Takuro Nunoura
Ph. D.
Chief Research Scientist
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
- Extremobiosphere Research Program, Institute of Biogeosciences Subsurface Geobiology and Advanced Research Project (SUGAR)
Career
- March, 2002: Ph. D, Kyoto University
- April, 2002: Research Scientist, Biogeosciences Research Center, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
- April, 2009: Chief Research Scientist, Institute of Biogeosciences, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
Research Achievements (Original treatises with peer reviews: International Journals)
2009
- Nunoura T., Soffientino, B., Blazejak, A., Kakuta, J., Oida, H., Schippers, A. & Takai, K.
Subseafloor microbial communities associated with rapid turbidite deposition in the Gulf of Mexico continental slope (IODP Expedition 308).
FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. (2009) 69:410-424. - Miyashita, A., Mochimaru, H., Kazama, H., Ohashi, A., Yamaguchi, T., Nunoura, T., Horikoshi, K., Takai, K. & Imachi, H.
Development of 16S rRNA gene-targeted Primers for Detection of Archaeal Anaerobic Methaotophs (ANMEs).
FEMS Microbiol. Lett. (2009) 297:31-37. - Nunoura, T. & Takai, K.
Comparison of microbial communities associated with phase-separation-induced hydrothermal fluids at the Yonaguni Knoll IV hydrothermal field, the Southern Okinawa Trough.
FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. (2009) 67:351-370.
- Flemings, P.B., Long H., Dugan B., Germaine J., John C.M., Behrmann J.H., Sawyer D. & IODP Expedition 308 Scientists
Pore pressure penetrometers document high overpressure near the seafloor where multiple submarine landslides have occurred on the continental slope, offshore Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico.
Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. ,(2008) 269:309-325. - Nunoura, T., Inagaki, F., Delwiche, M. E., Colwell, F. S., & Takai, K.
Subseafloor microbial communities in methane hydrate-bearing sediment at two distinct locations (ODP Leg204) in the Cascadia Margin.
Microbes Environ. (2008) 23:317-325.¥ - Takai, K., Nakamura, K., Toki, T., Tsunogai, U., Miyazaki, M., Miyazaki, J., Hirayama, H., Nakagawa, S., Nunoura, T., & Horikoshi, K.
Cell proliferation at 122°C and isotopically heavy CH4 production by a hyperthermophilic methanogen under high-pressure cultivation.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, (2008) 105:10949-10954. - Takai, K., Nunoura, T., Ishibashi, J., Lupton, J., Suzuki, R., Hamasaki, H., Ueno, Y., Kawagucci, S., Gamo, T., Suzuki, Y., Hirayama, H., & Horikoshi, K.
Variability in the microbial communities and hydrothermal fluid chemistry at the newly-discovered Mariner hydrothermal field, southern Lau Basin.
J. Geophys. Res. (2008) 113, G02031, doi:10.1029/2007JG000636. - Kobayashi, T., Koide, O., Mori, K., Shimamura, S., Matsuura, T., Miura, T., Takaki, Y., Morono, Y., Nunoura, T., Imachi, H., Inagaki, F., Takai, K., & Horikoshi, K.
Phylogenetic and enzymatic diversity of deep subseafloor aerobic microorganisms in organics- and methane-rich sediments off Shimokita Peninsula.
Extremophiles (2008) 12:519-527. - Imachi, H., Sakai, S., Hirayama, H., Nakagawa, S., Nunoura, T., Takai, K., & Horikoshi, K.
Exilispira thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, thermophilic spirochaete isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney.
Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2008) 58:2258-2265. - Nunoura, T., Oida, H., Miyazaki, J., Miyashita, A., Imachi, H., & Takai, K.
Quantification of mcrA by fluorescent PCR in methanogenic and anaerobic methanotrophic microbial communities.
FEMS Microbiol. Ecology, (2008) 64:240-247. - Nunoura, T., Oida, H., Miyazaki, M., Suzuki, Y.
Thermosulfidibacter takaii gen. nov. sp. nov. a thermophilic hydrogen oxidizing, sulfur reducing chemolithoautotroph isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal field in the Southern Okinawa Trough.
Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2008) 58:659-665. - Nunoura, T., Miyazaki, M., Suzuki, Y., Takai, K., & Horikoshi, K.
Hydrogenivirga okinawensis sp nov., a thermophilic sulfur-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal field, Southern Okinawa Trough.
Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2008) 58:676-681.
- Hirayama, H., Sunamura, M., Takai, K., Nunoura, T., Noguchi, T., Oida, H., Furushima, Y., Yamamoto, H., Oomori, T., & Horikoshi, K.
