Y. Takaki

The paper identifies two new groups of RNA viruses associated with thermoacidophilic bacteria in acidic hot springs and other environments.

The paper introduces NeoRdRp, a dataset of RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) HMM profiles for identifying RNA viruses from metatranscriptomic data, showing improved detection compared to existing methods.

The paper reports the first occurrence of snake fungal disease caused by Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola in Asia, affecting imported captive snakes in Japan, and highlights the need for prevention measures.

The paper presents 11 metagenome-assembled genomes of ammonia oxidizing archaea from marine sediments, revealing three independently evolved lineages with specific adaptations to deep-sea conditions.

This study sequenced the genome of a kleptoplastic sea slug and found no evidence of algal gene transfer to the nucleus, showing photosynthesis can occur without nuclear gene transfer.

The paper isolates an Asgard archaeon and proposes a symbiosis model for eukaryogenesis based on its morphology and metabolism.

This study examines how different bottleneck sizes affect genetic diversity and growth rate in a rotavirus A strain during serial passage, finding increased diversity and growth rate under stronger bottlenecks.