Publications

Kaori Motoki, Tomo-o Watsuji, Yoshihiro Takaki, Ken Takai, Wataru Iwasaki (2020). Metatranscriptomics by in situ RNA stabilization directly and comprehensively revealed episymbiotic microbial communities of deep-sea squat lobsters.. mSystems.

Tomo-o Watsuji, Kaori Motoki, Emi Hada, Yukiko Nagai, Yoshihiro Takaki, Asami Yamamoto, Kenji Ueda, Takashi Toyofuku, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Ken Takai (2018). Compositional and Functional Shifts in the Epibiotic Bacterial Community of Shinkaia crosnieri Baba & Williams (a Squat Lobster from Hydrothermal Vents) during Methane-Fed Rearing. Microbes and Environments 33:348–356.

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Blair Thornton, Adrian Bodenmann, Oscar Pizarro, Stefan B Williams, Ariell Friedman, Ryota Nakajima, Ken Takai, Kaori Motoki, Tomo-o Watsuji, Hisako Hirayama, Yohei Matsui, Hiromi Watanabe, Tamaki Ura (2016). Biometric assessment of deep-sea vent megabenthic communities using multi-resolution 3D image reconstructions. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 116, 200-219.

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Tomo-o Watsuji, Asami Yamamoto, Kaori Motoki, Kenji Ueda, Emi Hada, Yoshihiro Takaki, Shinsuke Kawagucci, Ken Takai (2014). Molecular evidence of digestion and absorption of epibiotic bacterial community by deep-sea crab Shinkaia crosnieri. The ISME journal 9, 821–831.

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