Culture-dependent and -independent characterization of microbial communities associated with a shallow submarine hydrothermal system occurring within a coral reef off Taketomi Island, Japan.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (2007) 73:7642-7656. - Nunoura, T., Oida, H., Miyazaki, M., Suzuki, Y., Takai, K., & Horikoshi, K.
Desulfothermus okinawensis sp. nov., a thermophilic and heterotrophic sulfate-reducing bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal field.
Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2007) 57:2360-2364. - Nunoura, T., Oida, H., Miyazaki, M., Suzuki, Y., Takai, K., & Horikoshi, K.
Marinitoga okinawensis sp. nov., a novel thermophilic and anaerobic heterotroph isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal field, Southern Okinawa Trough.
Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2007) 57:467 - 471.
- Nunoura, T., Oida, H., Masui, N., Inagaki, F., Takai, K., Hirano, S., Nealson, K. H., & Horikoshi, K.
Culture-dependent and independent analyses of subsurface microbial communities in oil-bearing strata of the Sagawa oil reservoir.
Island Arc (2006) 15:328-337. - Konno, U., Tsunogai, U., Nakagawa, F., Nakaseama, M., Ishibashi, J., Nunoura, T. & Nakamura, K.
Liquid CO2 venting on seafloor: Yonaguni IV Knoll hydrothermal system, Okinawa Trough.
Geophys. Res. Lett. (2006) 33: L16607. - Inagaki, F., Kuypers, M. M. M., Tsunogai, U., Ishibashi, J., Nakamura, K., Treude, T., Ohkubo, S., Nakaseama, M., Gena, K., Chiba, H., Hirayama, H., Nunoura, T., Takai, K., Jörgensen, B. B., Horikoshi, K., & Boetius, A.
Microbial community in a sediment-hosted CO2 lake of the southern Okinawa Trough hydrothermal system.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, (2006) 103:14164-14169. - Suzuki, Y., Kojima, S., Watanabe H., Suzuki, M., Tsuchida, S., Nunoura, T., Hirayama, H., Takai, K., Nealson, K. H., & Horikoshi, K.
Single host and symbiont lineages of hydrothermal-vent gastropods Iferemeria nautilei (Provannidae): biogeography and evolution.
Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. (2006) 315:167-175. - Takai, K., Miyazaki, M., Nunoura, T., Hirayama, H., Oida, H., Furushima, Y., Yamamoto, H., & Horikoshi, K.
Sulfurivirga caldicuralium gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel microaerobic, thermophilic, thiosulfate-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph isolated from a shallow marine hydrothermal system occurring in the coral reef, Japan.
Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2006) 56:1921-1929. - Nunoura, T., Oida, H., Toki, T., Ashi, J., Takai, K., & Horikoshi, K.
Quantification of mcrA by quatitative fluorescent PCR in sediments from methane seep of the Nankai Trough.
FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. (2006) 57:149-157. - Inagaki, F., Nunoura, T., Nakagawa, S., Teske, A., Lever, M., Lauer, A., Suzuki, M., Takai, K., Delwiche, D., Colwell, F. S., Nealson, K. H., Horikoshi, K., D’Hondt, S., & Jörgensen, B.B.
Biogeographical distribution and diversity of microbes in methane hydrate-bearing deep marine sediments on the Pacific Ocean Margin.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, (2006) 103:2815-2820. - Suzuki, Y., Kojima, S., Sasaki, T., Suzuki, M., Utsumi, T., Watanabe, H., Urakawa, H., Tsuchida, S., Nunoura, T., Hirayama, H., Takai, K., Nealson, K. H., & Horikoshi, K.
Host-symbiont relationships in hydrothermal vent gastropods of the genus Alviniconcha from the Southwest Pacific.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (2006) 72:1388-1393. - Ishibashi, J., Lupton, J. E., Yamaguchi, T., Querellou, J., Nunoura, T., Takai, K. & the YK04-09 science party
Revisiting the hydrothermal systems of the Valu Fa Ridge, southern Lau Basin, 15 years after their discovery.
EOS Trans. American Geophysical Union (2006) 87:13-24.
- Nakagawa, S., Takai, K., Inagaki, F., Hirayama, H., Nunoura, T., Horikoshi, K., & Sako, Y.
Distribution, phylogenetic diversity and physiological characteristics of epsilon-Proteobacteria in a deep-sea hydrothermal field.
Environ. Microbiol. 7:1619-1632. - Nakagawa, S., Takai, K., Inagaki, F., Chiba, H., Ishibashi, J., Kataoka, S., Hirayama, H., Nunoura, T., Horikoshi, K., & Sako, Y.
Variability in microbial community and venting chemistry in a sediment-hosted backarc hydrothermal system: impacts of subseafloor phase-separation.
FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. (2005) 54:141-155. - Takai, K., Campbell, B. J., Cary, S. C., Suzuki, M., Oida, H., Nunoura, T., Hirayama, H., Nakagawa, S., Suzuki, Y., Inagaki, F., & Horikoshi, K.
Enzymatic and genetic characterization of carbon and energy metabolisms from deep-sea hydrothermal chemolithoautotrophic epsilon-Proteobacteria.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (2005) 71:7310-7320. - Nunoura, T., Hirayama, H., Takami, H., Oida, H., Nishi, S., Shimamura, S., Suzuki, Y., Inagaki, F., Takai, K., Nealson, K. H., & Horikoshi, K.
Genetic and functional properties of uncultivated thermophilic crenarchaeotes from a subsurface gold mine as revealed by analysis of genome fragments.
Environ. Microbiol. (2005) 7:1967-1984. - Colwell, F. S., Nunoura, T., Delwiche, M. E., Boyd, S., Bolton, R., Reed, D. W., Takai, K., Lehman, R. M., Horikoshi, K., Elias, D. A., & Phelps, T. J.
Evidence of minimal methanogenic numbers and activity in sediments collected from the JAPEX/JNOC/GSC et al. Mallik 5L-38 gas hydrate production research well. In Scientific results from the Mallik 2002 Gas Hydrate Production Research Well Program, Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada,
(eds.) S. R. Dallimore and T. S. Collett, Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin 585:1-11. - Nunoura, T., Sako, Y., Wakagi, T. and Uchida, A.
Cytochrome aa3 in facultatively aerobic and hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrobaculum oguniense.
Canadian J Microbiol. (2005) 51: 621-627.
- Inagaki, F., Tsunogai, U., Suzuki, M., Kosaka, A., Machiyama, H., Takai, K., Nunoura, T., Nealson, K. H., & Horikoshi, K.
Characterization of C1-metabolizing prokaryotic communities in methane seep habitats at the Kuroshima Knoll, Southern Ryukyu Arc, by analyzing pmoA, mmoX, mxaF, mcrA, and 16S rRNA genes.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (2004) 70:7445-7455. - Takai, K., Oida H., Suzuki, Y., Hirayama, H., Nakagawa, S., Nunoura, T., Inagaki, F., Nealson, K. H., & Horikoshi, K.
Spatial distribution of Marine Crenarchaeota Group I in the vicinity of deep-sea hydrothermal systems.
Appl. Environ. Microbiol. (2004) 70:2404-2413.
- Takai, K., Inagaki, F., Nakagawa, S., Hirayama, H., Nunoura, T., Sako, Y., Nealson, K. H., & Horikoshi, K.
Isolation and phylogenetic diversity of members of previously uncultivated epsilon-Proteobacteria in deep-sea hydrothermal fields.
FEMS Microbiol. Lett. (2003) 218:167-174. - Nunoura, T., Sako, Y, Wakagi, T and Uchida, A
Regulation of aerobic respiratory chain in facultatively aerobic and hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrobaculum oguniense
Microbiol. (2003) 149:673-688. - Nakayama, H., Morinaga, Y., Nomura, N., Nunoura, T., Sako, Y.,and Uchida, A.
An archaeal homing endonuclease I-PogI cleaves at the insertion site of the neighboring intron, which has no nested open reading frame.
FEBS Lett. (2003) 544:165-170.
Research Achievement (Original treatise without peer review: International Journal)
- Behrmann, J.H., Flemings, P.B., John, C.M., and the Expedition 308 Scientists.
Rapid sedimentation, overpressure and focused fluid flow, Gulf of Mexico continental margin.
Scientific Drilling (2006) 3:12-17. doi:10.2204/iodp.sd.3.03.2006
Research Achievements (Reviews: Japanese Journals)
- 布浦拓郎, 高井研
「いま明らかにされるアーキアの物質循環における役割《
蛋白質 核酸 酵素 (2009) 54:114-119. - 布浦 拓郎,高見 英人
「地下生命圏におけるメタゲノム解析《
バイオインダストリー (2008) 25:61-69. - 布浦拓郎
「地下生命圏研究におけるメタゲノム解析《
バイオサイエンスとバイオインダストリー (2007) 65:10-15. - 布浦拓郎
「海洋（底）調査—論文の外側— 《
日本微生物生態学会誌(2007) 22:18-19. - 布浦拓郎, 高井研
「1.3 微生物の同定《
実験化学講座 29 バイオテクノロジーの基本技術 (2006) p.33-49. - 布浦拓郎
「地下生命圏研究の最先端と今後の展開《
極限環境微生物学会誌(2005) l4:77-80.
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