| Significant contribution of Archaea to extant biomass in marine subsurface sediments JS Lipp, Y Morono, F Inagaki, KU Hinrichs Nature 454 (7207), 991-994, 2008 | 672 | 2008 |
| Isolation of an archaeon at the prokaryote–eukaryote interface H Imachi, MK Nobu, N Nakahara, Y Morono, M Ogawara, Y Takaki, ... Nature 577 (7791), 519-525, 2020 | 599 | 2020 |
| Exploring deep microbial life in coal-bearing sediment down to~ 2.5 km below the ocean floor F Inagaki, KU Hinrichs, Y Kubo, MW Bowles, VB Heuer, WL Hong, ... Science 349 (6246), 420-424, 2015 | 431 | 2015 |
| Global diversity of microbial communities in marine sediment T Hoshino, H Doi, GI Uramoto, L Wörmer, RR Adhikari, N Xiao, Y Morono, ... Proceedings of the national academy of sciences 117 (44), 27587-27597, 2020 | 254 | 2020 |
| Presence of oxygen and aerobic communities from sea floor to basement in deep-sea sediments S D’hondt, F Inagaki, CA Zarikian, LJ Abrams, N Dubois, T Engelhardt, ... Nature Geoscience 8 (4), 299-304, 2015 | 235 | 2015 |
| Carbon and nitrogen assimilation in deep subseafloor microbial cells Y Morono, T Terada, M Nishizawa, M Ito, F Hillion, N Takahata, Y Sano, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 (45), 18295-18300, 2011 | 235 | 2011 |
| Discriminative detection and enumeration of microbial life in marine subsurface sediments Y Morono, T Terada, N Masui, F Inagaki The ISME journal 3 (5), 503-511, 2009 | 165 | 2009 |
| An improved cell separation technique for marine subsurface sediments: applications for high‐throughput analysis using flow cytometry and cell sorting Y Morono, T Terada, J Kallmeyer, F Inagaki Environmental microbiology 15 (10), 2841-2849, 2013 | 147 | 2013 |
| Cultivation of methanogenic community from subseafloor sediments using a continuous-flow bioreactor H Imachi, K Aoi, E Tasumi, Y Saito, Y Yamanaka, Y Saito, T Yamaguchi, ... The ISME journal 5 (12), 1913-1925, 2011 | 138 | 2011 |
| Sedimentary membrane lipids recycled by deep-sea benthic archaea Y Takano, Y Chikaraishi, NO Ogawa, H Nomaki, Y Morono, F Inagaki, ... Nature Geoscience 3 (12), 858-861, 2010 | 132 | 2010 |
| Dehalogenation activities and distribution of reductive dehalogenase homologous genes in marine subsurface sediments T Futagami, Y Morono, T Terada, AH Kaksonen, F Inagaki Applied and environmental microbiology 75 (21), 6905-6909, 2009 | 115 | 2009 |
| A modified SDS-based DNA extraction method for high quality environmental DNA from seafloor environments VP Natarajan, X Zhang, Y Morono, F Inagaki, F Wang Frontiers in microbiology 7, 986, 2016 | 114 | 2016 |
| Methyl-compound use and slow growth characterize microbial life in 2-km-deep subseafloor coal and shale beds E Trembath-Reichert, Y Morono, A Ijiri, T Hoshino, KS Dawson, F Inagaki, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (44), E9206-E9215, 2017 | 108 | 2017 |
| Phylogenetic and enzymatic diversity of deep subseafloor aerobic microorganisms in organics-and methane-rich sediments off Shimokita Peninsula T Kobayashi, O Koide, K Mori, S Shimamura, T Matsuura, T Miura, ... Extremophiles 12, 519-527, 2008 | 103 | 2008 |
| Aerobic microbial life persists in oxic marine sediment as old as 101.5 million years Y Morono, M Ito, T Hoshino, T Terada, T Hori, M Ikehara, S D’Hondt, ... Nature Communications 11 (1), 3626, 2020 | 98 | 2020 |
| Acetogenesis in deep subseafloor sediments of the Juan de Fuca Ridge Flank: a synthesis of geochemical, thermodynamic, and gene-based evidence MA Lever, VB Heuer, Y Morono, N Masui, F Schmidt, MJ Alperin, ... Geomicrobiology Journal 27 (2), 183-211, 2010 | 94 | 2010 |
| Bioturbation as a key driver behind the dominance of Bacteria over Archaea in near-surface sediment X Chen, TJ Andersen, Y Morono, F Inagaki, BB Jørgensen, MA Lever Scientific reports 7 (1), 2400, 2017 | 89 | 2017 |
| Microbial diversity in sediments from the bottom of the Challenger Deep, the Mariana Trench T Nunoura, M Nishizawa, M Hirai, S Shimamura, P Harnvoravongchai, ... Microbes and environments 33 (2), 186-194, 2018 | 84 | 2018 |
| Deep-biosphere methane production stimulated by geofluids in the Nankai accretionary complex A Ijiri, F Inagaki, Y Kubo, RR Adhikari, S Hattori, T Hoshino, H Imachi, ... Science Advances 4 (6), eaao4631, 2018 | 81 | 2018 |
| Temperature limits to deep subseafloor life in the Nankai Trough subduction zone VB Heuer, F Inagaki, Y Morono, Y Kubo, AJ Spivack, B Viehweger, ... Science 370 (6521), 1230-1234, 2020 | 80 | 2020 |
Fumio InagakiJapan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC); Tohoku UniversityVerified email at jamstec.go.jp
