Kohei Oda (scientist)

Kohei Oda is a Japanese microbiologist and an emeritus professor at Kyoto Institute of Technology.^[1] He is known for his work on bacterial discovery and bacterial metabolism. In particular, he led a team of Japanese scientists in the discovery of plastic-degrading bacteria, Ideonella sakaiensis, in 2016.^[2]

References

1. Cames Pomeroy (2016-08-19). "Material Innovation". Innovation Expositor. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
2. Yoshida, Shosuke; Hiraga, Kazumi; Takehana, Toshihiko; Taniguchi, Ikuo; Yamaji, Hironao; Maeda, Yasuhito; Toyohara, Kiyotsuna; Miyamoto, Kenji; Kimura, Yoshiharu (2016-03-11). "A bacterium that degrades and assimilates poly(ethylene terephthalate)". Science. 351 (6278): 1196–1199. doi:10.1126/science.aad6359. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 26965627.