Publications

Yoshikawa M, Katayama T, Kawabe Y. (2026) Ferrous iron accelerates the population-level recovery of Methanocorpusculum and enhances Dehalococcoides-mediated dechlorination of chloroethenes. Chemosphere, 410: 145041.

Miyajima Y, Katayama T, Araoka D. (2026) Metabolic controls on nickel isotope fractionation during microbial methanogenesis and acetogenesis. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 426: 160–174. Article ↗

Okibe N, Kawazoe Y, Kurogi F, Sato Y, Katayama T, Yasutaka T. (2026) Coupling microbial As(III) oxidation with Fe-sludge adsorption: A continuous dual-column approach for arsenic removal. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 83: 109566. Article ↗

Katayama T, Nobu MK, Yoshioka H. (2025) High-pressure methanogenesis reveals metabolic adaptation to dissolved CO2 limitation. Microbes and Environments, 40: ME25066.

Katayama T, Nobu MK, Kamagata Y, Tamaki H. (2024) Fidelibacter multiformis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a deep subsurface aquifer and proposal of Fidelibacterota phyl. nov., formerly called Marine Group A, SAR406 or Candidatus Marinimicrobia. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 74: 006558.

Katayama T, Yoshioka H, Yamanaka T, Sakata S, Hanamura Y. (2024) The geothermal gradient shapes microbial diversity and processes in natural- gas-bearing sedimentary aquifers. Biogeosciences, 21: 4273-4283.

Katayama T, Nobu MK, Imachi H, Hosogi N, Meng XY, Morinaga K, Yoshioka H, Takahashi HA, Kamagata Y, Tamaki H. (2024) A Marine Group A isolate relies on other growing bacteria for cell wall formation. Nature Microbiology, 9: 1954-1963. *Selected for highlight in Nature Microbiology’s “A Year of Microbiology 2024”.

Gotore O, Watanabe M, Okano K, Miyata N, Katayama T, Yasutaka T, Semoto Y, Hamai T. (2024) Effects of batch and continuous-flow operation on biotreatment of Mn(II)-containing mine drainage. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 152: 401-415.

Tum S, Katayama T, Miyata N, Watanabe M, Hashimoto Y, Nishikata M, Yasutaka T. (2024) Geochemical insights and model optimisation for pilot- scale passive treatment of manganese and zinc in a legacy mine in Japan. Heliyon, 10: e40363.

Watanabe M, Tum S, Katayama T, Gotore O, Okano K, Matsumoto S, Yasutaka T, Miyata N. (2024) Accelerated manganese(II) removal by in situ mine drainage treatment system without organic substrate amendment: Metagenomic insights into chemolithoautotrophic manganese oxidation via extracellular electron transfer. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12: 113314.

Matsumoto S, Katayama T, Yasutaka T, Tomiyama S, Yamagata S. (2024) Component separation and origin estimation of mining-influenced water based on fluoride ions and water isotopes in underground legacy mine, Central Japan. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 54: 101856.

Kawamoto H, Watanabe M, Mochimaru H, Nakahara N, Xiang-Ying Meng, Sakamoto S, Morinaga K, Katayama T, Yoshioka H, Nomura N, Tamaki H. (2024) Atrimonas thermophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic thermophilic bacterium of the phylum Atribacterota isolated from deep subsurface gas field and proposal of Atrimonadaceae fam. nov. within the class Atribacteria in the phylum Atribacterota. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 47: 126515.

Katayama T, Ikawa R, Koshigai M, Sakata S. (2023) Microbial methane formation in deep aquifers associated with the sediment burial history at a coastal site. Biogeosciences, 20: 5199-5210.

Hirakata M, Mei R, Morinaga K, Katayama T, Tamaki H, Meng X-Y, Watari T, Yamaguchi T, Hatamoto M, Nobu MK. (2023) Identification and cultivation of anaerobic bacterial scavengers of dead cells. The ISME Journal, 17: 2279-2289.

Katayama T, Yoshioka H, Kaneko M, Amo M, Fujii T, Takahashi A. H, Yoshida S, Sakata S. (2022) Cultivation and biogeochemical analyses reveal insights into methanogenesis in deep subseafloor sediment at a biogenic gas hydrate site. The ISME Journal, 16: 1464-1472.

Yoshikawa M, Zhang M, Kawabe Y, Katayama T. (2021) Effects of ferrous iron supplementation on reductive dechlorination of tetrachloroethene and on methanogenic microbial community. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 97: fiab069.

Takeuchi N, Fujiwara-Nagata E, Katayama T, Suetake H. (2021) Skin bacteria of rainbow trout antagonistic to the fish pathogen Flavobacterium psychrophilum. Scientific Reports, 11: 7518.

