Books

■2015
1. H. Yamamoto, T. Maruyama, L. G.-To´th, _K. Kato_, Y. Furushima, N.Taira, Y. Maeda, K. Shitashima, In situ determination of bacterial growth in mixing zone of hydrothermal vent field on the Hatoma Knoll, Southern Okinawa Trough. Subseafloor Biosphere Linked to Hydrothermal Systems. pp. 437-447 (2015). (Abstract)

Original Paper

■2018
1.
Ayumi Sugiyama, Suguru Masuda, Kazuyo Nagaosa, Maki Tsujimura, and Kenji Kato (2018) Tracking the direct impact of rainfall on groundwater at Mt. Fuji by multiple analyses including microbial DNA. Biogeosciences. 15: 721-732, doi:org/10.5194/bg-15-721-2018.

■2017
1.
Toshihiko Ohnuki, Naofumi Kozai, Fuminori Sakamoto, Satoshi Utsunomiya, Kenji Kato (2017) Sorption behavior of Np(V) on microbe pure culture and consortia. Chemistry Letters,46:771-774 doi: 10.1246/cl.170068.

2.
Yoshio Takahashi, Qiaohui Fan, Hiroki Suga, Kazuya Tanaka, Aya Sakaguchi, Yasuo Takeichi, Kanta Ono, Kazuhiko Mase, Kenji Kato and Vladimir V. Kanivets (2017) Comparison of solid-water partitions of radiocesium in river waters in Fukushima and Chernobyl areas. Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 12407 doi:10.1038/s41598-017-12391-7.

■2016
1.
Ayumi Sugiyama, Suguru Masuda, Kazuyo Nagaosa, Maki Tsujimura, and Kenji Kato (2016) Tracking the direct impact of rainfall on groundwater at Mt. Fuji by multiple analyses including microbial DNA. Biogeosciences Discussion paper. doi:10.5194/bg-2016-78.

■2015
1.
Takuya Segawa, Ayumi Sugiyama, Takeshi Kinoshita, Rumi Sohrin, Takanori Nakano, Kazuyo Nagaosa, Darius Greenidge, Kenji Kato (2015) Microbes in groundwater of a volcanic mountain, Mt. Fuji; 16S rDNA phylogenetic analysis as a possible indicator for the transport routes of groundwater., Geomicrobiology Journal 32: 677-688. doi: 10.1080/01490451.2014.991811.

2.
Kenji Kato, Takuya Okumura, Takuya Segawa, Takahito Unno, Darius Greenidge, Tetsu Nishioka, Koji Mori, Hiroyuki Tosaka, Kazuyo Nagaosa (2015) Unveiled groundwater flushing from the deep seafloor in Suruga Bay., Limnology 16:79-83. doi: 10.1007/s10201-014-0445-0. (Abstract)

3.
Dao Thi Anh Tuyet, Toshinari Tanaka, Rumi Sohrin, Do Manh Hao, Kazuyo Nagaosa, Kenji Kato (2015) Effects of warming on microbial communities in coastal waters of temperate and subtropical zones in Northern Hemisphere with a focus on Gammaproteobacteria., J.Oceanography 71:91-103. doi: 10.1007/s10872-014-0264-2.

4.
Yoshio Takahashi, Yasutaka Hayasaka, Koichi Morita, Teruhiko Kashiwabara, Ryoichi Nakada, Matthew A. Marcus, Kenji Kato, Kazuya Tanaka, Hiroshi Shimizu (2015) Transfer of rare earth elements (REE) from manganese oxides to phosphates during early diagenesis in pelagic sediments inferred from REE patterns, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, and chemical leaching method. Geochemical Journal, 49:653-674, .

