Yohei Matsui , Wataru Fujisaki, Junji Torimoto, Keiko Tanaka, Manabu Nishizawa, Masahiro Yamamoto, Shinsuke Kawagucci, Yasuhiro Shimane, Mika Tei, Katsuyuki Uematsu, Akihiro Tame, Yosuke Kawahito, Toshihiro Kameda. Gold-coated silver capsule for elemental analyzer-isotope ratio mass spectrometer: Robust against pretreatment of rock material for organic carbon and δ13C analyses. GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL, 2021, 55, 3, p. e1-e8, doi: 10.2343/geochemj.2.0626
Norio Kitadai, Ryuhei Nakamura, Masahiro Yamamoto, Satoshi Okada, Wataru Takahagi, Yuko Nakano, Yoshio Takahashi, Ken Takai & Yoshi Oono. Thioester synthesis through geoelectrochemical CO2 fixation on Ni sulfides. Communications Chemistry, 2021, 4, p. 37, doi: 10.1038/s42004-021-00475-5
Norio Kitadai, Ryuhei Nakamura, Masahiro Yamamoto, Satoshi Okada, Wataru Takahagi, Yuko Nakano, Yoshio Takahashi, Ken Takai & Yoshi Oono. Thioester synthesis through geoelectrochemical CO2 fixation on Ni sulfides. Communications Chemistry, 2021, 4, doi: 10.1038/s42004-021-00475-5
Junichi Miyazaki , Tetsuro Ikuta , Tomo-o Watsuji , Mariko Abe , Masahiro Yamamoto , Satoshi Nakagawa , Yoshihiro Takaki , Kentaro Nakamura , Ken Takai. Dual energy metabolism of the Campylobacterota endosymbiont in the chemosynthetic snail Alviniconcha marisindica. ISME Journal, 2020, 14, p. 1273-1289, doi: 10.1038/s41396-020-0605-7
Norio Kitadai, Ryuhei Nakamura, Masahiro Yamamoto, Ken Takai, Naohiro Yoshida, Yoshi Oono. Metals likely promoted protometabolism in early ocean alkaline hydrothermal systems. Science Advances, 2019, 5, 6, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aav7848
Norio Kitadai, Ryuhei Nakamura, Masahiro Yamamoto, Ken Takai, Naohiro Yoshida, Yoshi Oono. Metals likely promoted protometabolism in early ocean alkaline hydrothermal systems. Science Advances, 2019, 5, 6, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aav7848
Masahiro Yamamoto, Ryuhei Nakamura, Ken Takai. Deep-sea hydrothermal fields as natural power plants. ChemElectroChem, 2018, 5, 16, p. 2162-2166, doi: 10.1002/celc.201800394
Kitadai, N., Nakamura, R., Yamamoto, M., Takai, K., Li, Y., Yamaguchi, A., Gilbert, A., Ueno, Y., Yoshida, N., and Oono, Y. Geoelectrochemical CO production: Implications for the autotrophic origin of life. Science Advances, 2018, 4, 4, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aao7265
Kitadai, N., Nakamura, R., Yamamoto, M., Takai, K., Li, Y., Yamaguchi, A., Gilbert, A., Ueno, Y., Yoshida, N., and Oono, Y.. Geoelectrochemical CO production: Implications for the autotrophic origin of life. Science Advances, 2018, 4, 4, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aao7265
Tetsuro Ikuta, Makoto Sugimura, Suguru Nemoto, Yui Aoki, Akihiro Tame, Masahiro Yamamoto, Masaki Saito, Yoshiki Shimokawa, Tetsuya Miwa, Yukiko Nagai, Takao Yoshida, Katsunori Fujikura, Takashi Toyofuku. Effects of a long-term rearing system for deep-sea vesicomyid clams on host survival and endosymbiont retention. FISHERIES SCIENCE, 2017, doi: 10.1007/s12562-017-1149-2
Yamamoto M, Nakamura R, Kasaya T, Kumagai H, Suzuki K, Takai K.. Spontaneous and Widespread Electricity Generation in Natural Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Fields.. ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION, 2017, 56, 21, p. 5725-5728, doi: 10.1002/anie.201701768
Tomo-o Watsuji, Remi Tsubaki, Chong Chen, Yukiko Nagai, Satoshi Nakagawa, Masahiro Yamamoto, Daisuke Nishiura, Takashi Toyofuku, Ken Takai. Cultivation mutualism between a deep-sea vent galatheid crab and its chemosynthetic epibionts. DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS, 2017, doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2017.04.012
Yamei Li, Akira Yamaguchi, Masahiro Yamomoto, Ken Takai, Ryuhei Nakamura. Molybdenum Sulfide: a Bio-Inspired Electrocatalyst for Dissimilatory Ammonia Synthesis with Geo-Electrical Current. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2016, doi: DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b08343
Hiroko Makita, Sakiko Kikuchi, Satoshi Mitsunobu, Yoshihiro Takaki, Toshiro Yamanaka, Tomohiro Toki, Takuroh Noguchi, Kentaro Nakamura, Mariko Abe, Miho Hirai, Masahiro Yamamoto, Katsuyuki Uematsu, Junichi Miyazaki, Takuro Nunoura, Yoshio Takahashi, Ken Takai. Comparative Analysis of Microbial Communities in Iron-Dominated Flocculent Mats in Deep Sea Hydrothermal Environments. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2016, 82, 19, p. 5741-5755, doi: doi:10.1128/AEM.01151-16.
