap mass spectrometry. Journal of Water and Environment Technology, 17(1), 27–39.

2019

44

Jia Niu, Ikuro Kasuga, Futoshi Kurisu, Hiroaki Furumai. Growth competition between ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria for ammonium and urea in a biological activated carbon filter used for drinking water treatment. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 5(2), 231–238.

2019

45

Jia Niu, Ikuro Kasuga, Futoshi Kurisu, Hiroaki Furumai. Effects of backwashing on granular activated carbon with ammonium removal potential in a full-scale drinking water purification plant. Water, 10(12), 1830.

2018

46

Vu Duc Canh, Hideki Osawa, Kentaro Inoue, Ikuro Kasuga, Satoshi Takizawa, Hiroaki Furumai, Hiroyuki Katayama. Ferrihydrite treatment to mitigate inhibition of RT-qPCR virus detection from large-volume environmental water samples. Journal of Virological Methods, 263, 60–67.

2018

47

Kumiko Oguma, Kaori Kanazawa, Ikuro Kasuga, Satoshi Takizawa. Effects of UV irradiation by light emitting diodes on heterotrophic bacteria in tap water. Photochemistry and Photobiology, 94, 570–576.

2018

48

Poopipatta Chomphunnut, Misaki Nakajima, Ikuro Kasuga, Futoshi Kurisu, Hiroyuki Katayama, Hiroaki Furumai. Spatial-temporal distribution of PPCPs and microbial fecal indicators as sewage pollution markers in Tokyo coastal area after rainfall events. Journal of Water and Environment Technology, 16(3), 149–160.

2018

49

Vu-Duc Canh, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroaki Furumai, Hiroyuki Katayama. Impact of various humic acids on EMA-RT-qPCR to selectively detect intact viruses in drinking water. Journal of Water and Environment Technology, 16(2), 83–93.

2018

50

Phungsai Phanwatt, Futoshi Kurisu, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroaki Furumai. Changes in dissolved organic matter composition and disinfection byproduct precursors in advanced drinking water treatment processes. Environmental Science and Technology, 52(6), 3392–3401.

2018

51

Vitharuch Yuthawong, Ikuro Kasuga, Futoshi Kurisu, Hiroaki Furumai. Comparison of low molecular weight dissolved organic matter compositions between Lake Inba and Kashima River by Orbitrap mass spectrometry. Journal of Water and Environment Technology, 15(1), 12–21.

2017

52

Phungsai Phanwatt, Futoshi Kurisu, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroaki Furumai. Molecular characterization of low molecular weight dissolved organic matter in water reclamation processes using Orbitrap mass spectrometry. Water Research, 100, 526–536.

2016

53

Parinda Thayanukul, Futoshi Kurisu, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroaki Furumai. Characterization of biodegradable organic matter in reclaimed water using a bacterial growth fingerprint assay. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, 16(5), 1255–1265.

2016

54

Ikuro Kasuga, Futoshi Kurisu, Hiroaki Furumai. Identification of bacteria assimilating formaldehyde in biological activated carbon filter by means of DNA stable isotope probing and next-generation sequencing. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, 16(4), 915–921.

2016

55

Shwetha Acharya, Futoshi Kurisu, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroaki Furumai. Chlorine dose determines bacterial community structure of subsequent regrowth in reclaimed water. Journal of Water and Environment Technology, 14(1), 15–24.

2016

56

Jia Niu, Ikuro Kasuga, Futoshi Kurisu, Hiroaki Furumai, Takaaki Shigeeda, Kazuhiko Takahashi. Abundance and diversity of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria on granular activated carbon and their fates during drinking water purification process. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 100, 729–742.

2016

57

Mana Noguchi, Futoshi Kurisu, Yuji Sekiguchi, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroaki Furumai. Microbial community structure of methanogenic benzene-degrading cultures enriched from five different sediments. Journal of General and Applied Microbiology, 62(5), 266–271.

2016

58

Futoshi Kurisu, Kaisai Zang, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroaki Furumai, Osami Yagi. Identification of estrone-degrading Betaproteobacteria in activated sludge by microautoradiography fluorescent in situ hybridization. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 61, 28–35.

2015

59

Janice, Fumiyuki Nakajima, Ikuro Kasuga. Comparison of aquatic and dietary exposure of heavy metals Cd, Cu and Zn to benthic ostracod Heterocypris incongruens. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 33(7), 1624–1630.

2014

60

Makoto Urai, Ikuro Kasuga, Futoshi Kurisu, Hiroaki Furumai. Molecular characterization of dissolved organic matter in various urban water by using Orbitrap mass spectrometry. Water Science & Technology: Water Supply, 14(4), 547–553.

2014

61

Mana Noguchi, Futoshi Kurisu, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroaki Furumai. Time-Resolved DNA Stable Isotope Probing Links Desulfobacterales- and Coriobacteriaceae-related Bacteria to Anaerobic Degradation of Benzene under Methanogenic Conditions. Microbes and Environments, 29(2), 191–199.

