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Papers:

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  1. =Jones CLC, =Camps-Castella J, =Smykala M, =Sobol MS, =Inomura K (2024) Seeing through the gray box: an integrated approach to physiological modeling of phytoplankton stoichiometry. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12:1505025.
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  2. Liefer JD, White AE, Finkel Z V, Irwin AJ, Dugenne M, Inomura K, Ribalet F, Armbrust E V, Karl DM, Fyfe MH, Brown CM, Follows MJ (2024) Latitudinal patterns in ocean C:N:P reflect phytoplankton acclimation and macromolecular composition. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences 121:e2404460121.
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  3. Agarwal V, Sonnet V, Inomura K, Ciochetto AB, Mouw CB (2024) Image-drived indicators of phytoplankton community responses to Pseudo-nitzschia blooms. Harmful Algae 138:102702.
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  4. Gao M, Andrews J, Armin G, Chakraborty S, Zehr JP, Inomura K (2024) Rapid mode switching facilitates the growth of Trichodesmium: A model analysis. iScience 27:109906.
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  5. Masuda T, Mareš J, Shiozaki T, Inomura K, Fujiwara A, Prášil O (2024) Crocosphaera watsonii – A widespread nitrogen-fixing unicellular marine cyanobacterium. Journal of Phycology 60:604–620.
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  6. =Cornejo-Castillo FM, =Inomura K, Zehr JP, Follows MJ (2024) Metabolic trade-offs constrain the cell size ratio in a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis. Cell 187:1762–1768.
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  7. Agarwal V, Chávez-Casillas J, Inomura K, Mouw CB (2024) Patterns in the temporal complexity of global chlorophyll concentration. Nature Communications 15:1522.
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  8. =Deutsch C, =Inomura K, Luo YW, Wang YP (2024) Projecting global biological N2 fixation under climate warming across land and ocean. Trends in Microbiology 32: 546-553.
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  9. =Armin G, =Kim J, Inomura K (2023) Saturating growth rate against phosphorus concentration explained by macromolecular allocation. mSystems 8:00611–23.
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  10. =Masuda T, =Inomura K, Mareš J, Kodama T, Shiozaki T, Matsui T, Suzuki K, Takeda S, Deutsch C, Prášil O, Furuya K (2023) Coexistence of dominant marine phytoplankton sustained by nutrient specialization. Microbiology Spectrum 11:e04000-22.
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  11. Yoshizawa S, Azuma T, Kojima K, Inomura K, Hasegawa M, Nishimura Y, Kikuchi M, Armin G, Miyashita H, Ifuku K, Yamano T, Marchetti A, Fukuzawa H, Sudo Y, Kamikawa R (2023) Light-driven proton pumps as a potential regulator for carbon fixation in marine diatoms. Microbes and Environments 38:ME23015.
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  12. Darnajoux R, Inomura K, Zhang X (2023) A diazotrophy-ammoniotrophy dual growth model for the sulfate reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio vulgaris var. Hildenborough. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 21:3136–3148.
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  13. Eichner M, Inomura K, Pierella Karlusich JJ, Shaked Y (2023) Better together? Lessons on sociality from Trichodesmium. Trends in Microbiology 31:1072–1084
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  14. Inomura K, Pierella Karlusich JJ, Dutkiewicz S, Deutsch C, Harrison PJ, Bowler C (2023) High growth rate of diatoms explained by reduced carbon requirement and low energy costs of silica deposition. Microbiology Spectrum 11:e03311-22.
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  15. Masuda T, Inomura K, Gao M, Armin G, Kotabová E, Bernát G, Lawrenz E, Lukeš M, Bečková M, Steinbach G, Komenda J, Prášil O (2023) The balance between photosynthesis and respiration explains the niche differentiation between Crocosphaera and Cyanothece. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 21:58–65.
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  16. Inomura K, Deutsch C, Jahn O, Dutkiewicz S, Follows MJ (2022) Global patterns in marine organic matter stoichiometry driven by phytoplankton ecophysiology. Nature Geoscience 15:1034-1040.
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  17. Agarwal V, Inomura K, Mouw CB (2022) Quantitative analysis of the trade-offs of colony formation for Trichodesmium. Microbiology Spectrum 10:e02025-22.
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  18. =Kim J, =Armin G, =Inomura K (2022) Saturating relationship between phytoplankton growth rate and nutrient concentration explained by macromolecular allocation. Current Research in Microbial Sciences 3:100167.
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  19. Armin G, Inomura K (2022) Modeling the elemental stoichiometry and silicon accumulation in diatoms. Current Research in Microbial Sciences 3:100164.
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  20. Gao M, Armin G, Inomura K (2022) Low-ammonium environment increases the nutrient exchange between diatom-diazotroph association cells and facilitates photosynthesis and N2 fixation–A mechanistic modeling analysis. Cells 11:2911.
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  21. Benavides M, Bonnet S, Le Moigne FAC, Armin G, Inomura K, Hallstrøm S, Riemann L, Berman-Frank I, Poletti E, Garel M, Grosso O, Leblanc K, Guigue C, Tedetti M, Dupouy C (2022) Sinking Trichodesmium fixes nitrogen in the dark ocean. ISME Journal 16:2398–2405.
