Publications - Environmental microbiology Group

【2022FY】

(Journal Articles

Masahiro Fujishima, Hideaki Kawano, Isamu Miyakawa. A 63-kDa periplasmic protein of the endonuclear symbiotic bacterium Holospora obtusa secreted to the outside the bacterium during early infection process binds weakly to the macronuclear DNA of the host Paramecium caudatum. Microorganisms 2023, 11, 155.(2023年1月7日) MDPI

Kodama Y, Fujishima M. Endosymbiotic Chlorella variabilis reduces mitochondrial number in the ciliate Paramecium bursaria. Scientific Reports 12, 8216 (2022). Nature Research

Shoichi Kato, Osami Misumi, Shinichiro Maruyama, Hisayoshi Nozaki, Yayoi Tsujimoto-Inui, Mari Takusagawa, Shigekatsu Suzuki, Keiko Kuwata, Saki Noda, Nanami Ito, Yoji Okabe, Takuya Sakamoto, Fumi Yagisawa, Tomoko M. Matsunaga, Yoshikatsu Matsubayashi, Haruyo Yamaguchi, Masanobu Kawachi, Haruko Kuroiwa, Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa & Sachihiro Matsunaga. Genomic analysis of an ultrasmall freshwater green alga, Medakamo hakoo. Communications Biology volume 6, Article number: 89 (2023) Nature Portfolio

Ikuko Yuyama, Keitaro Kume, Takumi Tamura, Yuji Inagaki, Tetsuo Hashimoto. Draft Genome Sequence of Aduncisulcus paluster, a Free-Living Microaerophilic Eukaryote Belonging to the Fornicata゚. Announcements12巻P2 (2023年2月)

Ikuko Yuyama, Tomihiko Higuchi, Takuma Mezaki, Hisako Tashiro, Kazuho Ikeo. Metatranscriptomic Analysis of Corals Inoculated With Tolerant and Non-Tolerant Symbiont Exposed to High Temperature and Light Stress゚ Frontiers in Physiology 13 2022年4月11日 Wiley

A. H. M. Enamul Kabir, Masahiko Sekine, Tsuyoshi Imai, Koichi Yamamoto, Ariyo Kanno, Takaya Higuchi. Microplastics in the sediments of small-scale Japanese rivers: Abundance and distribution, characterization, sources-to-sink, and ecological risks. Science of The Total Environment 812 152590 2022 Elsevier

Sativandi Riza, Masahiko Sekine, Ariyo Kanno, Koichi Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi Imai, Takaya Higuchi. Land suitability analysis for agricultural land use using hyperscale DEM data. Agrivita 44(2) 187-198 2022 Brawijaya University

Gede Adi Wiguna Sudiartha, Tsuyoshi Imai, Yung-Tse Hung. Effects of Stepwise Temperature Shifts in Anaerobic Digestion for Treating Municipal Wastewater Sludge: A Genomic Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19(9) 5728 2022 MDPI

Ganjar Samudro, Tsuyoshi Imai, Alissara Reungsang. Determination of optimum retention time in an air–cathode single-chamber microbial fuel cell batch-mode reactor by comparing different substrate types and concentrations. Process Safety and Environmental Protection 162 694-705 2022 Elsevier

Khamanitjaree Saripan, Chonticha Mamimin, Tsuyoshi Imai, Sureewan Sittijunda, Alissara Reungsang. qRT-PCR Methodology for Monitoring the Thermophilic Hydrogen Producers Enriched from Elephant Dun. Fermentation 8(10) 483 2022 MDPI

Sureewan Sittijunda, Sulfan Baka, Rattana Jariyaboon, Alissara Reungsang, Tsuyoshi Imai, Prawit Kongjan. Integration of Dark Fermentation with Microbial Electrolysis Cells for Biohydrogen and Methane Production from Distillery Wastewater and Glycerol Waste Co-Digestion. Fermentation 8(10) 537 2022 MDPI