2014

62

Hiroki Masumoto, Futoshi Kurisu, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroaki Furumai. Benzene and toluene biodegradation potential in methanogenic cultures established by feeding benzene, toluene and their mixture. Journal of Water and Environment Technology, 12(2), 77–86.

2014

63

Toshikazu Fukushima, Hiroe Hara-Yamamura, Makoto Urai, Ikuro Kasuga, Futoshi Kurisu, Taro Miyoshi, Katsuki Kimura, Yoshimasa Watanabe, Satoshi Okabe. Toxicity assessment of chlorinated wastewater effluents by using transcriptome-based bioassays and Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry (FT-MS) analysis. Water Research, 52, 73–82.

2014

64

Jia Niu, Ikuro Kasuga, Futoshi Kurisu, Hiroaki Furumai, Takaaki Shigeeda. Evaluation of autotrophic growth of ammonia-oxidizers associated with granular activated carbon used for drinking water purification by DNA-stable isotope probing. Water Research, 47(19), 7053–7065.

2013

65

Parinda Thayanukul, Futoshi Kurisu, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroaki Furumai. Characterization of bacterial isolates from water reclamation systems on the basis of substrate utilization patterns and regrowth potential in reclaimed water. Water Science and Technology, 68(7), 1556–1565.

2013

66

Akihiko Hata, Hiroyuki Katayama, Keisuke Kojima, Shoichi Sano, Ikuro Kasuga, Masaaki Kitajima, Hiroaki Furumai. Effects of rainfall events on the occurrence and detection efficiency of viruses in river water impacted by combined sewer overflows. Science of the Total Environment, 468, 757–763.

2013

67

Manish Kumar, Hiroaki Furumai, Futoshi Kurisu, Ikuro Kasuga. Tracing source and distribution of heavy metals in road dust, soil and soakway sediment through speciation and isotopic fingerprinting. Geoderma, 211–212, 8–17.

2013

68

Manish Kumar, Hiroaki Furumai, Futoshi Kurisu, Ikuro Kasuga. Potential mobility of heavy metals through coupled application of sequential extraction and isotopic exchange: comparison of leaching tests applied to soil and soakaway sediment. Chemosphere, 90(2), 796–804.

2013

69

G.G. Tushara Chaminda, Fumiyuki Nakajima, Hiroaki Furumai, Ikuro Kasuga, Futoshi Kurisu. Metal (Zn, Cu, Cd, Ni) complexation by dissolved organic matter (DOM) in wastewater treatment plant effluent. Journal of Water and Environment Technology, 11(3), 153–161.

2012

70

Haruna Watanabe, Fumiyuki Nakajima, Hiroaki Furumai, Ikuro Kasuga. Application of whole sediment toxicity identification evaluation procedures to road dust using a benthic ostracod Heterocypris incongruens. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 89(1), 245–251.

2013

71

Parinda Thayanukul, Futoshi Kurisu, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroaki Furumai. Evaluation of microbial regrowth potential by assimilable organic carbon in various reclaimed water and distribution systems. Water Research, 47(1), 225–232.

2013

72

Tomohiro Tobino, Futoshi Kurisu, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroaki Furumai. Specificity of randomly generated genomic DNA fragment probes on a DNA array. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 328(1), 86–89.

2012

73

Hiroki Masumoto, Futoshi Kurisu, Ikuro Kasuga, Dieter M. Tourlousse, Hiroaki Furumai. Complete mineralization of benzene by a methanogenic enrichment culture and effect of putative metabolites on the degradation. Chemosphere, 86(8), 822–828.

2012

74

Tomohiro Tobino, Futoshi Kurisu, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroaki Furumai. Shotgun isotope array for rapid, substrate-specific detection of microorganisms in a microbial community. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 77(20), 7430–7432.

2011

75

Haruna Watanabe, Fumiyuki Nakajima, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroaki Furumai. Toxicity evaluation of road dust in the runoff process using a benthic ostracod Heterocypris incongruens. Science of the Total Environment, 409, 2366–2372.

2011

76

Suwat Soonglerdsongpha, Ikuro Kasuga, Futoshi Kurisu, Hiroaki Furumai. Comparison of assimilable organic carbon removal and bacterial community structures in biological activated carbon process for advanced drinking water treatment plants. Sustainable Environment Research, 21(1), 59–64.

2011

77

Keisuke Kojima, Ikuro Kasuga, Futoshi Kurisu, Hiroaki Furumai. Heavy metals speciation of size-fractionated sediments collected from combined sewer system using sequential extraction method. Water Practice & Technology, 5(3).

2010

78

Ikuro Kasuga, Hirotaka Nakagaki, Futoshi Kurisu, Hiroaki Furumai. Abundance and diversity of ammonia-oxidizing archaea and bacteria on biological activated carbon in a pilot-scale drinking water treatment plant with different treatment processes. Water Science and Technology, 61(12), 3070–3077.

