SUBMITTED WORK/UNDER REVIEW
28. A dual role of phycoerythrin in the nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Crocosphaera watsonii: from light-harvesting to nitrogen reservoir
Masuda T.*, Konert G., Pinkas D., Vancová M., Filimonenko V., Kaňa R., Prásil O.
(submitted to Limnology and Oceanography Letters).
27. Browning and nutrients from extreme rainfall and acidification alter the structure and photosynthetic efficiency of estuarine microbial plankton communities
Vizzo J.I., Cabrerizo M.J., Saad J.F., Masuda T., Helbling E.W., Villafañe V.E.*
(submitted to Global Change Biology).
PUBLISHED WORK/IN PRESS
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
2025
26. Pathways to an integrated understanding of marine environments and ecosystems in the Asia-Pacific Region
Adiwira H.*, Yasunaka S., Kass J.M., Açıkbaş A.H.O, Adiningsih S., Gairin E., Ilham H.B.C, Lahcene E, Li Y., Nishihira G., Peñalver-Pereira P., Sie F.M.P., Amedo-Repollo C.L., Ames C.L., Armitage D., Brännström Å., Dieckmann U., Fujii T., Husnik F., Kawamiya M., Masuda T., Plessy C., Sallan L., Shimada T., Lan Smith S., Strutton P.G., Wirasatriya A., and Suga T. Frontiers in Marine Science. 12: 1680145
25. The effect of temperature on phytoplankton physiology; a mesocosm and modeling study
Armin G., Boros G., Kis M., Burányi M., Horváth H., Krassován K., Masuda T., Bernát G.*, and Inomura K.*
Microbiology Spectrum. 10.1128/spectrum.00457-25
24. Nutrient Dynamics Modulated by Diapycnal Mixing and Particle Sinking Pathways Within an Intrathermocline Eddy in the Tropical Western North Pacific
Hu Z., Liu Z., Liu X.*, Masuda T., Shiozaki T., Yamada H., Lin H., Huang B., Furuya K. Geophysical Research Letters, 52 (13)e2024GL113616, doi:10.1029/2024GL113616
2024
23. Effects of temperature and light intensity on the autotrophic growth of Prorocentrum cf. balticum (Dinophyceae) isolated from the Oyashio-Kuroshio Mixed Water region, North Pacific
Funaki C., Kuwata K., Lum W.M., Takahashi K., Masuda T., Ichinomiya M., Katayama T, Kodama T, Iwataki M., Takahashi K*
Plankton and Benthos Research, 19(4): 191–202, doi: 10.3800/pbr.19.191
22. Crocosphaera watsonii - A widespread nitrogen-fixing unicellular marine cyanobacterium
Masuda T.*, Mareš J., Shiozaki T., Inomura K., Fujiwara A., Prášil O. Jouranak of Phycology 00, 1-17, doi:10.1111/jpy.13450
2023
21. Visualisation of proteins from cells with high autofluorescence: Case study in phycoerythrin containing Crocosphaera watsonii
Masuda T.*, Dominika M., Kasia P., Yuichi F., Prášil O. Journal of Visualized Experiments. (199), e65168, doi:10.3791/65168
20. Coexistence of dominant marine phytoplankton species sustained by nutrient specialization
Masuda T.*, Inomura K., Mareš J., Kodama T., Shiozaki T., Matsui T., Suzuki K., Takeda S., Deutsch C., Prášil O., Furuya K.
Microbiology Spectrum, https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.04000-22
19. Accumulation of cyanobacterial photosystem II containing the “rogue” D1 subunit is controlled by FtsH protease and synthesis of the standard D1 protein
Masuda T., Bečková M., Turóczy Z., Pilný J., Sobotka R., Trinugroho J.P. Nixon P.J., Prášil O.*, Komenda J.*
Plant Cell Physiology, pcad027, https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcad027
18. The balance between photosynthesis and respiration explains the niche differentiation between Crocosphaera and Cyanothece
Masuda T.*, Inomura K., Gao M., Armin G., Kotabová E., Bernát G., Lawrenz-Kendrick E., Lukeš M. Bečková M., Steinbach G., Komenda J., Prášil O*.
Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 28, 58-65, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2022.11.029
17. Crocosphaera as a major consumer of fixed nitrogen
Masuda T.*, Inomura K.*, Kodama T., Shiozaki T., Kitajima S., Armin G., Matsui T., Suzuki K., Takeda S., Prášil O., Furuya K
Microbiology Spectrum, https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02177-21
2022
16. Crocosphaera watsonii
Masuda T.*, Inomura K., Mareš J., Prášil O.
Microbe of the Month, Trends in Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2022.02.006
2021
15. Quantifying Cyanothece growth under DIC limitation
Inomura K.*, Masuda T., Eichner M., Rabouille S., Zavřel T., Červený J., Vancová M., Bernát G., Armin G., Claquin P., Kotabová E., Stephan S., Suggett D.J., Deutsch C., Prášil O.
Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal 9: 6456-6464, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2021.11.036
14. Calculation and interpretation of substrate assimilation rates in microbial cells based on isotopic composition data obtained by nanoSIMS
Polerecky L.*, Eichner M., Masuda T., Zavřel T., Rabouille S., Campbell D. A., and Halsey K.H.*
Frontiers in Microbiology 12: 621634. http://doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.621634
13. Impact of increased nutrients and lowered pH on photosynthesis and growth of three marine phytoplankton communities from the coastal South West Atlantic (Patagonia, Argentina)
Masuda T.*, Prášil O., Villafañe V.E., Valiñas M.S., Inomura K., Helbling E.W.
Frontiers in Marine Science 8: 609962, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.609962
12. Temporal patterns and intra- and inter-cellular variability in carbon and nitrogen assimilation by the unicellular cyanobacterium Cyanothece sp. ATCC51142
Polerecky L., Masuda T., Eichner M., Rabouille S., Vancová M., Kienhuis M.V.M., Bernát G., Bonomi-Barufi J., Campbell D.A., Claquin P., Červený J., Giordano M., Kotabová E., Kromkamp J., Lombardi A.T., Lukeš M., Prášil O., Stephan S., Suggett D., Zavřel T. and Halsey K.H.*
Frontiers in Microbiology 12: 620915, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.620915
11. Electron and biomass dynamics of Cyanothece under interacting nitrogen and carbon limitations
Rabouille S.*, Campbell D.A. Masuda T., Zavřel T., Bernat G., Polerecky L., Halsey K.H., Eichner M., Kotabová E., Stephan S., Lukeš M., Claquin P., Bonomi-Barufi J., Červený J., Suggett D., Giordano M., Kromkamp J., Prášil O.
Frontiers in Microbiology 12: 617802, https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.617802
2020
10. Heterogeneous N2 fixation rates confer energetic advantage and expanded ecological niche of unicellular diazotroph populations
Masuda T.*, Inomura K., Takahata N., Shiozaki T., Sano Y., Deutsch C., Prášil O., Furuya K.
Communications Biology 3: 172, https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-0894-4
9. Quantitative models of nitrogen-fixing organisms
Inomura K.*, Deutsch C., Masuda, T., Prášil O.,Follows M.J.
Computational and Structual Biotechnology Journal 18: 3905-3924, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbj.2020.11.022
8. Carbon transfer from the host diatom enables fast growth and high rate of N2 fixation by symbiotic heterocystous cyanobacteria
Inomura K.*, Follet C.L., Masuda T., Eichner M., Prášil O., Deutsch C.
Plants 9: 192, https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9020192
2019
7. Quantifying oxygen management and temperature and light dependencies of nitrogen fixation by Crocosphaera watsonii
Inomura K.*, Deutsch C., Wilson S.T., Masuda T., Lawrenz E., Lenka B., Sobotka R., Gauglitz J.M, Saito M.A, Prášil O., Follows M.J.
mSphere 4: e00531-19, https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00531-19
6. Active nitrogen fixation by Crocosphaera expands their nitche despite the presence of ammonium – A case study
Inomura K.*, Masuda T., Gauglitz J.M.
Scientific Report 9: 15064, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-51378-4
2018
5. Diel regulation of photosynthetic activity in the oceanic unicellular diazotrophic cyanobacterium Crocosphaera watsonii WH8501
Masuda T., Bernát G., Kotabová E., Lawlenz E., Bečkova M., Komenda J., Prášil O.*
Environmental Microbiology 20: 546-560, https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.13963
2013
4. Ammonium uptake and dinitrogen fixation by the unicellular nanocyanobacterium Crocosphaera watsonii in nitrogen-limited continuous cultures
Masuda T., Furuya K.*, Kodama T., Takeda S., and Harrison P. J.
Limnology and Oceanography 58: 2029-2036, doi:10.4319/lo.2013.58.6.2029
3. Variability in nitrogen sources for new production in the vicinity of the shelf edge of the East China Sea in summer
Liu X., Furuya K.*, Shiozaki T., Masuda T., Kodama T., Sato M. Kaneko H., Nagasawa M., Yasuda I.
Continental Shelf Research 61-62: 23-30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.csr.2013.04.014
2. Membrane fouling in seawater desalination processes caused by harmful dinoflagellate Cochlodinium polykrikoides
Kuroiwa, M., Masuda T., Omura T., Wongrueng A., Oguma K., Sakai H., Murakami M., Takizawa S.*
Desalination and Water Treatment, https://doi.org/10.1080/19443994.2012.715072
2010
1. Lagrangian observation of phytoplankton dynamics at an artificially enriched subsurface water in Sagami Bay, Japan
Masuda, T.*, Furuya K., Kohashi N., Sato M., Takeda S., Uchiyama M., Horimoto N., Ishimaru T.
Journal of Oceanography 66: 801–813
BOOK CONTRIBUTIONS
2019
1. Marine Ecosystem Services: Perception of Residents from Remote Islands, Taketomi Town:
Wakita, K., Kohama K., Masuda, T., Yoshida L., Oishi T., Shen Z., Yagi N., Kurokura H., Furuya K., Fukuyo Y
Oceanography Challenges to Future Earth