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My interests include watching sports, weight training, and throwing new knowledge into the fountain of human wisdom. I am studying the roles of plankton and viruses in the biogeochemical cycles. What fascinates me about this research is that it takes me far, that it is necessary for people, and that there is no end to it. 

Academic Career

• 2022–Present Associate Professor, Kyoto University

• 2017–2022 Assistant Professor,  Kyoto University

• 2013–2017 Post-doc, Hokkaido University

• 2013 Ph.D, Hokkaido University

• 2008 B.Ed, Tokyo Gakugei University

Peer-reviewed articles

2024

• Fang Y, Meng L, Xia J, Gotoh Y, Nagasaki K, Endo H, Okazaki Y, Ogata H. Genome-resolved year-round dynamics reveal a broad range of giant virus microdiversity. mSystems. 0, e01168-24 (2024)

DOI: 10.1128/msystems.01168-24

• Yang Q, Yang Y, Xia J, Fukuda H, Okazaki Y, Nagata T, Ogata H, and Endo H. Taxon-specific contributions of microeukaryotes to biological carbon pump in the Oyashio region. ISME Commun. 4, ycae136 (2024) 

DOI: 10.1093/ismeco/ycae136

• Wu J, Meng L, Gaïa M, Hikida H, Okazaki Y, Endo H, and Ogata H. Gene transfer among viruses substantially contributes to gene gain of giant viruses. Mol. Biol. Evol. 41, msae161 (2024)

DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msae161

• Ban H, Endo H, The EukBank Team, Kuwata A, Ogata H. Global distribution and diversity of marine Parmales. Microbes Environ., 29, 1, ME23093 (2024)

DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME23093

2023

• Meng L, Delmont TO, Gaia M, Pelletier E, Fernandez-Guerra A, Chaffron S, Neches RY, Wu J, Kaneko H, Endo H, and Ogata H. Genomic adaptation of giant viruses in polar oceans. Nature Commun. 14, 6233 (2023)

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41910-6

• Kaneko H, Endo H, Henry N, Berney C, Mahé F, Poulain J, Labadie K, Beluche O, Hourany R EI, Tara Oceans coordinators, Chaffron S, Wincker P, Nakamura R, Karp-Boss L, Boss E, Bowler C, de Vargas C, Tomii K, and Ogata H. Predicting global distributions of eukaryotic plankton communities from satellite data.  ISME Commun., 3, 101 (2023)

DOI: 10.1038/s43705-023-00308-7

• Pascoal F, Tomasino M, Piredda R, Quero G, Torgo L, Poulain J, Galand P, Fuhrman J, Mitchell A, Tinta T, Dermastia T, Fernandez-Guerra A, Vezzi A, Logares R, Malfatti F, Endo H, Dąbrowska AM, Pascale FD, Sanchez P, Henry N, Fosso B, Wilson B, Toshchakov S, Ferrant G, Grigorov I, Vieira F, Costa R, Pesant S, and Magalhães C. Inter-comparison of marine microbiome sampling protocols. ISME Commun., 3, 84 (2023)

DOI: 10.1038/s43705-023-00278-w

• Rigonato J, Budinich M, Murillo A.A, Brandão M.C, Pierella J.J, Soviadan Y.D, Gregory A.C, Endo H, Kokoszka F, Vik D, Henry N, FrémontP, Labadie K, Zayed A.A, Dimier C, Picheral M, Searson S, Poulain J, Kandels S, Pesant S, Karsenti E, The Tara Oceans coordinators, Bork P, Bowler C, Chaffron S, de Vargas C, Eveillard D, Gehlen M, Iudicone D, Lombard F, Ogata H, Stemmann L, Sullivan M.B, Sunagawa S, Wincker P, and Jaillon O. Ocean-wide comparisons of mesopelagic planktonic community structures. ISME Commun., 3, 83 (2023)

DOI: 10.1038/s43705-023-00279-9

• Ban H, Sato S, Yoshikawa S, Yamada K, Nakamura Y, Ichinomiya M, Sato N, Blanc-Mathieu R, Endo H, Kuwata A, and Ogata H. Genome analysis of Parmales, a sister group of diatoms, reveals the evolutionary specialization of diatoms from phago-mixotrophs to photoautotrophs. Commun. Biol., 6, 697 (2023) 

DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05002-x

• Okazaki Y, Nguyen TT, Nishihara A, Endo H, Ogata H, Nakano S, Tamaki H. A fast and efficient method to co-extract DNA and RNA from an environmental microbial sample. Microb. Environ., 38, ME22102 (2023)

DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME22102

• Endo H, Umezawa Y, Takeda S, and Suzuki K. Haptophyte communities along the Kuroshio Current reveal their geographical sources and ecological traits. Mol. Ecol., 31, 110–123 (2023)

DOI: 10.1111/mec.16734

2022

• Xia J, Kameyama S, Prodinger F, Cho K-H, Jung J, Yang E-J, Ogata H, and Endo H. Tight association between microbial eukaryote and giant virus communities in the Arctic Ocean. Limnol. Oceanogr., 67, 1343–1356 (2022)

