Tsuruoka National College of Technology, Part-time Lecturer, 2014.10 -

Japan Society of Civil Engineering

Society of Environmental Science, Japan

Recovery of valuable metals from industrial waste by using microbes, 2010.12 -

Phylogeny and Physiological Diversity of Cold-adapted Anaerobic Bacteria Isolated from Rice Field Soil in Japan., Microbes and environments, 38(2) n/a, 2023

Honma S, Ueki A, Ichimura A, Suzuki K, Kaku N, Ueki K

Single Author

Clostridium gelidum sp. nov., a psychrotrophic anaerobic bacterium isolated from rice field soil., International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology, 72(8) , 2022.08

Honma S, Ueki A, Tonouchi A, Kaku N, Ueki K

Single Author

Prevotella herbatica sp. nov., a plant polysaccharide-decomposing anaerobic bacterium isolated from a methanogenic reactor., International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology, 72(1) , 2022.01

Ueki A, Tonouchi A, Kaku N, Ueki K

Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

Anaerocolumna chitinilytica sp. nov., a chitin-decomposing anaerobic bacterium isolated from anoxic soil subjected to biological soil disinfestation, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 71(9) , 2021.09

Atsuko Ueki, Akio Tonouchi, Nobuo Kaku, Katsuji Ueki

Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

Clostridium fungisolvens sp. nov., a new beta-1,3-glucan-decomposing bacterium isolated from anoxic soil subjected to biological soil disinfestation, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, 7(3) , 2021.05

Ueki Atsuko, Tonouchi Akio, Kaku Nobuo, Ueki Katsuji

Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

Methane and nitrous oxide emissions from paddy fields with no fertilizer use under continuous irrigation with treated municipal wastewater., Environmental science and pollution research international, 28(18) 23420-23431, 2021.01

Pham DD, Suhono AHB, Kaku N, Masuda S, Takakai F, Watanabe T

Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

beta-1,3-Glucanase production as an anti-fungal enzyme by phylogenetically different strains of the genus Clostridium isolated from anoxic soil that underwent biological disinfestation, APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, 104(12) 5563-5578, 2020.06

Ueki Atsuko, Takehara Toshiaki, Ishioka Gen, Kaku Nobuo, Ueki Katsuji

Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

Continuous Sub-Irrigation with Treated Municipal Wastewater for Protein-Rich Rice Production with Reduced Emissions of CH4 and N2O, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 10(1) 5485, 2020.03

Phung Luc Duc, Pham Dung Viet, Sasaki Yuka, Masuda Shuhei, Takakai Fumiaki, Kaku Nobuo, Watanabe Toru

Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

Production of beta-1,3-glucanase and chitosanase from clostridial strains isolated from the soil subjected to biological disinfestation, AMB EXPRESS, 9(1) 114, 2019.07

Ueki Atsuko, Takehara Toshiaki, Ishioka Gen, Kaku Nobuo, Ueki Katsuji

Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

Rice Cultivation without Synthetic Fertilizers and Performance of Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) under Continuous Irrigation with Treated Wastewater, WATER, 11(7) 1516, 2019.07

Dong Duy Pham, Cai Kei, Luc Duc Phung, Kaku Nobuo, Sasaki Atsushi, Sasaki Yuka, Horiguchi Kenichi, Dung Viet Pham, Watanabe Toru

Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

Role of anaerobic bacteria in biological soil disinfestation for elimination of soil-borne plant pathogens in agriculture, APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, 102(15) 6309-6318, 2018.08

Ueki, A; Kaku, N; Ueki, K

Single Author

Bottom-to-top continuous irrigation of treated municipal wastewater for effective nitrogen removal and high quality rice for animal feeding, WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-WATER SUPPLY, 18(4) 1183-1195, 2018.08