Tsuyoshi Imai, Huy Thanh Vo, Masato Fukushima, Tasuma Suzuki, Hiraku Sakuma, Takashi Hitomi, Yung-Tse Hung. Application of Conductive Concrete as a Microbial Fuel Cell to Control H2S Emission for Mitigating Sewer Corrosion. Water 14(21) 3454 2022 MDPI

T.V. Le, L.T.T. Dang, H. Yasui, T. Imai. Microbubbles improve removal of oil-in-water emulsions stabilized by humic acids. Desalination and Water Treatment 272 183-191 2022 Desalination Publications

Gede Adi Wiguna Sudiartha, Tsuyoshi Imai. An Investigation of Temperature Downshift Influences on Anaerobic Digestion in the Treatment of Municipal Wastewater Sludge. Journal of Water and Environment Technology 20(5) 154-167 2022 Japan Society on Water Environment

Azzah Nazihah Che Abdul Rahim, Shotaro Yamada, Haruki Bonkohara, Sergio Mestre, Tsuyoshi Imai, Yung-Tse Hung, Izumi Kumakiri. Influence of Salts on the Photocatalytic Degradation of Formic Acid in Wastewater. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19(23) 15736 2022 MDPI

Huy Thanh Vo, Tsuyoshi Imai, Masato Fukushima, Kanathip Promnuan, Tasuma Suzuki, Hiraku Sakuma, Takashi Hitomi, Yung-Tse Hung. Enhancing the Biological Oxidation of H2S in a Sewer Pipe with Highly Conductive Concrete and Electricity-Producing Bacteria. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20(2) 1459 2023 MDPI

Pornwimon Wadchasit, Nirattisai Rakmak, Sompong O-Thong, Ubolluk Rattanasak, Tsuyoshi Imai, Sarawut Jitpinit, Kamchai Nuithitikul. Improvement of biogas production and quality by addition of struvite precipitates derived from liquid anaerobic digestion effluents of palm oil wastes. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 11(1) 109081 2023 

 

 

【2021FY】

(Journal Articles

Takusagawa M, Kobayashi Y, Fukao Y, Hidaka K, Endo M, Sugiyama H, Hamaji T, Kato Y, Miyakawa I, Misumi O, Nishimura Y. (2021) HBD1 protein with a tandem repeat of two HMG-box domains is a DNA clip to organize chloroplast nucleoids in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 118 e2021053118

Ikuko Yuyama, Tomihiko Higuchi, Michio Hidaka (2021) Application of RNA Interference Technology to Acroporid Juvenile Corals. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, 688876

Ikuko Yuyama, Naoto Ugawa, Tetsuo Hashimoto (2021) Transcriptome Analysis of Durusdinium Associated with the Transition from Free-Living to Symbiotic. Microorganisms, 9,1560.

Ganjar Samudro, Tsuyoshi Imai, Yung-Tse Hung (2021) Enhancement of Power Generation and Organic Removal in Double Anode Chamber Designed Dual-Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell (DAC-DCMFC), Water 13(21) 2941-2941

Atin Nuryadin, Tsuyoshi Imai, Ariyo Kanno, Koichi Yamamoto, Masahiko Sekine, Takaya Higuchi (2021) Phosphate adsorption and desorption on two-stage synthesized amorphous-ZrO2/Mg–Fe layered double hydroxide composite, Materials Chemistry and Physics 266 124559-124559

Dyah Asri Handayani Taroepratjeka, Tsuyoshi Imai, Prapaipid Chairattanamanokorn, Alissara Reungsang (2021) Extremely Halophilic Biohydrogen Producing Microbial Communities from High-Salinity Soil and Salt Evaporation Pond, Fuels 2(2) 241-252

Sontaya Khamtib, Sureewan Sittijunda, Tsuyoshi Imai, Alissara Reungsang (2021) Co-digestion of oil palm trunk hydrolysate and slaughterhouse wastewater in a fixed-bed reactor by immobilized Thermoanaerobacterium thermosaccharolyticum KKU19 on expanded clay, Frontiers in Energy Research, section Bioenergy and Biofuels, https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.2021.683989

