S. Hiraoka

This study identifies and characterizes novel beta-N-acetylgalactosaminidases from deep-sea metagenomes, revealing structural diversity and substrate specificity expansion.

This study develops a probe capture enrichment method for amoA genes, revealing more accurate and diverse ammonia-oxidizing archaeal and bacterial populations than traditional sequencing approaches.

The paper identifies diverse DNA modifications in marine prokaryotic and viral communities using metaepigenomic analysis and reveals novel MTase-motif pairs and conserved motifs in Alphaproteobacteria.

The paper analyzes microbial communities and geochemistry in hadal trench sediments to understand microbial distribution and ecological drivers.

The paper uses metaepigenomic analysis to uncover diverse DNA methylation systems in an environmental prokaryotic community, identifying novel methylated motifs and their associated methyltransferases.

The paper collects and analyzes environmental DNA from petal surfaces of cherry trees across Japan, showing rapid DNA attachment and the presence of other plant DNA, supporting the use of petals for studying environmental DNA dynamics.