Pham, DD; Kurashima, S; Kaku, N; Sasaki, A; Pu, J; Watanabe, T

Single Author

Aminipila butyrica gen. nov., sp nov., a strictly anaerobic, arginine-decomposing bacterium isolated from a methanogenic reactor of cattle waste, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, 68(1) 443-448, 2018.01

Ueki Atsuko, Goto Kazushi, Kaku Nobuo, Ueki Katsuji

Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

Degradation of the fungal cell wall by clostridial strains isolated from soil subjected to biological soil disinfestation and biocontrol of <i>Fusarium</i> wilt disease of spinach, APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, 101(22) 8267-8277, 2017.11

Ueki, A; Takehara, T; Ishioka, G; Kaku, N; Ueki, K

Single Author

Description of <i>Anaerotignum aminivorans</i> gen. nov., sp nov., a strictly anaerobic, amino-acid-decomposing bacterium isolated from a methanogenic reactor, and reclassification of <i>Clostridium propionicum, Clostridium neopropionicum</i> and <i>Clostridium lactatifermentans</i> as species of the genus <i>Anaerotignum</i>, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, 67(10) 4146-4153, 2017.10

Ueki, A; Goto, K; Ohtaki, Y; Kaku, N; Ueki, K

Single Author

Nitrogen removal and power generation from treated municipal wastewater by its circulated irrigation for resource-saving rice cultivation, WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 75(4) 898-907, 2017.02

Watanabe, T; Mashiko, T; Maftukhah, R; Kaku, N; Pham, DD; Ito, H

Single Author

<i>Falcatimonas natans</i> gen. nov., sp nov., a strictly anaerobic, amino-acid-decomposing bacterium isolated from a methanogenic reactor of cattle waste, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, 66 4639-4644, 2016.11

Watanabe, M; Kaku, N; Ueki, K; Ueki, A

Single Author

Descriptions of <i>Anaerotaenia torta</i> gen. nov., sp nov and <i>Anaerocolumna cellulosilytica</i> gen. nov., sp nov isolated from a methanogenic reactor of cattle waste and reclassification of <i>Clostridium aminovalericum</i>, <i>Clostridium jejuense</i> and <i>Clostridium xylanovorans</i> as <i>Anaerocolumna</i> species, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, 66 2936-2943, 2016.08

Ueki, A; Ohtaki, Y; Kaku, N; Ueki, K

Single Author

An Experimental Study on Biodegradability of Cellulose Fiber by Fiber-Cement-Stabilized Soil Method, Journal of MMIJ, 132(12) 182-189, 2016

Yuto MORI, Hiroshi TAKAHASHI, Nobuo KAKU, Hiroyuki NISHIMURA

Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

<i>Aminocella</i> <i>lysinolytica</i> gen. nov., sp nov., a L-lysine-degrading, strictly anaerobic bacterium in the class <i>Clostridia</i> isolated from a methanogenic reactor of cattle farms, ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY, 197(1) 97-104, 2015.01

Ueki, A; Shibuya, T; Kaku, N; Ueki, K

Single Author

Microbial electricity generation in rice paddy fields: recent advances and perspectives in rhizosphere microbial fuel cells, APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, 98(23) 9521-9526, 2014.12

Kouzuma, A; Kaku, N; Watanabe, K

Single Author

Propionispira arcuata sp. nov., isolated from a methanogenic reactor of cattle waste and reclassification of Zymophilus raffinosivorans and Zymophilus paucivorans as Propionispira raffinosivorans comb. nov. and Propionispira paucivorans comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Propionispira, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 64(10) 3571-3577, 2014.10

7. Atsuko Ueki, Misa Watanabe, Yoshimi Ohtaki, Nobuo Kaku, Katsuji Ueki

Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

Description of <i>Propionispira arcuata</i> sp nov., isolated from a methanogenic reactor of cattle waste, reclassification of <i>Zymophilus raffinosivorans</i> and <i>Zymophilus paucivorans</i> as <i>Propionispira raffinosivorans</i> comb. nov and <i>Propionispira paucivorans</i> comb. nov and emended description of the genus <i>Propionispira</i>, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, 64 3571-3577, 2014.10