■2014
Hiroki Suga, Qiaohui Fan, Yasuo Takeichi, Kazuya Tanaka, Hiroaki Kondo, Vladimir V. Kanivets, Aya Sakaguch, Kenj Kato, Nobuhto Inam, Kazuhko Mase, Kanta Ono and Yosho Takahashi (2014) Characterization of Particulate Matters in the Pripyat River in Chernobyl Related to Their Adsorption of Radiocesium with Inhibition Effect by Natural Organic Matter., Chemistry Letters 43:1128－1130. doi:10.1246/cl.140222. (Abstract)

■2013
Katsuyama, Chie, Nashimoto Hiroaki, Nagaosa, Kazuyo, Ishibashi Tomotaka, Kinoshita Takeshi, Yoshikawa Hideki, Aoki Kazuhiro, Asano Takahiro, Sasaki Yoshito, Sohrin Rumi, Komatsu Daisuke, Tsunogai Urumu, Kimura Hiroyuki, Suwa Yuichi, Kato Kenji(2013) Occurrence and potential activity of denitrifiers and methanogens in groundwater at 140 m depth in Pliocene diatomaceous mudstone of northern Japan., FEMS Microbiology Ecology 86:532-543. doi: 101111/1574-6941.12179.

■2011
1.
Teruki Amano, Ikuo Yoshinaga, Takao Yamagishi, Chu Van Thuoc, Pham The Thu, Shigeno Ueda, Kenji Kato, Yoshihiko Sako and Yuichi Suwa (2011) Contribution of anammox bacteria to benthic nitrogen cycling in a mangrove forest and shrimp ponds, Haiphong, Vietnam., Microbes and Environments 26:1-6.

2.
Ryouichi Higashi, Akira Tsukagoshi, Hiroyuki Kimura and Kenji Kato(2011) Male dimorphism in a new interstitial species of the genus Microloxoconcha(PODOCOPIDA:OSTRACODA)., Journal of Crustacean Biology 31:142-152.

■2010
1.
Do Manh Hao, Tomokazu Tashiro, Miharu Kato, Rumi Sohrin, Chie Katsuyama, Kazuyo Nagaosa, Hiroyuki Kimura, and Kenji Kato (2010) Population dynamics of Crenarchaeota and Euryarchaeota in the mixing front of river and marine waters. Microbes and Environments 25:126-132. (Abstract)

2.
Hiroyuki Kimura, Kousuke Mori, Hiroaki Nashimoto, Satoshi Hanada, Kenji Kato (2010) In situ biomass production of hot spring sulfur-turf microbial mat. Microbes and Environments 25:140-143. (Abstract)

3.
Hiroyuki Kimura, Hiroaki Nashimoto, Mikio Shimizu, Shohei Hattori, Keita Yamada, Keisuke Koba, Naohiro Yoshida, Kenji Kato (2010) Microbial methane production in deep aquifer associated with the accretionary prism in Southwest Japan. The ISME Journal 4:531-541. (Abstract)

4.
Hiroyuki Kimura, Kousuke Mori, Hiroaki Nashimoto, Shohei Hattori, Keita Yamada, Keisuke Koba, Naohiro Yoshida, Kenji Kato (2010) Biomass production and energy source of thermophiles in a Japanese alkaline geothermal pool. Environmental Microbiology 12:480-489. (Abstract)

5.
Hiroyuki Kimura, Kousuke Mori, Tomokazu Tashiro, Kenji Kato, Toshiro Yamanaka, Jun-Ichiro Ishibashi, Satoshi Hanada (2010) Culture-independent estimation of optimal and maximum growth temperatures of archaea in subsurface habitats based on the G+C content in 16S rRNA gene sequences. Geomicrobiology Journal 27:114-122. (Abstract)

■2009
1.
Chie Katsuyama, Shinji Nakaoka, Yasuhiro Takeuchi, Kanako Tago, Masahito Hayatsu, Kenji Kato (2009) Complementary cooperation between two syntrophic bacteria in pesticide degradation. Journal of Theoretical Biology 256: 644-654.

2.
Kenji Kato, Kazuyo Nagaosa, Hiroyuki Kimura, Chie Katsuyama, Katsunori Hama, Takanori Kunimaru, Urumu Tsunogai, Kazuhiro Aoki (2009) Unique distribution of deep groundwater bacteria constrained by geological setting. Environmental Microbiology Reports 1:569-574.

■2008
1.
Kazuyo Nagaosa, Tomoko Maruyama, Nihal Welikara, Yohei Yamashita, Yui Saito, Daniel Fortin, Kenji Nanba, Iku Miyasaka, Sakae Fukunaga and Kenji Kato (2008) Active bacterial populations and grazing impact revealed by an in situ experiment in a shallow aquifer. Geomicrobiology Journal 25: 131-141.