Katayama T, Nobu MK, Kusada H, Meng XY, Hosogi N, Uematsu K, Yoshioka H, Kamagata Y, Tamaki H. (2020) Isolation of a member of the candidate phylum ‘Atribacteria’ reveals a unique cell membrane structure. Nature Communications, 11: 6381. *Selected for “Editors’ Highlights” in Nature Communications.

Katayama T, Yoshioka H, Yamanaka T, Takeuchi M, Muramoto Y, Usami J, Ikeda H, Sakata S. (2019) Microbial community structure in deep natural gas-bearing aquifers subjected to sulfate-containing fluid injection. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 127: 45-51.

Katayama T, Yoshioka H, Takahashi A. H, Amo M, Fujii T, Sakata S. (2016) Changes in microbial communities associated with gas hydrates in subseafloor sediments from the Nankai Trough. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 92: fiw093.

Mochimaru H, Tamaki H, Katayama T, Imachi H, Sakata S, Kamagata Y. (2016) Methanomicrobium antiquum sp. nov., a hydrogenotrophic methanogen isolated from deep sedimentary aquifers in a natural gas field. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 66: 4873-4877.

Kanno M, Katayama T (Equal contribution), Morita N, Tamaki H, Hanada S, Kamagata Y. (2015) Catenisphaera adipataccumulans gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Erisipelotrichaceae isolated from an anaerobic digester. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 65: 805-810.

Katayama T, Yoshioka H, Muramoto Y, Usami J, Fujiwara K, Yoshida S, Kamagata Y, Sakata S. (2015) Physicochemical impacts associated with natural gas development on methanogenesis in deep sand aquifers. The ISME Journal, 9: 436-446.

Takeuchi M, Yamagishi T, Kamagata Y, Oshima K, Hattori M, Katayama T, Hanada S, Tamaki H, Marumo K, Maeda H, Nedachi M, Iwasaki W, Suwa Y, Sakata S. (2015) Tepidicaulis marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium reducing nitrate to nitrous oxide strictly under microaerobic conditions. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 65: 1749-1754.

Katayama T, Yoshioka H, Mochimaru H, Muramoto Y, Usami J, Ikeda H, Kamagata Y, Sakata S. (2014) Methanohalophilus levihalophilus sp. nov., a methylotrophic methanogen isolated from deep aquifers in a natural gas field, and an emended description of the genus Methanohalophilus. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 64: 2089-2093.

Katayama T, Kanno M, Morita N, Hori T, Narihiro T, Mitani Y, Kamagata Y. (2014) An oleaginous bacterium that accumulates long-chain free fatty acids in its cytoplasm. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 80: 1126-1131.

Takeuchi M, Katayama T, Yamagishi T, Hanada S, Tamaki H, Kamagata Y, Oshima K, Hattori M, Marumo K, Nedachi M, Maeda H, Suwa Y, Sakata S. (2014) Methyloceanibacter caenitepidi gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel facultatively methylotrophic bacterium isolated from marine sediments near a hydrothermal vent. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 64: 462-468.

Kanno M, Katayama T (Equal contribution), Tamaki H, Mitani Y, Meng XY, Hori T, Narihiro T, Morita N, Yumoto I, Kimura N, Hanada S, Kamagata Y. (2013) Isolation of butanol- and isobutanol-tolerant bacteria and physiological characterization of their butanol tolerance. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 79: 6998-7005.

Puspita ID, Uehara M, Katayama T, Kikuchi Y, Kitagawa W, Kamagata Y, Asano K, Nakatsu CH, Tanaka M. (2013) Resuscitation promoting factor (Rpf) from Tomitella biformata AHU1821T promotes growth and resuscitates non-dividing cells. Microbes and Environments, 28: 58-64.

Pudjiraharti S, Takesue N, Katayama T, Lisdiyanti P, Hanafi M, Tanaka M, Sone T, Asano K. (2011) Actinomycete Nonomuraea sp. isolated from Indonesian soil is a new producer of inulin fructotransferase. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 111: 671-674.

Katayama T, Kato T, Tanaka M, Douglas TA, Brouchkov A, Abe A, Sone T, Fukuda M, Asano K. (2010) Tomitella biformata gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the suborder Corynebacterineae isolated from a permafrost ice wedge. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 60: 2803-2807.

Katayama T, Kato T, Tanaka M, Douglas TA, Brouchkov A, Fukuda M, Tomita F, Asano K. (2009) Glaciibacter superstes gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Microbacteriaceae isolated from a permafrost ice wedge. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 59: 482-486.

Katayama T, Tanaka M, Moriizumi J, Nakamura T, Brouchkov A, Douglas TA, Fukuda M, Tomita F, Asano K. (2007) Phylogenetic analysis of bacteria preserved in a permafrost ice wedge for 25,000 years. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73: 2360-2363.