2010

79

Ikuro Kasuga, Hirotaka Nakagaki, Futoshi Kurisu, Hiroaki Furumai. Predominance of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea on Granular Activated Carbon Used in a Full-scale Advanced Drinking Water Treatment Plant. Water Research, 44(17), 5039–5049.

2010

80

Parinda Thayanukul, Kaisai Zang, Tansiphorn Janhom, Futoshi Kurisu, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroaki Furumai. Concentration-Dependent Response of Estrone Degrading Bacterial Community in Activated Sludge Analyzed by Microautoradiography-Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization. Water Research, 44(17), 4878–4887.

2010

81

G.G. Tushara Chaminda, F. Nakajima, H. Furumai, I. Kasuga, F. Kurisu. Comparison of metal (Zn and Cu) complexation characteristics of DOM in urban runoff, domestic wastewater and secondary effluent. Water Science and Technology, 62(9), 2044–2050.

2010

82

G.G. Tushara Chaminda, Fummiyuki Nakajima, Ikuro Kasuga. Biological alteration of zinc complexation characteristics of dissolved organic matter in domestic wastewater treatment plant effluent under river water environment. Journal of Water Environment Technology, 8(4), 403–411.

2010

83

Michio Murakami, Makoto Fujita, Hiroaki Furumai, Ikuro Kasuga, Futoshi Kurisu. Sorption behavior of heavy metal species by soakway sediment receiving urban road runoff from residential and heavily trafficked areas. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 164(2–3), 707–712.

2009

84

Manish Kumar, Hiroaki Furumai, Futoshi Kurisu, Ikuro Kasuga. Understanding the partitioning processes of mobile lead in soakaway sediments using sequential extraction and isotope analysis. Water Science and Technology, 60(8), 2085–2091.

2009

85

Manish Kumar, Hiroaki Furumai, Futoshi Kurisu, Ikuro Kasuga. Evaluating the mobile heavy metal pool in soakaway sediment, road dust and soil through sequential extraction and isotopic exchange. Water Science and Technology, 64(4), 920–928.

2009

86

Zang Kaisai, Futoshi Kurisu, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroaki Furumai, Osami Yagi. Analysis of the phylogenetic diversity of estrone-degrading bacteria in activated sewage sludge using microautoradiography-fluorescence in situ hybridization. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 31(3–4), 206–214.

2008

87

Shoko Iwai, Futoshi Kurisu, Hidetoshi Urakawa, Osami Yagi, Ikuro Kasuga, Hiroaki Furumai. Development of an oligonucleotide microarray to detect di- and monooxygenase genes for benzene degradation in soil. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 285(1), 111–121.

2008

88

Ikuro Kasuga, Fumiyuki Nakajima, Hiroaki Furumai. Diversity of Catechol 2,3-Dioxygenase Genes of Bacteria Responding to Dissolved Organic Matter Derived from Different Sources in a Eutrophic Lake. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 61(3), 449–458.

2007

89

Ikuro Kasuga, Dai Shimazaki, Shoichi Kunikane. Influence of backwashing on microbial community in biofilm developed on biological activated carbon in an advanced drinking water purification plant. Water Science & Technology, 55(8–9), 173–180.

2007

Research projects

1

Research on the fate and control of endotoxin-producing bacteria in membrane filtration processes for water purification — Co-Investigator (Buntan). Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B).

2024–2026

2

Unveiling fate of non-tuberculous mycobacteria and control of their infection risk in hospital water supply system — Principal Investigator. Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A).

2024–2027

3

A structural elucidation technique of unknown substances with mass spectrometry, quantum chemistry, and chemical kinetics and its application to unknown growth substrates for pathogenic bacteria — Co-Investigator (Buntan). Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B).

2024–2025

4

Challenge to control environmental microorganisms based on analysis of dissolved organic matter in water — Co-Investigator (Buntan). Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Pioneering).

2023–2025

5

Elucidation of spread and circulation of antimicrobial resistance factors driven by the release of untreated wastewater to the environment in Vietnam — Principal Investigator. Research Category: Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B)).

2022–2025

6

Establishment of monitoring scheme of antimicrobial resistance pollution in water environment by using integron as a marker gene — Principal Investigator. Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory).

2021–2022

7

Developing Management Frameworks of Unregulated Pollutants Considering Water Recycling in River Basins — Co-Investigator (Buntan). Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A).

2021–2024

8

Elucidation of physiochemical characteristics and control measures of endotoxin-producing bacteria dominating in water purification systems — Co-Investigator (Buntan). Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B).

2021–2023

9

Prediction and Control of Fecal Pollution by Combined Sewer Overflows in Urban Coastal Waters — Co-Investigator (Buntan). Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B).

2020–2022

10

Establishment of next-generation water supply system to control risk of non-tuberculous Mycobacterium— Principal Investigator. Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B).

2020–2022