Jittrera Buates, Tsuyoshi Imai (2021) Assessment of plant growth performance and nutrient release for application of phosphorus-loaded layered double hydroxides as fertilizer, Environmental Technology & Innovation 22 101505-101505

Atin Nuryadin, Tsuyoshi Imai (2021) Application of amorphous zirconium (hydr)oxide/MgFe layered double hydroxides composite in fixed-bed column for phosphate removal from water, Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management 7(4) 485-502

Sativandi Riza, Masahiko Sekine, Ariyo Kanno, Koichi Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi Imai, Takaya Higuchi (2021) Modeling soil landscapes and soil textures using hyperscale terrain attributes, Geoderma 402 115177-115177

A. H. M. Enamul Kabir, Masahiko Sekine, Tsuyoshi Imai, Koichi Yamamoto, Ariyo Kanno, Takaya Higuchi (2021) Assessing small-scale freshwater microplastics pollution, land-use, source-to-sink conduits, and pollution risks: Perspectives from Japanese rivers polluted with microplastics, Science of The Total Environment 768 144655-144655

A. H. M. Enamul Kabir, Masahiko Sekine, Tsuyoshi Imai, Koichi Yamamoto, Ariyo Kanno, Takaya Higuchi (2022) Microplastics in the sediments of small-scale Japanese rivers: Abundance and distribution, characterization, sources-to-sink, and ecological risks, Science of The Total Environment 812 152590-152590

Jittrera Buates, Tsuyoshi Imai (2021) Application of Biochar Functionalized with Layered Double Hydroxides: Improved Plant Growth Performance after Use as Phosphate Adsorbent, Applied Sciences, 11(14) 6489-6489

Sativandi Riza, Masahiko Sekine, Ariyo Kanno, Koichi Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi Imai, Takaya Higuchi (2022) Land suitability analysis for agricultural land use using hyperscale DEM data, Agrivita 44(2)

Fujishima M., Kodama Y. Mechanisms for establishing primary and secondary endosymbiosis in Paramecium. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 2022;00:e12901. Online publication: 19 March 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12901

 

 

【2020FY】

(Journal Articles

Yu-Hsuan Cheng, Chien-Fu Jeff Liu, Yen-Hsin Yu, Yu-Ting Jhou, Masahiro Fujishima, Isheng Jason Tsai, Jun-Yi Leu : Genome plasticity in Paramecium bursaria revealed by population genomics. BMC Biology BIOMED CENTRAL LTD https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-020-00912-2

Fumi Yagisawa, Takayuki Fujiwara, Tokiaki Takemur, Yuki Kobayasi, Nobuko Sumiya, Shin-ya Miyagishima, Soichi Nakamura, Yuuta Imoto, Osami Misumi, Kan Tanaka, Haruko Kuroiwa and Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa : ESCRT Machinery Mediates Cytokinetic Abscission in the Unicellular Red Alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Frontiers in cell and developmental biology Frontiers 8-169 https://doi.org/10.3389/fcell.2020.00169

Dyah Asri Handayani Taroepratjeka, Tsuyoshi Imai, Prapaipid Chairattanamanokorn, and Alissara Reungsang : Biohydrogen Production by Extremely Halophilic Bacteria from the Salt Pan of Samut Sakhon. Chiang Mai Journal of Science Chiang Mai University 47-3-378-390

Enamul Kabir, Masahiko Sekine, Tsuyoshi Imai, Koichi Yamamoto : Microplastics (MPs) pollution in the Seto Inland Sea and Sea of Japan surrounded Yamaguchi Prefecture areas, Japan: Abundance comparison, characterization and distribution, and potential occurrences. Journal of Water and Environment Technology 日本水環境学会 18-3-175-194 https://doi.org/10.2965/jwet.19-127

