原著論文（163 報、以下、過去 5 年間、2009 年からのリスト）
1) Masanari, M., Wakai, S., Ishida, M., Kato, C. and Sambongi, Y. (2014) Correlation between the
optimal growth pressures of four Shewanella species and the stabilities of their cytochromes c5.
Extremophiles, DOI 10.1007/s00792-014-0644-y.
2) Fang, J., Li, C., Zhang, L., Davis, T., Kato, C. and Bartlett, D.H. (2014) Hydrogen isotope
fractionation in lipid biosynthesis by piezophilic bacterium Moritella japonica DSK1. Chem. Geol.,
in press.
3) Hamajima, Y., Nagae, T., Watanabe, N., Yamada, Y., Imai, T. and Kato, C. (2014) Pressure Effects
on the Chimeric 3-Isopropyl Malate Dehydrogenases of the Deep-Sea Piezophilic Shewanella
benthica and the Atmospheric Pressure Adapted Shewanella oneidensis. Biosci. Biotechnol.
Biochem., in press.
4) Cao, Y., Chastain, R. A., Eloe, E. A., Nogi, Y., Kato, C. and Bartlett, D. H. (2013) A novel
psychropiezophilic Oceanospirillales species Profundimonas piezophila gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated
from the deep-sea environment of the Puerto Rico Trench. Appl. Environ. Microbiol.,
doi:10.1128/AEM.02288-13.
5) Watanabe, T.M., Imada, K., Yoshizawa, K., Nishiyama, M., Kato, C., Abe, F., Morikawa, T.J.,
Kinoshita, M., Fujita, H. and Yagagida, T. (2013) Glycine insertion makes yellow fluorescent protein
sensitive to hydrostatic pressure. PLOS One, 8 (8), e73212.
6) Ohke, Y., Sakoda, A., Kato, C., Sambongi, Y., Kawamoto, J., Kurihara, T. and Tamegai, H. (2013)
Regulation of cytochrome c- and quinol oxidases, and piezotolerance of their activities in the
deep-sea piezophile Shewanalla violacea DSS12 in response to growth conditions. Biosci.
Biotechnol. Biochem., 77 (7), 1522-1528. DOI: 10.1271/bbb. 130197.
7) Koyama, S., Konishi, M., Ohta, Y., Miwa, T., Hatada, Y., Toyofuku, T., Maruyama, T., Nogi, Y.,
Kato, C. and Tsubouchi, T. (2013) Attachment and detachment of living microorganisms using a
potential-controlled electrode. Mar. Biotechnol., 15, 461-475. DOI: 10.1007/s10126-013-9495-2.
8) Vossmeyer, A., Deusner, C., Kato, C., Inagaki, F. and Ferdelman, T. G. (2012) Substrate-specific
pressure-dependence of microbial sulfate reduction in deep-sea cold seep sediments of the Japan
Trench. Frontiers in Microbiology, 3, DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00253.
9) Nagae, T., Kato, C. and Watanabe, N. (2012) Structural analysis of 3-isopropylmalate
dehydrogenase from the obligate piezophile Shewanella benthica DB21MT-2 and the nonpiezophile
Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Acta Crystallogr., F48, 265-268.
10) Usui, K., Hiraki, T., Kawamoto, J., Kurihara, T., Nogi, Y., Kato, C. and Abe, F. (2012)
Eicosapentaenoic acid plays a role in stabilizing dynamic membrane structure in the deep-sea
piezophile Shewanella violacea: a study employing high-pressure time-resolved fluorescence
anisotropy measurement. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1818, 574-583.
11) Nagae, T., Kawamura, T., Chavas, L. M. G., Niwa, K., Hasegawa, M., Kato, C. and Watanabe, N.
(2012) High-pressure-induced water penetration into 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase. Acta Cryst.,
D68, 300-309.
