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Northern Advancement Center for Science & Technology
H-RISE
5-3 Sakaemachi, Horonobe-cho, Teshio-gun, Hokkaido, 098-3221, Japan.
TEL+81-1632-9-4112
FAX +81-1632-9-4113

Research Topics & Publications

Ueno A, Shimizu S, Tamamura S, Okuyama H, Naganuma T, Kaneko K. (2016) Anaerobic decomposition of humic substances by Clostridium from the deep subsurface. Scientific Reports 6:18990
Shimizu S, Ueno A, Tamamura S, Naganuma T, Kaneko K (2013) Methanoculleus horonobensis sp. nov., a methanogenic archaeon isolated from a deep diatomaceous shale formation. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 63: 4320–4323 (adopted in cover photo).
Shimizu S, Upadhye R, Ishijima Y, Naganuma T (2011) Methanosarcina horonobensis sp. nov., a methanogenic archaeon isolated from a deep subsurface Miocene formation. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 61:2503–2507.
Shimizu S, Akiyama M, Naganuma T, Fujioka M, Nako M, Ishijima Y (2007) Molecular characterization of microbial communities in deep coal seam groundwater of northern Japan. Geobiology 5:423-433.
Shimizu S, Akiyama M, Ishijima Y, Hama K, Kunimaru T, Naganuma T (2006) Molecular characterization of microbial communities in fault-bordered aquifers in the Miocene formation of northernmost Japan. Geobiology 4:203-213.

Research Activities & Column

Major Equipments

1. Anaerobic Chambers (Hirasawa Co., Ltd)
2. Deoxygenized Gas Pressure & Replace Injector:GR-8 (SANSHIN INDUSTRIAL Co., Ltd / GR-8)
3. Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometry (JEOL Co. Ltd / JMS-Q1050GC)
4. Liquid Chromatography (SHIMADZU Co. Ltd / LC20A)
5. Gas Chromatography (SHIMADZU Co. Ltd / GC-8A, GC-14B, GC-2010 Plus)