Novi Arfarita1, Mohammad Jasa Afroni, Sugiarto1, Tsuyoshi Imai : Enhancing bare land soil quality using electric induction apparatus in combination with rabbit urine liquid fertilizer application to support garlic (Allium sativum) production. JOURNAL OF DEGRADED AND MINING LANDS MANAGEMENT Universitas Brawijaya Journal 7-4-2381-2389 DOI:10.15243/jdmlm.2020.074.2381

Jittrera Buates and Tsuyoshi Imai : Biochar functionalization with layered double hydroxides composites: Preparation, characterization, and application for effective phosphate removal. Journal of Water Process Engineering Elsevier 37 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2020.101508

Passaworn Warunyuwong, Tsuyoshi Imai : Study of Air-Water Interface Generator as Oxygen, Transfer Enhancer in Diffused Aeration System. Environmental Technology Taylor & Francis https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2020.1830182

M. Fukushima, K. Promunuan, S. O-Thong, T. Suzuki, T. Imai : Hydrogen sulfide reduction by conductive concrete with MFCs strain, IOP Conference Series. Materials Science and Engineering IOP Science 965 doi:10.1088/1757-899X/965/1/012003

A. H. M. Enamul Kabir, Masahiko Sekine, Tsuyoshi Imai, Koichi Yamamoto, Ariyo Kanno, Takaya Higuchi : Assessing Small-Scale Freshwater Microplastics Pollution, Land-use, Source-to-Sink Conduits, and Pollution Risks: Perspectives from Japanese Rivers Polluted with Microplastics.Science of the Total Environment Elsevier 768 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144655

 

 

【2019FY】

(Journal Articles

 

Kuroiwa T, Ohnuma M, Imoto Y, Yagisawa F, Misumi O, Nagata N, Kuroiwa H. Evolutionary significance of the ring-like plastid nucleus in the primitive red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae as revealed by drying. Protoplasma (2020) in press

Yagisawa F, Fujiwara T, Takemura T, Kobayashi Y, Sumiya N, Miyagishima S, Nakamura S, Imoto Y, Misumi O, Tanaka K, Kuroiwa H, Kuroiwa T. ESCRT Machinery Mediates Cytokinetic Abscission in the Unicellular Red Alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Front. Cell Dev. Biol. 8: Article 169 (2020)

Parichat Wadjeam, Alissara Reungsang, Tsuyoshi Imai, Pensri Plangklang, Co-digestion of cassava starch wastewater with buffalo dung for bio-hydrogen production, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 44, 14694-14706, 2019.

Dyah Asri Handayani Taroepratjeka, Tsuyoshi Imai, Prapaipid Chairattanamanokorn, and Alissara Reungsang, Biohydrogen Production by Extremely Halophilic Bacteria from the Salt Pan of Samut Sakhon, Thailand, Chiang Mai Journal of Science, Accepted, 2019

Passaworn Warunyuwong, Tsuyoshi Imai, Improvement of Oxygen Transfer by Increasing Contact Area between Gas and Liquid using Air-Water Interface Generator, Environmental Technology, Accepted, 2019

Kanathip Promnuan, Takaya Higuchi, Tsuyoshi Imai, Prawit Kongjan, Alissara Reungsang, Sompong O-Thong, Simultaneous biohythane production and sulfate removal from rubber sheet wastewater by two-stage anaerobic digestion, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 45, 263-274, 2020.1.

Yanagi A, Nishikawa J, Shimokuri K, Shuto T, Takagi T, Takagi F,  Kobayashi Y, Yamamoto M, Miura O,  Yanai H, Suehiro Y, Yamasaki T, Yoshiyama H,  Sakaida I. Clinicopathologic characteristics of Epstein-Barr Virus-Associated gastric cancer over the past decade in Japan. Microorganism 7 (9) E305 doi:10.3390/microorganisms7090305 (2019)

Matsuoka S, Fujinaga S, Kobayashi Y, Satoru H, Osono T. Bacterial 16SrDNA and alkaline phosphatase gene diversity in soil applied with composted aquatic plants. Limnology doi.org/10.1007/s10201-019-00594-y (2019)