Ueki, A; Watanabe, M; Ohtaki, Y; Kaku, N; Ueki, K

Single Author

Usefulness of Japanese-radish residue in biological soil disinfestation to suppress spinach wilt disease accompanying with proliferation of soil bacteria in the <i>Firmicutes</i>, CROP PROTECTION, 61 64-73, 2014.07

Mowlick, S; Inoue, T; Takehara, T; Tonouchi, A; Kaku, N; Ueki, K; Ueki, A

Single Author

Suppression of spinach wilt disease by biological soil disinfestation incorporated with <i>Brassica juncea</i> plants in association with changes in soil bacterial communities, CROP PROTECTION, 54 185-193, 2013.12

Mowlick, S; Yasukawa, H; Inoue, T; Takehara, T; Kaku, N; Ueki, K; Ueki, A

Single Author

Proliferation of diversified clostridial species during biological soil disinfestation incorporated with plant biomass under various conditions, APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, 97(18) 8365-8379, 2013.09

Mowlick, S; Takehara, T; Kaku, N; Ueki, K; Ueki, A

Single Author

Changes and recovery of soil bacterial communities influenced by biological soil disinfestation as compared with chloropicrin-treatment, AMB Express, 3 46, 2013.08

Subrata Mowlick, Takashi Inoue, Toshiaki Takehara, Nobuo Kaku, Katsuji Ueki, Atsuko Ueki

Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

Fermentative L-(+)-lactic acid production from non-sterilized rice washing drainage containing rice bran by a newly isolated lactic acid bacteria without any additions of nutrients, JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING, 115(4) 449-452, 2013.04

Watanabe, M; Makino, M; Kaku, N; Koyama, M; Nakamura, K; Sasano, K

Single Author

Effects of Inocula, Substrate Concentration and Minerals on Methane Fermentation of Wastewater Discharged from Bio-Diesel Manufacturing , Bulletin of the Yamagata University (Agricultural Science), 16(4) 241-248, 2013.02

Nobuo Kaku, Haruka Oikawa, Shizuka Suzuki, Eriko Ohta, Atsuko Ueki, Katsuji Ueki, Masanori Watanabe

Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

Changes and recovery of soil bacterial communities influenced by biological soil disinfestation as compared with chloropicrin-treatment, AMB EXPRESS, 3 , 2013

Mowlick, S; Inoue, T; Takehara, T; Kaku, N; Ueki, K; Ueki, A

Single Author

Development of anaerobic bacterial community consisted of diverse clostridial species during biological soil disinfestation amended with plant biomass, Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 58(3) 273-287, 2012.05

Subrata Mowlick, Atsuko Ueki, Keisuke Hirota, Toshiaki Takehara, Nobuo Kaku, Katsuji Ueki

Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

<i>Anaerocella delicata</i> gen. nov., sp nov., a strictly anaerobic bacterium in the phylum <i>Bacteroidetes</i> isolated from a methanogenic reactor of cattle farms, JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, 58(6) 405-412, 2012

Abe, K; Ueki, A; Ohtaki, Y; Kaku, N; Watanabe, K; Ueki, K

Single Author

Development of anaerobic bacterial community consisted of diverse clostridial species during biological soil disinfestation amended with plant biomass, SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION, 58(3) 273-287, 2012

Mowlick, S; Hirota, K; Takehara, T; Kaku, N; Ueki, K; Ueki, A

Single Author

<i>Propioniciclava tarda</i> gen. nov., sp nov., isolated from a methanogenic reactor treating waste from cattle farms, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, 61 2298-2303, 2011.09