12) Hiraki, T., Sekiguchi, T., Kato, C., Hatada, Y., Maruyama, T., Abe, F. and Konishi, M. (2012) New
type of pressurized cultivation method providing oxygen for piezotolerant yeast. J. Biosci. Bioeng.,
113 (2), 220-223.
13) Ohmae, E., Murakami, C., Tate, S., Gekko, K. Hata, K., Akasaka, K. and Kato, C. (2012) Pressure
dependence of activity and stability of dihydroforate reductases of the deep-sea bacterium Moritella
profunda and Escherichia coli. Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 1824, 511-519.
14) Ota, Y., Sekiguchi, T., Fujimori, H., Sambongi, Y., Kato, C. and Tamegai, H. (2011) Chloride ion is
effective for the improvement of the growth of Escherichia coli under high hydrostatic pressure. J.
Jpn. Soc. Extremophiles, 10, 30-33.
15) Hiyoshi, A., Miyahara, K., Kato, C. and Ohshima, Y. (2011) Does DNA-less cellular organism exist
on earth? Genes to Cells, 16, 1146-1158.
16) Kawamoto, J., Sato, T., Nakasone, K., Kato, C., Mihara, H., Esaki, N. and Kurihara, T. (2011)
Favorable effects of eicosapentaenoic acid on the late-step of the cell division in a piezophilic
bacterium, Shewanella violacea DSS12, at high-hydrostatic pressure. Environ. Microbiol., 13 (8),
2293-2298. DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02487.x.
17) Masanari, M., Wakai, S., Tamegai, H., Kurihara, T., Kato, C. and Sambongi, Y. (2011) Thermal
stability of cytochrome c5 of pressure-sensitive Shewanella livingstonensis. Biosci. Biotechnol.
Biochem., 75, 1859-1861.
18) Tamegai, H., Ota, Y., Haga, M., Fujimori, H., Kato, C., Nogi, Y., Kawamoto, J., Kurihara, T. and
Sambongi, Y. (2011) Piezotolerance of the respiratory terminal oxidase activity of the piezophilic
Shewanella violacea DSS12 compared with non-piezophilic Shewanella species. Biosci. Biotechnol.
Biochem., 75, 919-924.
19) Murakami, C., Ohmae, E., Tate, S., Gekko, K., Nakasone, K. and Kato, C. (2011) Comparative
study on dihydrofolate reductases from Shewanella species living in deep-sea and ambient
atmospheric-pressure environments. Extremophiles, 15, 165-175．
20) Sekiguchi, T.， Saika, A.， Nomura, K.， Watanabe, T., Watanabe, T.， Fujimoto, Y.， Enoki, M.，
Sato, T., Kato, C. and Kanehiro, H. (2011) Biodegradation of aliphatic polyesters soaked in deep
seawaters and isolation of poly(ε-caprolactone)-degrading bacteria. Polym. Deg. Stab., 96,
1397-1403.
21) Sekiguchi, T.， Sato, T.， Enoki, M.， Kanehiro, H. and Kato, C. (2010) Procedure of isolation of
the plastic degrading piezophilic bacteria from deep-sea environments. J. Jpn. Soc. Extremophiles, 9,
25-30.
22) Sekiguchi, T.， Sato, T.， Enoki, M.， Kanehiro, H. and Kato, C. (2010) Isolation and
characterization of biodegradable plastic degrading bacteria from deep-sea environments.
JAMSTECR, 11, 33-41.
23) Jiang, DM., Kato, C., Zhou, XW., Wu, ZH., Sato, T. and Li, YZ. (2010) Phylogeographic separation
of marine and soil myxobacteria at high levels of classification. The ISME Journal (2010), 4,
1520-1530.
24) Aono, E., Baba, T., Ara, T., Nishi, T., Nakamichi, T., Inamoto, E., Toyonaga, H., Hasegawa, M.,
Takai, Y., Okumura, Y., Baba, M., Tomita, M., Kato, C., Oshima, T., Nakasone, K. and Mori, H.
