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Overview

Chiaki Kato is affiliated with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology in Japan. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Materials Science, with a notable focus on subfields including Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Surgery, and Oral Surgery.

Their recent publications address diverse scientific topics, reflecting interdisciplinary interests and collaborations. Listed below are some of their recent papers along with publication years and venues:

  • Sealutomicins, new enediyne antibiotics from the deep-sea actinomycete Nonomuraea sp. MM565M-173N2, 2021, The Journal of Antibiotics
  • Isolation of a Novel Bacterial Strain Capable of Producing Abundant Extracellular Membrane Vesicles Carrying a Single Major Cargo Protein and Analysis of Its Transport Mechanism, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Sex estimation of the pelvis by deep learning of two-dimensional depth images generated from homologous models of three-dimensional computed tomography images, 2020, Forensic Science International Reports
  • Q301P mutant of Vibrio PR protease affects activities under low-temperature and high-pressure conditions, 2020, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
  • Coral bleaching and mortality across a 24° latitudinal range in the Southwestern Atlantic during the fourth global bleaching event, 2025, Coral Reefs

Their work often intersects multiple research topics. Main topics associated with Chiaki Kato include:

  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Chemical synthesis and alkaloids
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
  • Bacterial Infections and Vaccines
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Infectious Aortic and Vascular Conditions
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies

Chiaki Kato frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable coauthors include Takahito Aoyama, Masayuki Igarashi, Ryûichi Sawa, Maya Umekita, and Masaki Hatano.

In terms of publication venues, Chiaki Kato has contributed to journals such as The Journal of Antibiotics, Frontiers in Microbiology, Forensic Science International Reports, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, and Coral Reefs.

Best Publications

  • Extremely Barophilic Bacteria Isolated from the Mariana Trench, Challenger Deep, at a Depth of 11,000 Meters

    Chiaki Kato;Lina Li;Yuichi Nogi;Yuka Nakamura

  • Pyrococcus horikoshii sp. nov., a hyperthermophilic archaeon isolated from a hydrothermal vent at the Okinawa Trough

    Juan M. González;Yaeko Masuchi;Frank T. Robb;James W. Ammerman

  • Bacterial diversity in deep-sea sediments from different depths

    Lina Li;Chiaki Kato;Koki Horikoshi

  • Pressure-regulated metabolism in microorganisms

    Fumiyoshi Abe;Chiaki Kato;Koki Horikoshi

  • Taxonomic studies of deep-sea barophilic Shewanella strains and description of Shewanella violacea sp. nov.

    Yuichi Nogi;Chiaki Kato;Koki Horikoshi

  • Microbial Diversity in Sediments Collected from the Deepest Cold-Seep Area, the Japan Trench.

    Lina Li;Chiaki Kato;Koki Horikoshi

  • Isolation and properties of barophilic and barotolerant bacteria from deep-sea mud samples

    Chiaki Kato;Takako Sato;Koki Horikoshi

  • Photobacterium profundum sp. nov., a new, moderately barophilic bacterial species isolated from a deep-sea sediment

    Yuichi Nogi;Noriaki Masui;Chiaki Kato

  • Reduced genome of the thioautotrophic intracellular symbiont in a deep-sea clam, Calyptogena okutanii.

    Hirokazu Kuwahara;Hirokazu Kuwahara;Takao Yoshida;Yoshihiro Takaki;Shigeru Shimamura

  • Molecular analyses of the sediment of the 11,000-m deep Mariana Trench.

    Chiaki Kato;Lina Li;Jin Tamaoka;Koki Horikoshi

  • Biodegradation of aliphatic polyesters soaked in deep seawaters and isolation of poly(ɛ-caprolactone)-degrading bacteria

    Takayoshi Sekiguchi;Azusa Saika;Koji Nomura;Toshihiro Watanabe

  • Correlation between phylogenetic structure and function: examples from deep-sea Shewanella

    Chiaki Kato;Yuichi Nogi

  • Novel archaeal phylotypes from an East African alkaline saltern.

    Susan Grant;William D. Grant;Brian E. Jones;Chiaki Kato

  • Altererythrobacter epoxidivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an epoxide hydrolase-active, mesophilic marine bacterium isolated from cold-seep sediment, and reclassification of Erythrobacter luteolus Yoon et al. 2005 as Altererythrobacter luteolus comb. nov.

    Kae Kyoung Kwon;Jung-Hee Woo;Sung-Hyun Yang;Ji-Hyun Kang

  • High pressure influences on gene and protein expression

    D.H. Bartlett;C. Kato;K. Horikoshi

  • Taxonomic studies of extremely barophilic bacteria isolated from the Mariana Trench and description of Moritella yayanosii sp. nov., a new barophilic bacterial isolate.

    Yuichi Nogi;Chiaki Kato

  • Nucleotide sequence of the Streptococcus mutans gtfD gene encoding the glucosyltransferase-S enzyme.

    Okahito Honda;Chiaki Kato;Howard K. Kuramitsu

  • Thermococcus peptonophilus sp. nov., a fast-growing, extremely thermophilic archaebacterium isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal vents

    Juan M. González;Chiaki Kato;Koki Horikoshi

  • Effects of high hydrostatic pressure on bacterial cytoskeleton FtsZ polymers in vivo and in vitro.

    Akihiro Ishii;Akihiro Ishii;Takako Sato;Masaaki Wachi;Kazuo Nagai

  • Moritella profunda sp. nov. and Moritella abyssi sp. nov., two psychropiezophilic organisms isolated from deep Atlantic sediments.

    Ying Xu;Yuichi Nogi;Chiaki Kato;Ziyuan Liang

Frequent Co-Authors

Koki Horikoshi
Koki Horikoshi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Toshiaki Kudo
Toshiaki Kudo Nagasaki University
Tadashi Maruyama
Tadashi Maruyama Kitasato University
Yasuhiko Yoshida
Yasuhiko Yoshida Toyo University
Douglas H. Bartlett
Douglas H. Bartlett University of California, San Diego
Tatsuo Kurihara
Tatsuo Kurihara Kyoto University
Fumio Inagaki
Fumio Inagaki Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
James Davis Reimer
James Davis Reimer University of the Ryukyus
Kazuyuki Akasaka
Kazuyuki Akasaka Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
Katsumi Imada
Katsumi Imada Osaka University

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