Kazue Ohishi, Masahiro Yamamoto, Akihiro Tame, Chiho Kusaka, Yukiko Nagai, Makoto Sugimura, Koji Inoue, Katsuyuki Uematsu, Takao Yoshida, Tetsuro Ikuta, Takashi Toyofuku, and Tadashi Maruyama. Long-term Cultivation of the Deep-Sea Clam Calyptogena okutanii: Changes in the Abundance of Chemoautotrophic Symbiont, Elemental Sulfur, and Mucus. The Biological Bulletin, 2016, 230, 3, p. 257-267, doi: 10.1086/BBLv230n3p257
Tetsuro Ikuta, Kanae Igawa, Akihiro Tame, Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa, Haruko Kuroiwa, Yui Aoki, Yoshihiro Takaki, Yukiko Nagai, Genki Ozawa, Masahiro Yamamoto, Ryusaku Deguchi, Katsunori Fujikura, Tadashi Maruyama, Takao Yoshida. Surfing the vegetal pole in a small population: extracellular vertical transmission of an 'intracellular' deep-sea clam symbiont. Royal Society Open Science, 2016, doi: 10.1098/rsos.160130
Yamamoto, M., Kodamatani, H., Kono, Y., Takeuchi, A., Takai, K., Tomiyasu, T., and Marumo, K.. Development of a deep-sea mercury sensor using in situ anodic stripping voltammetry. Geochemical J, 2015, 49, 6, p. 613-620, doi: doi:10.2343/geochemj.2.0368
小栗 一将, 山本 正浩, 豊福 高志, 北里 洋. エポキシ樹脂固定法を用いた深海用光源とチャージポンプの開発. JAMSTEC Report of Research and Development, 2015, 21, p. 7-15, doi: doi: 10.5918/jamstecr.21.7
Yamaguchi, A., Yamamoto, M., Takai, K., Ishii, T., Hashimoto, K., and Nakamura, R.. Electrochemical CO2 Reduction by Ni-containing iron sulfides: how is CO2 electrochemically reduced at bisulfide-bearing deep-sea hydrothermal precipitates?. Electrochimica Acta, 2014, doi: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.07.078
Yamamoto, M., Nakamura, R., Oguri, K., Kawagucci, S., Suzuki, K., Hashimoto, K., and Takai, K.. Generation of electricity and illumination by an environmental fuel cell in deep‐sea hydrothermal vents. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2013, 52, 41, p. 10758-10761
Masahiro Yamamoto, Ken Takai. Sulfur metabolisms in epsilon- and gamma-Proteobacteria in deep-sea hydrothermal fields. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2011, 192, 2, p. 1-8, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00192
Ryuhei Nakamura, Toshihiro Takashima, Souichiro Kato, Ken Takai, Masahiro Yamamoto, Kazuhito Hashimoto. Electrical Current Generation across a Black Smoker Chimney. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2010, 49, 42, p. 7692-7694, doi: 10.1002/anie.201003311
Masahiro Yamamoto, Satoshi Nakagawa, Shigeru Shimamura, Ken Takai and Koki Horikoshi. Molecular characterization of inorganic sulfur‐compound metabolism in the deep‐sea epsilonproteobacterium Sulfurovum sp. NBC37‐1. Environmental Microbiology, 2010, 12, 5, p. 1144-1153, doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02155.x
Takeshi Ikeda1, Masahiro Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Arai, Daijiro Ohmori, Masaharu Ishii and Yasuo Igarashi. Enzymatic and electron paramagnetic resonance studies of anabolic pyruvate synthesis by pyruvate: ferredoxin oxidoreductase from Hydrogenobacter thermophilus. FEBS Journal, 2009, 277, p. 501-510, doi: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2009.07506.x
Masahiro Yamamoto, Takeshi Ikeda, Hiroyuki Arai, Masaharu Ishii, Yasuo Igarashi. Carboxylation reaction catalyzed by 2-oxoglutarate:ferredoxin oxidoreductases from Hydrogenobacter thermophilus. Extremophiles, 2009, 14, p. 79-85, doi: 10.1007/s00792-009-0289-4
Yasufumi Ueda, Masahiro Yamamoto, Takashi Urasaki, Hiroyuki Arai, Masaharu Ishii, and Yasuo Igarashi1. Sequencing and Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) Analysis of Four Hydrogenase Gene Clusters from an Obligately Autotrophic Hydrogen-Oxidizing Bacterium, Hydrogenobacter thermophilus TK-6. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 2007, 104, 6, p. 470-475, doi: 10.1263/jbb.104.470
Masahiro Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Arai, Masaharu Ishii & Yasuo Igarashi. Role of two 2- oxoglutarate:ferredoxin oxidoreductases in Hydrogenobacter thermophilus under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 2006, 263, p. 189-193, doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00415.x