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  22. Luo W, Inomura K, Zhang H, Luo Y-W (2022) N2 fixation in Trichodesmium does not require spatial segregation from photosynthesis. mSystems 7:e00538-22.
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  23. Deutsch C, Penn JL, Verberk WCEP, Inomura K, Endress M-G, Payne JL (2022) Impact of warming on aquatic body sizes explained by metabolic scaling from microbes to macrofauna. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences 119:e2201345119.
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  24. =Masuda T, =Inomura K, Kodama T, Shiozaki T, Kitajima S, Armin G, Matsui T, Suzuki K, Takeda S, Prášil O, Furuya K (2022) Crocosphaera as a major consumer of fixed nitrogen. Microbiology Spectrum 10:e02177-21.
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  25. Masuda T, Inomura K, Mareš J, Prášil O (2022) Crocosphaera watsonii. Trends in Microbiology 30:805–806.
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  26. Shiozaki T, Inomura K, Fujiwara A, Hirose Y, Hashihama F, Harada N (2022) Reply to: Questioning high nitrogen fixation rate measurements in the Southern Ocean. Nature Geoscience 15:31–33.
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  27. Inomura K, Masuda T, Eichner M, Rabouille S, Zavřel T, Červený J, Vancová M, Bernát G, Armin G, Claquin P, Kotabová E, Stephan S, Suggett DJ, Deutsch C, Prášil O (2021) Quantifying Cyanothece growth under DIC limitation. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 19:6456–6464.
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  28. Armin G, Inomura K (2021) Modeled temperature dependencies of macromolecular allocation and elemental stoichiometry in phytoplankton. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 19:5421–5427.
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  29. Chakraborty S, Andersen KH, Visser AW, Inomura K, Follows MJ, Riemann L (2021) Quantifying nitrogen fixation by heterotrophic bacteria in sinking marine particles. Nature Communications 12:4085.
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  30. Masuda T, Prášil O, Villafañe VE, Valiñas MS, Inomura K, Helbling EW (2021) Impact of increased nutrients and lowered pH on photosynthesis and growth of three marine phytoplankton communities from the coastal South West Atlantic (Patagonia, Argentina). Frontiers in Marine Science 8:609962. 
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  31. Inomura K, Deutsch C, Masuda T, Prášil O, Follows MJ (2020) Quantitative models of nitrogen-fixing organisms. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 18:3905–3924. 
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  32. Shiozaki T, Fujiwara A, Inomura K, Hirose Y, Hashihama F, Harada N (2020) Biological nitrogen fixation detected under Antarctic sea ice. Nature Geosciences 13: 729-732.
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  33. Masuda T, Inomura K, Takahata N, Shiozaki T, Sano Y, Deutsch C, Prášil O, Furuya K (2020) Heterogeneous nitrogen fixation rates confer energetic advantage and expanded ecological niche of unicellular diazotroph populations. Communications Biology 3:172. 
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  34. Omta AW, Talmy D, Inomura K, Irwin AJ, Finkel Z V, Sher D, Liefer JD, Follows MJ (2020) Quantifying nutrient throughput and DOM production by algae in continuous culture. Journal of Theoretical Biology 494:110214. 
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  35. Inomura K, Omta AW, Talmy D, Bragg J, Deutsch C, Follows MJ (2020) A Mechanistic model of macromolecular allocation, elemental stoichiometry, and growth rate in phytoplankton. Frontiers in Microbiology 11:86. 
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  36. Inomura K, Follett CL, Masuda T, Eichner M, Prášil O, Deutsch C (2020) Carbon transfer from the host diatom enables fast growth and high rate of N2 fixation by symbiotic heterocystous cyanobacteria. Plants 9:192. 
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  37. Inomura K, Deutsch C, Wilson ST, Masuda T, Lawrenz E, Sobotka R, Bučinská L, Gauglitz JM, Saito MA, Prášil O, Follows MJ (2019) Quantifying oxygen management and temperature and light dependencies of nitrogen fixation by Crocosphaera watsonii. mSphere 4:e00531-19. 
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  38. Inomura K, Masuda T, Gauglitz JM (2019) Active nitrogen fixation by Crocosphaera expands their niche despite the presence of ammonium – A case study. Scientific Reports 9:15064. 
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  39. Inomura K, Wilson ST, Deutsch C (2019) Mechanistic model for the coexistence of nitrogen fixation and photosynthesis in marine Trichodesmium. mSystems 4:e00210-19. 
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  40. Inomura K, Bragg J, Riemann L, Follows MJ (2018) A quantitative model of nitrogen fixaion in the presence of ammonium. PLoS ONE 13:e0208282.  
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  41. Follett CL, Dutkiewicz S, Karl DM, Inomura K, Follows MJ (2018) Seasonal resource conditions favor a summertime increase in North Pacific diatom–diazotroph associations. ISME Journal 12:1543–1557. 
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  42. Inomura K, Bragg J, Follows MJ (2017) A quantitative analysis of the direct and indirect costs of nitrogen fixation: a model based on Azotobacter vinelandii. ISME Journal 11:166–175. 
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  43. Inomura K (2016) Development of a cell flux model and its application to nitrogen fixers. Dissertation.
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  44. Inomura K, Yuge K, Anan M, Shinogi Y (2010) Numerical analysis of anaerobically digested slurry with irrigation water in rice paddy. Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University 55:357–363.
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