DOI: 10.1002/lno.12086

• Xu Z, Cheung S, Endo H, Xia X, Wu W, Chen B, Ho NHE, Meng Li, and Hongbin Liu. Disentangling the ecological processes shaping the latitudinal pattern of phytoplankton communities in the Pacific Ocean. mSystems, 7, e01203-21 (2022)

DOI: 10.1128/msystems.01203-21

2021

• Prodinger F, Endo H, Takano Y, Li Y, Tominaga K, Isozaki T, Blanc-Mathieu R, Gotoh Y, Tetsuya H, Taniguchi E, Nagasaki K, Yoshida T, and Ogata H. Year-round dynamics of amplicon sequence variant communities differ among eukaryotes, Imitervirales, and prokaryotes in a coastal ecosystem. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol., 97, fiab167 (2021)

DOI: 10.1093/femsec/fiab167

• Shiozaki T, Hashihama F, Endo H, Ijichi M, Takeda M, Makabe A, Fujiwara A, Noshino S, and Harada N. Assimilation and oxidation of urea-derived nitrogen in the summer Arctic Ocean. Limnol. Oceanogr., 66, 4159– 4170 (2021) 

DOI: 10.1002/lno.11950

• Zhang R, Endo H, Takemura M, and Ogata H. RNA-seq of the medusavirus suggests remodeling of the host nuclear environment at an early infection stage. Microbiol. Spectr., 9, e00064-21 (2021)

DOI: 10.1128/Spectrum.00064-21

• Cheung S, Zehr JP, Xia X, Tsurumoto C, Endo H, Nakaoka S, Mark W, Suzuki K, and Liu H. Gamma4: a genetically versatile Gammaproteobacterial nifH phylotype that is widely distributed in the North Pacific Ocean. Environ. Microbiol. 23, 4246–4259 (2021)

DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15604

• Kijima S, Delmont T.O, Miyazaki U, Gaia M, Endo H, and Ogata H. Discovery of viral myosin genes with complex evolutionary history within plankton. Front. Microbiol., 12, 683294 (2021)

DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.683294

• Meng L, Endo H, Blanc-Mathieu R, Hernández-Velázquez R, Kaneko H, and Ogata H. Quantitative assessment of nucleocytoplasmic large DNA virus and host interactions predicted by co-occurrence analyses. mSphere, 6, e01298-20 (2021)

DOI: 10.1128/mSphere.01298-20

• Yoshida K, Zhang R, Garcia K, Endo H, Gotoh Y, Hayashi T, Takemura M, and Ogata H. Draft Genome Sequence of Medusavirus stheno, a new member of “Medusaviridae” Isolated from the Tatakai River of Uji, Japan. Microbiol. Resour. Announc., 10(1), e01323-20 (2021)

DOI: 10.1128/MRA.01323-20

• Kaneko H, Blanc-Mathieu R, Endo H, Chaffron S, Delmont TO, Gaia M, Henry N, Hernández-Velázquez R, Nguyen CH, Mamitsuka H, Forterre P, Jaillon O., de Varga C, Sullivan B, Suttle CA, Guidi L, and Ogata H. Eukaryotic virus composition can predict the efficiency of carbon export in the global ocean. iScience, 24, 102002 (2021)

DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.102002

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• Kawasaki T, Endo H*, Ogata H, Chatchawankanphanich O, and Yamada T. The complete genomic sequence of a novel myovirus RP13 infecting Ralstonia solanacearum, the causative agent of bacterial wilt. Arch. Virol., 166, 651–654 (2021) [Link] *co-first author

DOI: 10.1007/s00705-020-04893-z

2020

• Nishiyama H, Endo H, Blanc-Mathieu R, and Ogata H. Ecological dynamics of temperate bacteriophages in the inflammatory bowel disease affected gut. Microorganisms, 8(11), 1663 (2020)

DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8111663

• Endo H, Blanc-Mathieu R, Li Y, Salazar G, Henry N, Labadie K, de Vargas C, Sullivan B.M, Bowler C, Wincker P, Karp-Boss L, Sunagawa S, and Ogata H. Biogeography of marine giant viruses reveals their interplay with eukaryotes and ecological functions. Nat. Ecol. Evol., 4, 1639–1649 (2020)

DOI: 10.1038/s41559-020-01288-w

[Press release] [Blog] [Free Article View]

• Cheung S, Nitanai R, Tsurumoto C, Endo H, Nakaoka S, Cheah W, Lorda J.F, Xia Z, Liu H, and Suzuki K. Physical forcing controls the basin-scale occurrence of nitrogen-fixing organisms in the North Pacific Ocean. Global Biogeochem. Cy., 34, e2019GB006452 (2020)

DOI: 10.1029/2019GB006452

• Prodinger F, Endo H, Gotoh, Y, Li Y, Morimoto D, Omae, K, Tominaga K, Blanc-Mathieu, R, Takano Y, Hayashi T, Nagasaki K, Yoshida T, and Ogata H. An optimized metabarcoding method for Mimiviridae. Microorganisms, 8(4), 506 (2020)

DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8040506

2019

• Aramaki T, Blanc-Mathieu R, Endo H, Ohkubo K, Kanehisa M, Goto S, and Ogata H. KofamKOALA: KEGG ortholog assignment based on profile HMM and adaptive score threshold. Bioinformatics, 36, 2251–2252 (2019)

DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btz859

• Ibarbalz F.M, Henry N, Brandão M.C, Martini S, Busseni G, Byrne H, Coelho L.P, Endo H, Gasol J.M, Gregory A.C, Mahé F, Rigonato J, Royo-Llonch M, Salazar G, Sanz-Sáez I, Scalco E, Soviadan D, Zayed A, Zingone A, Labadie K, Ferland J, Marec C, Kandels S, Picheral M, Dimier C, Poulain J, Pisarev S, Carmichael M, Pesant S, Tara Oceans Coordinators, Babin M, Boss E, Iudicone D, Jaillon O, Acinas S.G, Ogata H, Pelletier E, Stemmann L, Sullivan M.B, Sunagawa S, Bopp L, de Vargas C,  Boss L.K, Wincker P, Lombard F, Bowler C, and Zinger L. Global trends in marine plankton diversity across kingdoms of life. Cell, 179(5), 1084–1097 (2019)

DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.10.008

• Li Y, Endo H, Goto Y, Watai H, Ogawa N, Blanc-Mathieu R, Yoshida T, and Ogata H. The earth is small for “leviathans”: long distance dispersal of giant viruses across aquatic environments. Microbes Environ., doi:10.1264/jsme2.ME19037 (2019)

DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME19037

• Endo H, and Suzuki K. Spatial variations in community structure of haptophytes across the Kuroshio front in the Tokara Strait. In: Kuroshio Current: Physical, Biogeochemical and Ecosystem Dynamics (eds.Nagai T, Saito H, Suzuki K, and Takahashi M), AGU Geophysical Monograph Series, AGU-Wiley, doi.org/10.1002/9781119428428.ch13, (2019)

DOI: 10.1002/9781119428428.ch13

• Yan D, Endo H, and Suzuki K. Increased temperature benefits growth and photosynthetic performance of the sea ice diatom Nitzschia cf. neglecta (Bacillariophyceae) isolated from Lake Saroma, Hokkaido, Japan. J. Phycol., 55(3), 700–713 (2019)

DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12846

• Xia X, Cheung, S, Endo H, Suzuki K, and Liu H.Latitudinal and vertical variations of Synechococcus assemblage composition along 170°W transect from the South Pacific to the Arctic Ocean. Microb. Ecol., 77(2), 333–342 (2019)

DOI: 10.1007/s00248-018-1308-8

2018

• Li Y, Hingamp P, Watai H, Endo H, Yoshida T, and Ogata H. Degenerate PCR primers to reveal the diversity of giant viruses in coastal waters. Viruses, 10, 496 (2018)

DOI: 10.3390/v10090496

• Endo H, Ogata H, and Suzuki K. Contrasting biogeography and diversity patterns between diatoms and haptophytes in the central Pacific Ocean. Sci. Rep., 8, 10916 (2018)

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-29039-9

• Yoshida K., Endo H, Lawrenz E, Isada T, Hooker SB, Prášil O, Suzuki K. Community composition and photophysiology of phytoplankton assemblages in coastal Oyashio waters of the western North Pacific during early spring, Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci., 212, 80–94 (2018)

DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2018.06.018

2017

• Endo H, Hattori H, Mishima T, Hashida G, Sasaki H, Nishioka J, and Suzuki K. Phytoplankton community responses to iron and CO2 enrichment in different biogeochemical regions of the Southern Ocean. Pol. Biol., 40, 2143–2159 (2017)

DOI: 10.1007/s00300-017-2130-3

2016

• Endo H, Sugie K, Yoshimura T, and Suzuki K. Response of spring diatoms to CO2 availability in the western North Pacific as determined by next-generation sequencing. PLOS ONE, 11, e0154291 (2016)

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154291

2015

• Endo H, Sugie K, Yoshimura T, and Suzuki K. Effects of CO2 and iron availability on rbcL gene expression in Bering Sea diatoms. Biogeosciences, 12, 2247−2259 (2015)

DOI: 10.5194/bg-12-2247-2015

2014

• Yoshimura T, Sugie K, Endo H, Suzuki K, Nishioka J, and Ono T. Organic matter production response to CO2 increase in open subarctic plankton communities: Comparison of six microcosm experiments under iron-limited and -enriched bloom condition. Deep-Sea Res. I., 94, 1−14 (2014)

DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2014.08.004

2013

• Sugie K, Endo H, Suzuki K, Nishioka J, and Yoshimura T. Synergistic effects of pCO2 and iron availability on nutrient consumption ratio of the Bering Sea phytoplankton community. Biogeosciences, 10, 6309−6321 (2013)

DOI: 10.5194/bg-10-6309-2013

• Endo H, Yoshimura T, Kataoka T, and Suzuki K. Effects of CO2 and iron availability on phytoplankton and eubacterial community compositions in the northwest subarctic Pacific. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 439, 160−175 (2013)

DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2012.11.003