Ken Takai
Sunground Animalcule Retrieval (SUGAR) Program
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science & Technology
Yokosuka 237-0061
Japan
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- Isolation and physiological characterization of two novel, piezophilic, thermophilic chemolithoautotrophs from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney. Takai, K., Miyazaki, M., Hirayama, H., Nakagawa, S., Querellou, J., Godfroy, A. Environ. Microbiol. (2009)
- Cell proliferation at 122 degrees C and isotopically heavy CH4 production by a hyperthermophilic methanogen under high-pressure cultivation. Takai, K., Nakamura, K., Toki, T., Tsunogai, U., Miyazaki, M., Miyazaki, J., Hirayama, H., Nakagawa, S., Nunoura, T., Horikoshi, K. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2008)
- Sulfurivirga caldicuralii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel microaerobic, thermophilic, thiosulfate-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph, isolated from a shallow marine hydrothermal system occurring in a coral reef, Japan. Takai, K., Miyazaki, M., Nunoura, T., Hirayama, H., Oida, H., Furushima, Y., Yamamoto, H., Horikoshi, K. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2006)
- Sulfurimonas paralvinellae sp. nov., a novel mesophilic, hydrogen- and sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the Epsilonproteobacteria isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent polychaete nest, reclassification of Thiomicrospira denitrificans as Sulfurimonas denitrificans comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Sulfurimonas. Takai, K., Suzuki, M., Nakagawa, S., Miyazaki, M., Suzuki, Y., Inagaki, F., Horikoshi, K. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2006)
- Marinobacter alkaliphilus sp. nov., a novel alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from subseafloor alkaline serpentine mud from Ocean Drilling Program Site 1200 at South Chamorro Seamount, Mariana Forearc. Takai, K., Moyer, C.L., Miyazaki, M., Nogi, Y., Hirayama, H., Nealson, K.H., Horikoshi, K. Extremophiles (2005)
- Lebetimonas acidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, acidophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the 'Epsilonproteobacteria', isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal fumarole in the Mariana Arc. Takai, K., Hirayama, H., Nakagawa, T., Suzuki, Y., Nealson, K.H., Horikoshi, K. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2005)
- Enzymatic and genetic characterization of carbon and energy metabolisms by deep-sea hydrothermal chemolithoautotrophic isolates of Epsilonproteobacteria. Takai, K., Campbell, B.J., Cary, S.C., Suzuki, M., Oida, H., Nunoura, T., Hirayama, H., Nakagawa, S., Suzuki, Y., Inagaki, F., Horikoshi, K. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (2005)
- Hydrogenimonas thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the epsilon-Proteobacteria, isolated from a black smoker in a Central Indian Ridge hydrothermal field. Takai, K., Nealson, K.H., Horikoshi, K. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2004)
- Spatial distribution of marine crenarchaeota group I in the vicinity of deep-sea hydrothermal systems. Takai, K., Oida, H., Suzuki, Y., Hirayama, H., Nakagawa, S., Nunoura, T., Inagaki, F., Nealson, K.H., Horikoshi, K. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (2004)
- Methanotorris formicicus sp. nov., a novel extremely thermophilic, methane-producing archaeon isolated from a black smoker chimney in the Central Indian Ridge. Takai, K., Nealson, K.H., Horikoshi, K. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2004)
- Geochemical and microbiological evidence for a hydrogen-based, hyperthermophilic subsurface lithoautotrophic microbial ecosystem (HyperSLiME) beneath an active deep-sea hydrothermal field. Takai, K., Gamo, T., Tsunogai, U., Nakayama, N., Hirayama, H., Nealson, K.H., Horikoshi, K. Extremophiles (2004)
- Thiomicrospira thermophila sp. nov., a novel microaerobic, thermotolerant, sulfur-oxidizing chemolithomixotroph isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal fumarole in the TOTO caldera, Mariana Arc, Western Pacific. Takai, K., Hirayama, H., Nakagawa, T., Suzuki, Y., Nealson, K.H., Horikoshi, K. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2004)
- Isolation and phylogenetic diversity of members of previously uncultivated epsilon-Proteobacteria in deep-sea hydrothermal fields. Takai, K., Inagaki, F., Nakagawa, S., Hirayama, H., Nunoura, T., Sako, Y., Nealson, K.H., Horikoshi, K. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. (2003)
- Sulfurihydrogenibium subterraneum gen. nov., sp. nov., from a subsurface hot aquifer. Takai, K., Kobayashi, H., Nealson, K.H., Horikoshi, K. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2003)
- Deferribacter desulfuricans sp. nov., a novel sulfur-, nitrate- and arsenate-reducing thermophile isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. Takai, K., Kobayashi, H., Nealson, K.H., Horikoshi, K. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2003)
- Isolation and metabolic characteristics of previously uncultured members of the order aquificales in a subsurface gold mine. Takai, K., Hirayama, H., Sakihama, Y., Inagaki, F., Yamato, Y., Horikoshi, K. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (2002)
- Methanothermococcus okinawensis sp. nov., a thermophilic, methane-producing archaeon isolated from a Western Pacific deep-sea hydrothermal vent system. Takai, K., Inoue, A., Horikoshi, K. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2002)
- Distribution of archaea in a black smoker chimney structure. Takai, K., Komatsu, T., Inagaki, F., Horikoshi, K. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (2001)
- Hydrogenobacter subterraneus sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic, heterotrophic bacterium unable to grow on hydrogen gas, from deep subsurface geothermal water. Takai, K., Komatsu, T., Horikoshi, K. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2001)
- Thermosipho japonicus sp. nov., an extremely thermophilic bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent in Japan. Takai, K., Horikoshi, K. Extremophiles (2000)
- Rapid detection and quantification of members of the archaeal community by quantitative PCR using fluorogenic probes. Takai, K., Horikoshi, K. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (2000)
- Thermaerobacter marianensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic extremely thermophilic marine bacterium from the 11,000 m deep Mariana Trench. Takai, K., Inoue, A., Horikoshi, K. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1999)
- Genetic diversity of archaea in deep-sea hydrothermal vent environments. Takai, K., Horikoshi, K. Genetics (1999)
- Acquired thermotolerance and temperature-induced protein accumulation in the extremely thermophilic bacterium Rhodothermus obamensis. Takai, K., Nunoura, T., Sako, Y., Uchida, A. J. Bacteriol. (1998)
- ppc, the gene for phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase from an extremely thermophilic bacterium, Rhodothermus obamensis: cloning, sequencing and overexpression in Escherichia coli. Takai, K., Sako, Y., Uchida, A. Microbiology (Reading, Engl.) (1998)