2.
Chie Katsuyama, Naho Kondo, Yuichi Suwa, Takao Yamagishi, Masayuki Ito, Nobuhito Ohte, Hiroyuki Kimura, Kazuyo Nagaosa, Kenji Kato (2008) Denitrification activity and relevant bacteria revealed by nitrite reductase gene fragments in soil of temperate mixed forest. Microbes and Environments 23: 337-345.

■2007
1.
Takayuki Takenaka, Tomokazu Tashiro, Ayumi Ozaki, Hitomi Takakubo, Yutaka Yamamoto, Tomoko Maruyama, Kazuyo Nagaosa, Hiroyuki Kimura, Kenji Kato (2007) Planktonic bacterial population dynamics with environmental changes in coastal areas of Suruga Bay. Microbes and Environments 22: 257-267.

2.
Hiroyuki Kimura, Jun-Ichiro Ishibashi, Harue Masuda, Kenji Kato, Satoshi Hanada. Selective phylogenetic analysis targeting 16S rRNA genes of hyperthermophilic archaea in the deep-subsurface hot biosphere. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73: 2110-2117.

■2006
1.
Tomoko Maruyama, Ho-Dong Park, Kazuhiko Ozawa, Yoshinori Tanaka, Tatsuo Sumino, Koei Hamana, Akira Hiraishi, and Kenji Kato (2006) Sphingosinicella microcystinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a microcystin-degrading bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 56:85-89.

2.
Hiroyuki Kimura, Maki Sugihara, Kenji Kato, Satoshi Hanada (2006) Selective Phylogenetic Analysis Targeted at 16S rRNA genes of Thermophiles and Hyperthermophiles in Deep-Subsurface Geothermal Environments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72:21-27.

■2005
1.
Toshio Takahashi, X. Chatellier, Keiko Hattori, Kenji Kato and Danielle Fortin (2005) Adosorption of rare earth elements onto bacterial cell walls and its implication for REE sorption onto natural microbial mats. Chemical. Geology. 219:53-67.

2.
Hiroyuki Kimura, Maki Sugihara, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Bharat K.C. Patel, Kenji Kato, Satoshi Hanada (2005) Microbial community in a geothermal aquifer associated with the subsurface of the Great Artesian Basin, Australia. Extremophiles 9:407-414.

■2004
1.
Kenji Kato, Takeshi Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Takkou Nakagawa, Younosuke Maki and Toshihiro Hoaki (2004) Microbial Mat Boundaries between Chemolithotrophs and Phototrophs in Geothermal Hot Spring Effluent. Geomicrobiology J. 21:91-98

2.
Tomoko Maruyama, Kenji Kato, Park Hordon (2004) Population dynamics of free-living bacteria related to microcystin degradading strain Y2 in Lake Suwa and microcystin amended enrichment. Microbes and Environments19:137-146

■2003
1.
Akira Hiraishi, Mitsuru Iwasaki, Tomoki Kawagishi, Naoko Yoshida, Takashi Narihiro and Kenji Kato (2003) Significance of lipoquinones as quantitative biomarkers of bacterial populations in the environment. Microbes and Environments 18:89-93.

2.
Tomoko Maruyama, Kenji Kato, Atsushi Yokoyama, Toshiki Tanaka, Akira Hiraishi, Ho-Dong Park (2003) Dynamics of microcystin-degrading bacteria in mucilage of Microcystis. Microbial Ecology 46:279-288.

■2002
1.
Hiroshi X. Chiura, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Daisuke Koketsu, Hiroki Naito and Kenji Kato (2002) Virus-Like Particle derived from a Bacterium belonging to the Oldest Lineage of the Domain Bacteria. Microbes and Environments17:48-52.

2.
Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Katsunori Fujikura, Akira Hiraishi, Kenji Kato and Yunosuke Maki (2002) Phylogenetic chracterization and biomass estimation of bacterial endosymbionts associated with invertebrates dwelling in chemosynthetic communities of hydrothermal vent and cold seep fields. Marine Ecology Progress Series 245:61-67.

■2001
Park, H., Sasaki,Y., Maruyama, T., Hiraishi, A. and Kato, K. (2001) Degradation of the cyanobacterial hepatoxin Micorcystin by a new bacterium isolated from a hypertrophic lake. Environmental Toxicology. 338-343.