Research theme for competitive and other funds (3):
2019 - 2022 Construction of artificial symbiosis by newly isolated chemosynthetic sulfate-reducing bacteria
2011 - 2012 Identification of essential aluminum-binding proteins for growth of chemosynthetic bacteria isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal field.
2007 - 2008 Studies on subseafloor microorganisms based on genes and metabolic pathways
Papers (57):
Tomoko Takahashi, Eiji Tasumi, Shotaro Tagawa, Yatsuse Majima, Junichi Miyazaki, Naoki Nishimura, Shinsuke Kawagucci, Takazo Shibuya, Ken Takai. Comparison of Phase Conditions of CO2-Rich Fluids Measured at Different Hydrothermal Fields in the Okinawa Trough Using an In Situ Deep-Sea Raman Spectrometer. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry. 2025
Urara Miyazaki, Daiki Mizutani, Yurina Hashimoto, Akihiro Tame, Shigeki Sawayama, Junichi Miyazaki, Ken Takai, Satoshi Nakagawa. Helicovermis profundi gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel mesophilic, asporogenous bacterium within the Clostridia isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 2024. 117. 1. 24-24
Urara Miyazaki, Akihiro Tame, Junichi Miyazaki, Ken Takai, Shigeki Sawayama, Masaaki Kitajima, Akihiro Okamoto, Satoshi Nakagawa. Haliovirga abyssi gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic fermentative bacterium isolated from the Iheya North hydrothermal field, and proposal of Haliovirgaceae fam. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2023
Hisashi Muto, Junichi Miyazaki, Shigeki Sawayama, Ken Takai, Satoshi Nakagawa. A Simple and Effective Method for Solid Medium Cultivation of Strictly Hydrogen- and Sulfur-oxidizing Chemolithoautotrophs Predominant in Deep-sea Hydrothermal Fields. Microbes and environments. 2023. 38. 6