＜Original articles & Reviews＞
Chikara Takano, Yuki Shigemasa, Kousuke Aoki, Ilham Maulidin, Satoru Kawasaki, Kazunori Nakashima:
Protein and polysaccharide-based heavy metal removal materials: batch and continuous system.
ACS Sustainable Resource Management, In press.
Chikara Takano, Kazunori Nakashima, Hideki Aoyagi, Takaaki Kojima, Satoru Kawasaki:
Metal tolerance and recovery mechanisms of the acid-tolerant bacterial strain Priestia sp. Mn7 under pH 1.5.
Extremophiles, in press.
Sohei Iwama, Chikara Takano, Satoru Kawasaki, Kazunori Nakashima:
Development of acid mine drainage treatment process using arsenic adsorbing bacteria.
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 13(6), 119222, 2025.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2025.119222
Kazunori Nakashima, Yuta Sugawara, Masahiro Fujita, Aya Yaegashi, Meiqi Chen, Sivakumar Gowthaman, Thiloththama H. K. Nawarathna, Wilson Mwandira, Numbi Ramudu Kamini, Parthasarathy Baskaran Sujiritha, Chikara Takano, Satoru Kawasaki:
In situ mineral formation on a plate for direct and efficient screening of bacteria suitable for biocementation.
Scientific Reports, 15:18706, 2025.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-01350-2
Anju Pilakka Veedu, Kazunori Nakashima, Takahiro Sato, Ami Sasabe, Keita Suzuki, Chikara Takano, Satoru Kawasaki:
Mussel adhesive protein-assisted magnetic recovery of microplastics from aquatic environments.
ACS EST Water, 5, 2087-2095, 2025.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.4c00726
Meiqi Chen, Chikara Takano, Kazunori Nakashima, Sivakumar Gowthaman & Satoru Kawasaki:
Exploration of ureolytic airborne bacteria for biocementation applications from different climate zones in Japan.
Scientific Reports, 15, 7536, 2025.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-92208-0
Sohei Iwama, Chikara Takano, Kazunori Nakashima, Hideki Aoyagi, Satoru Kawasaki:
Arsenic Removal From Acid Mine Drainage Using Acid-Tolerant Bacteria.
CLEAN-Soil, Air,Water, 53:e70000, 2025.
https://doi.org/10.1002/clen.70000
Sivakumar Gowthaman, Yuta Kumamoto, Kazunori Nakashima, Chikara Takano, Satoru Kawasaki:
Proposing a new sustainable approach for sand improvement using biologically-derived calcium phosphate cement”
Biogeotechnics, 2025, in press.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bgtech.2024.100135
Meiqi Chen, Aoi Ichinohe, Kazunori Nakashima, Chikara Takano, Sivakumar Gowthaman, Lutfian R. Daryono, Satoru Kawasaki:
Effect of humic acid on soil solidification by enzyme induced carbonate precipitation.
Biogeotechnics, 2025, in press.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bgtech.2024.100133
＜Conference & Proceeding＞
Evaluation of plant-bacteria interaction for greening the neutralization sludge deposit site
Yurika Kimoto, Chikara Takano, Kazunori Nakashima
International Symposium on Mine Waste Management, Kitwe, Zambia, October 2
Arsenic removal bioprocess for acid mine drainage treatment
Chikara Takano, Sohei Iwama, Yurika Kimoto, Kazunori Nakashima, Satoru Kawasaki
International Symposium on Mine Waste Management, Kitwe, Zambia, October 2
Biotechnologies for Mine Waste Treatment and Metal Recovery
Chikara Takano
UNZA-HU Mineral Resources Symposium 2025, Lusaka, Zambia, July 22
Enzyme-triggered aggregation of inorganic materials for resources and environmental engineering (Invited)
Kazunori Nakashima
The 30th BEST Conference & International Symposium on Biotechnology and Bioengineering (2025 BEST), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, June 27