(2010) Complete genome sequence and comparative analysis of Shewanella violacea, a
psychrophilic and piezophilic bacterium from deep sea floor sediments. Mol. BioSyst., 6, 1216-1226.
25) Tamegai, H., Kanda, Y. and Kato, C. (2010) Genes encoding carbocycle-forming enzymes involved
in aminoglycoside biosynthesis from deep-sea environmental DNA. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem.,
74, 1102-1105.
26) Murakami, C., Ohmae, E., Tate, S., Gekko, K., Nakasone, K. and Kato, C. (2010) Cloning and
Characterization of Dihydrofolate Reductases from Deep-Sea Bacteria. J. Biochem., 147, 591-599.
27) Kasahara, R., Sato, T., Tamegai, H. and Kato, C. (2009) Piezo-adapted 3-isopropylmalate
dehydrogenase of the obligate piezophile Shewanella benthica DB21MT-2 isolated from the
11,000-m depth of the Mariana Trench. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 73, 2541-2543.
28) Harada, M., Yoshida, T., Kuwahara, H., Shimamura, S., Takaki, Y., Kato, C., Miwa, T., Miyake, H.
and Maruyama, T. (2009) Expression of genes for sulfur oxidation in the intracellular
chemoautotrophic symbiont of the deep-sea bivalve Calyptogena okutanii. Extremophiles, 13,
895-903.
29) Okutani, T., Koshi-ishi, T., Sato, T., Imai, T. and Kato, C. (2009) Vesicomid fauna in the Chishima
(Kurile) Trench: occurrence of a new taxon and Calyptogena extenta. Venus (Japanese Journal of
Malacology), 68 (1-2), 15-25.
30) Ikeda, E., Andou, S., Iwama, U., Kato, C., Horikoshi, K. and Tamegai, H. (2009) Physiological roles
of two dissimilatory nitrate reductases in the deep-sea denitrifier Pseudomonas sp. strain MT-1.
Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 73, 896-900.
31) Kawano, H., Takahashi, H., Abe, F., Kato, C. and Horikoshi, K. (2009) Identification and
characterization of two alternative s factors of RNA polymerase in the deep-sea piezophilic
bacterium Shewanella violacea, strain DSS12. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 73, 200-202.
著書・総説（122 報、以下、過去 5 年間、2009 年からのリスト）
1) Sekiguchi, T. and Kato, C. (2014) Evaluation of the biodegradable plastic materials in the deep-sea
conditions (in Japanese). Monthly Journal “Plastics”, July issue, in press.
関口峻允、加 藤 千 明 （2014）深海環境における生分解性プラスチックの評価。月刊技術雑
誌「プラスチックス」7 月号、印刷中。
2) Canganella, F. and Kato, C. (2014) Deep-Ocean Ecosystems. In: els. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd:
Chichester. DOI: 10.1002/9780470015902.a0003192.pub2.
3) Ohmae, E., Miyashita, Y. and Kato, C. (2013) Thermodynamic and functional characteristics of
deep-sea enzymes revealed by pressure effects. (Review) Extremophiles, 17, 701-709. DOI:
10.1007/s00792-013-0556-2.
4) Kato, C. (2013) Mechnisms of pressure adaptation in deep-sea microorganisms (in Japanese). In:
“Evolution of the food high-pressure technology, from a basis to application” (Ed. Shigematsu, T.
and Nishiumi, T.) NTS press, Tokyo, pp. 65-84.
加藤千明（2013）第 1 編 基礎編、第 2 章第 4 節 深海微生物の圧力耐性機構。「進化する
食品高圧加工技術−基礎から応用まで−」（監修：重松亨、西海理之）株式会社エヌ・ティー・
エス、pp. 65-84。
5) Kato, C. (2012) Microbiology of piezophiles in deep-sea environments. In: “Extremophiles:
Microbiology and Biotechnology” (Ed. Roberto P. Anitori), Caister Academic Press, Norfolk, UK,
pp. 233-263.