Sugawara, Y; Ueki, A; Abe, K; Kaku, N; Watanabe, K; Ueki, K

Single Author

<i>Bacteroides paurosaccharolyticus</i> sp. nov., isolated from a methanogenic reactor treating waste from cattle farms, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, 61 448-453, 2011.02

Ueki, A; Abe, K; Ohtaki, Y; Kaku, N; Watanabe, K; Ueki, K

Single Author

<i>Rhizomicrobium palustre</i> gen. nov., sp nov., a facultatively anaerobic, fermentative stalked bacterium in the class <i>Alphaproteobacteria</i> isolated from rice plant roots, JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, 56(3) 193-203, 2010.06

Ueki, A; Kodama, Y; Kaku, N; Shiromura, T; Satoh, A; Watanabe, K; Ueki, K

Single Author

Stabilization Factors for Propionate Oxidation in Methanogenic Process Treating Artificial Wastewater, Journal of Japan Society on Water Environment, 33(9) 147-150, 2010.03

Nobuo Kaku, Toshikazu Uttanai, Shino Hasegawa, Atsuko Ueki, Katsuji Ueki

Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

<i>Anaerosphaera aminiphila</i> gen. nov., sp nov., a glutamate-degrading, Gram-positive anaerobic coccus isolated from a methanogenic reactor treating cattle waste, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, 59 3161-3167, 2009.12

Ueki, A; Abe, K; Suzuki, D; Kaku, N; Watanabe, K; Ueki, K

Single Author

<i>Bacteroides graminisolvens</i> sp nov., a xylanolytic anaerobe isolated from a methanogenic reactor treating cattle waste, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, 59 1901-1907, 2009.08

Nishiyama, T; Ueki, A; Kaku, N; Watanabe, K; Ueki, K

Single Author

<i>Clostridium sufflavum</i> sp nov., isolated from a methanogenic reactor treating cattle waste, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, 59 981-986, 2009.05

Nishiyama, T; Ueki, A; Kaku, N; Ueki, K

Single Author

Plant/microbe cooperation for electricity generation in a rice paddy field, APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY, 79(1) 43-49, 2008.05

Kaku, N; Yonezawa, N; Kodama, Y; Watanabe, K

Single Author

Bacteroides propionicifaciens sp nov., isolated from rice-straw residue in a methanogenic reactor treating waste from cattle farms, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY, 58 346-352, 2008.02

Ueki, A; Abe, K; Kaku, N; Watanabe, K; Ueki, K

Single Author

Methanogenesis as an important terminal electron accepting process in estuarine sediments at the mouth of Orikasa River, Microbes and Environments, 20(1) 41-52, 2005.03

Nobuo Kaku, Atsuko Ueki, Katsuji Ueki, Kazuya Watanabe

Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

Diversity and abundance of bacteria in an underground oil-storage cavity, BMC Microbiology, 2 23, 2002.08

Kazuya Watanabe, Yumiko Kodama, Nobuo Kaku

Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

Diversity, abundance, and activity of archaeal populations in oil-contaminated groundwater accumulated at the bottom of an underground crude oil storage cavity, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 68(8) 3899-3907, 2002.08

Kazuya Watanabe, Yumiko Kodama, Natsuko Hamamura, Nobuo Kaku

Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

Methanogenic activities on rice roots and plant residue and their contributions to methanogenesis in wetland rice field soil, SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY, 32(14) 2001-2010, 2000.12

Kaku, N; Ueki, A; Fujii, H; Ueki, K

Single Author

Effects of overexpression of <i>Escherichia coli</i> <i>kat</i>E and <i>bet</i> genes on the tolerance for salt stress in a freshwater cyanobacterium <i>Synechococcus</i> sp PCC 7942, PLANT SCIENCE, 159(2) 281-288, 2000.11

Kaku, N; Hibino, T; Tanaka, Y; Ishikawa, H; Araki, E; Takabe, T; Takabe, T

Single Author

Effects of organic matter application, temperature, and sunshine duration on seasonal and annual variations of methanogenic activity in wetland rice field soil, SOIL SCIENCE AND PLANT NUTRITION, 45(4) 811-823, 1999.12

