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 MATSUZAKI Ryo

MATSUZAKI Ryo

 Ph.D., JSPS Fellow

E-mail: matsuzaki.ryo
(Please add "@ nies.go.jp" to the end)

Biodiversity Resource Conservation Office,
Center for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies,
National Institute for Environmental Studies

Onogawa 16-2, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan 

Specialties

Phycology, Biodiversity

Original Papers (peer reviewed)

Matsuzaki R., Kawachi M., Nozaki H., Nohara S., Suzuki I. (2020) Sexual reproduction of the snow alga Chloromonas fukushimae (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) induced using cultured materials. PLoS One, 15, e0238265 new arrival updated Oct. 20, 2020

Nozaki, H., Ueki, N., Yamashita, S., Misumi, O., Matsuzaki, R., Kawachi, M., Chiang, Y.-R., Wu, J.-T. (2018) Morphology, taxonomy and mating-type loci in natural populations of Volvox carteri in Taiwan. Botanical studies, 59(1), 1-8.

Matsuzaki, R., Nozaki, H., Kawachi, M. (2018). Taxonomic revision of Chloromonas nivalis (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) strains, with the new description of two snow-inhabiting Chloromonas species. PLOS ONE, 13(3), e0193603.

Nozaki H., Ueki N., Isaka N., Saigo T., Yamamoto K., Matsuzaki R., Takahashi F., Wakabayashi K. & Kawachi M. A new morphological type of Volvox from Japanese large lakes and recent divergence of this type and V. ferrisii in two different freshwater habitats. PLoS ONE 11: e0167148, 2016.

Takahashi T., Nishida T., Tuji A., Saito C., Matsuzaki R., Sato M., Toyooka K., Yasuda H. & Nozaki H. Delineation of six species of the primitive algal genus Glaucocystis based on in situ ultrastructural characteristics. Scientific Reports 6: 29209, 2016.

Sugasawa M., Matsuzaki R., Kawafune K., Takahashi T., Kawachi M., Krienitz L. & Nozaki H. Taxonomic study of Pyrobotrys (Spondylomoraceae, Chlorophyceae) based on comparative morphological and molecular analyses of culture strains established using novel methods. Cytologia 80: 513-524, 2015.

Nozaki H., Matsuzaki R., Yamamoto K., Kawachi M. & Takahashi F. Delineating a new heterothallic species of Volvox (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyceae) using new strains of “Volvox africanus”. PLOS ONE 10: e0142632, 2015.

Matsuzaki R., Kawai-Toyooka H., Hara Y. & Nozaki H. Revisiting the taxonomic significance of aplanozygote morphologies of two cosmopolitan snow species of the genus Chloromonas (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae). Phycologia 54: 491-502, 2015.

Sugasawa M., Matsuzaki R., Arakaki Y. & Nozaki H. Morphology and phylogenetic position of a rare four-celled green alga, Pascherina tetras (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae), based on cultured material. Phycologia 54: 342-348, 2015.

Nakada T., Matsuzaki R., Krienitz L., Tomita M. & Nozaki H. Taxonomic reassessment of strains formerly classified as Chloromonas insignis (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae), and description of Gloeomonas anomalipyrenoides sp. nov. Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica 66: 23-33, 2015.

Takahashi T., Sato M., Toyooka K., Matsuzaki R., Kawafune K., Kawamura M., Okuda K. & Nozaki H. Five Cyanophora (Cyanophorales, Glaucophyta) species delineated based on morphological and molecular data. Journal of Phycology 50: 1058-1069, 2014.

Matsuzaki R., Hara Y. & Nozaki H. A taxonomic study of snow Chloromonas species (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae) based on light and electron microscopy and molecular analysis of cultured material. Phycologia 53: 293-304, 2014.

Nozaki H., Yamada T.K., Takahashi F., Matsuzaki R. & Nakada T. New “missing link” genus of the colonial volvocine green algae gives insights into the evolution of oogamy. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14: 37, 2014.

Hiraide R., Kawai-Toyooka H., Hamaji T., Matsuzaki R., Kawafune K., Abe J., Sekimoto H., Umen J. & Nozaki H. The evolution of male-female sexual dimorphism predates the gender-based divergence of the mating locus gene MAT3/RB. Molecular Biology and Evolution 30: 1038-1040, 2013.

Matsuzaki R., Nakada T., Hara Y. & Nozaki H. Description of Chloromonas kasaiae sp. nov. (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae), based on comparative electron microscopy and molecular data. Phycologia 52: 239-245, 2013.

Isaka N., Kawai-Toyooka H., Matsuzaki R., Nakada T. & Nozaki H. Description of two new monoecious species of Volvox sect. Volvox (Volvocaceae, Chlorophyceae), based on comparative morphology and molecular phylogeny of cultured material. Journal of Phycology 48: 759-767, 2012.

Matsuzaki R., Hara Y. & Nozaki H. A taxonomic revision of Chloromonas reticulata (Volvocales, Chlorophyceae), the type species of the genus Chloromonas, based on multigene phylogeny and comparative light and electron microscopy. Phycologia 51: 74-85, 2012.

Setohigashi Y., Hamaji T., Hayama M., Matsuzaki R. & Nozaki H. Uniparental inheritance of chloroplast DNA is strict in the isogamous Volvocalean Gonium. PLOS ONE 6: e19545, 2011.

Matsuzaki R., Nakada T., Hara Y. & Nozaki H. Light and electron microscopy and molecular phylogenetic analyses of Chloromonas pseudoplatyrhyncha (Volvocales,Chlorophyceae). Phycological Research 58: 202-209, 2010.

Last updated Jun. 4, 2018