6) Kato, C. (2011) 5.1 Distribution of piezophiles. In: “Extremophiles Handbook” (Eds. Horikoshi, K.,
Antranikian, G., Bull, A., Robb, F. and Stetter, K.), Springer-Verlag, Tokyo, pp. 643-655.
7) Kato, C. (2011) 5.2 High pressure and prokaryotes. In: “Extremophiles Handbook” (Eds. Horikoshi,
K., Antranikian, G., Bull, A., Robb, F. and Stetter, K.), Springer-Verlag, Tokyo, pp. 657-668.
8) Kato, C. (2011) 5.6 Cultivation methods for piezophiles. In: “Extremophiles Handbook” (Eds.
Horikoshi, K., Antranikian, G., Bull, A., Robb, F. and Stetter, K.), Springer-Verlag, Tokyo, pp.
719-726.
9) Prieur, D., Jebbar, M., Bartlett, D., Kato, C. and Oger, Ph. (2010) Piezophilic prokaryotes. In
“Comparative High Pressure Biology” (Ed. Sebert, P.), Science Publishers, New Hampshire, pp.
285-322.
10) Kato, C. and Sekiguchi, T (2010) Biodegradable plastic degrability by the deep-sea microorganisms
(in Japanese). Innovation News, 12, 6-7.
加 藤 千 明 、関口峻允（2010）生分解性プラスチックの深海微生物による分解性。イノベー
ションニュース、Vol. 12, 6-7。
11) Sekiguchi, T., Enoki, M., Kanehiro, H., Kato, C. and Sato, T. (2010) Plastic degradable deep-sea
microorganisms (in Japanese). Journal of Society for Wreckage, 32, 15-17.
関口峻允， 榎牧子， 兼広春之， 加藤千明， 佐藤孝子 (2010) プラスチックを食べる深海
の微生物について. 漂着物学会機関誌、32，15-17.
12) Kim, S-J. and Kato, C. (2010) Sampling, isolation, cultivation and characterization of piezophilic
microbes. In “Handbook of Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology” (Ed. Timmis, Kenneth N.),
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Volume 5, Experimental Protocols and Appendices, 3869-3881.
13) Fang, J., and Kato, C. (2010) Deep-sea piezophilic bacteria: geomicrobiology and biotechnology. In:
Geomicrobiology: Biodiversity and Biotechnology (S. K. Jain, ed.) Blackwell Publishing, pp. 47-77.
14) Kato, C. (2009) Challenging to the Abyss. J. Jpn. Soc. Extremophiles, 8 (special issue), 23-25.
加 藤 千 明 （2009）アビスの迷宮―深海微生物と高圧下の極限世界に迷う―。J. Jpn. Soc.
Extremophiles, 8 (special issue), 23-25.
15) Kato, C. (2009) Features of enzymes produced by the deep-sea microorganisms (in Japanese).
Seikagaku, 81 (12), 1094-1100.
加藤千明（2009）深海微生物の作る酵素の特徴。生化学、81（12）、1094-1100.
16) Kato, C. (2009) Deep-sea piezophilic microorganisms: their investigation, functions and applications
(in Japanese). Kagaku to Kougyo, 83 (6), 241-247.
加藤千明（2009）深海環境に適応した好圧性微生物の探索・機能と利用。化学と工業、83 (6),
241-247。
特許（3 件）
1) 小山純弘、加 藤 千 明 、他（2011）【発明の名称】生きた微生物の固定化方法および調整方法．
2) 加藤千明、山中茂、伊藤吹夕、榎牧子、関口峻允、兼廣春之（2011）
【発明の名称】新規有用
深海細菌．特願 2011-76600.
3) 加藤千明、兼廣春之、佐藤孝子、関口峻允（2009）
【発明の名称】新規微生物，及び該微生物
を使用して生分解性プラスチックの生分解性を試験する方法. 出願番号 2009-051211. 

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