Ueki, A; Nishida, S; Kumakura, M; Kaku, N; Kainuma, Y; Hattori, C; Fujii, H; Ueki, K

Single Author

Sample preparation for methanogenic activities of heterogeneous flooded rice soils, Microbes and Environments, 14(3) 151-156, 1999.09

Nobuo Kaku, Atsuko Ueki, Katsuji Ueki

Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

Molecular characterization of DnaK from the halotolerant cyanobacterium <i>Aphanothece halophytica</i> for ATPase, protein folding, and copper binding under various salinity conditions, PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 40(3) 409-418, 1999.06

Hibino, T; Kaku, N; Yoshikawa, H; Takabe, T; Takabe, T

Single Author

Expression of <i>nhaAv</i> gene encoding Na<SUP>+</SUP>/H<SUP>+</SUP> antiporter from <i>Vibrio alginolyticus</i> in a freshwater cyanobacterium <i>Synechococcus</i> sp PCC 7942 confers lithium tolerance, but not sodium tolerance, PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY, 40(5) 557-564, 1999.05

Kaku, N; Hibino, T; Tanaka, Y; Takabe, T; Nakamura, T; Takabe, T

Single Author

Analysis of methanogenic microbial ecosystem in paddy field soil: Distributions of various bacteria and methanogenic activity on rice roots and plant residue, Proceedings of the 8th international conference on anaerobic digestion, 3 337-340, 1997.05

Nobuo Kaku, Atsuko Uek, Katsuji Ueki

Multiple Authorship (Including Foreigners)

Analysis of methanogenic microbial ecosystem in paddy field soil - Distributions of various bacteria and methanogenic activity on rice roots and plant residue - "jointly worked", Environmental Science, 10(1) 51-62, 1997.02

Nobuo Kaku, Atsuko Ueki, Hiroshi Fujii, Katsuji Ueki

Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

Analysis of methanogenic microbial ecosystem in paddy field soil - Seasonal changes in the distribution of various bacteria and effects of organic matter application "jointly worked", Environmental Science, 9(2) 249-261, 1996.05

Nobuo Kaku, Atsuko Ueki, Kouichi Ohbuchi, Katsuji Ueki

Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

Seasonal changes of relationships among methane emission rates, growth of rice plants, and soil environments in paddy field "jointly worked", Bulletin of the Yamagata University (Agricultural Science), 12(3) 347-356, 1996.01

Atsuko Ueki, Nobuo Kaku, Kouichi Ohbuchi, Tomoyasu Ishida, Toshihide Nagano, Katsuji Ueki, Tadao Wagatsuma

Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

Effects of organic matter application on growth of rice plants, soil environments and methane emission from paddy fields "jointly worked", Environmental Science, 8(3) 293-303, 1995.08

Atsuko Ueki, Tomoyasu Ishida, Kouichi Ohbuchi, Nobuo Kaku, Toshihide Nagano, Katsuji Ueki, Tadao Wagatsuma

Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

Production of CH4, a greenhouse gas, by the microbial ecosystem in rice paddy soils and its emission to the atmosphere "jointly worked", The 6th International Symposium on Acid Rain and Snow on the Japan-Sea Rim, 27-34, 1994.10

Multiple Authorship (Only Japanese)

Expression of Na⁺/H⁺ antiporter from Vibrio alginolyticus in a freshwater cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942. In G. Garab (Ed.), Photosynthesis: Mechanisms and Effects, Vol IV, p. 2613-2616, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1999.03

Nobuo Kaku, Kyoko Okuda, Takashi Hibino, Yoshito Tanaka, Tatsunosuke Nakamura, Tetsuko Takabe, Teruhiro Takabe

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)，2004.04 - 2007.03

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)，2003.04 - 2005.03