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Screening of Bradyrhizobium ottawaense with High N₂O-reducing Activity from Soybean Nodules in Japan
Itakura M, Kakizaki K, Suzuki A, Okubo S, Kato H, Sugawara M, Saeki Y, Minamisawa K.Microbes Environ. 2026;41(1):ME25062. doi: 10.1264/jsme2.ME25062. -
Symbiosis Islands of Bradyrhizobium Determine Relationships with Host Legumes Lespedeza cuneata and Glycine max
Konno Y, Imamura I, Nemoto T, Kajiwara M, Ohtsubo Y, Itakura M, Sakai T, Mitsui H, Minamisawa K, Sugawara M.Microbes Environ. 2026;41(1). doi: 10.1264/jsme2.ME25072. PMID: 41765452. -
Genome Plasticity Depends on Positions both Inside and Outside of the Symbiosis Island of Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens
Arashida H, Maita H, Sato S, Minamisawa K.Microbes Environ. 2026;41(1). doi: 10.1264/jsme2.ME25074. PMID: 41765453. -
Higher-dimensional ordination analysis teases out impacts of Bradyrhizobium bioaugmentation on native soil microbial communities
Kato H, Itakura M, Sato S, Wagai R, Minamisawa K. .Microbiol Spectr. 2026 Feb 18:e0288025. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.02880-25. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41705831. -
Diversity and characterization of the ammonia-oxidizing bacteria responsible for nitrification in tea field soils
Aoyagi LN, Wang Y, Ohbayashi T, Hirono Y, Hayatsu M, Tago K.Sci Rep. 2025 Sep 26;15(1):33221. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-18596-5. -
Diversity of the exopolysaccharide cluster I in the Bradyrhizobium genus
S Masuda , K Shirasu , Y KawaharadaFEMS Microbiology Letters, fnaf145, doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnaf145 -
Unipolar polysaccharide-mediated attachment of the N₂O-reducing bacterium Bradyrhizobium ottawaense SG09 to plant roots
Y Takeguchi, R Shibuya, M Kondo, E Betsuyaku, M Itakura, K Minamisawa, M Sugawara, S BetsuyakuMicrobes Environ. 2025;40(4):ME25043. doi: 10.1264/jsme2.ME25043. -
Transcription of Nitrogen Fixation Genes Is Enhanced at Unfavorably High Oxygen Concentrations for Diazotrophic Growth in a Methane-oxidizing Bacterium
Abdela AA, Shinjo R, Watanabe T, Asakawa S, Masuda S, Shibata A, Shirasu K, Minamisawa K, Sato S, Mitsui H.Microbes Environ. 2025;40(4):ME25032. doi: 10.1264/jsme2.ME25032. -
Expanding the Eco-collection of Methane-oxidizing Bacteria Inhabiting Rice Roots: Cultivation, Isolation, and Genomic Characterization of Isolates
Oe F, Shinjo R, Masuda S, Shibata A, Shirasu K, Hashimoto S, Mitsui H, Sato S, Watanabe T, Asakawa S.Microbes Environ. 2025;40(4). doi: 10.1264/jsme2.ME25012. PMID: 41083357. -
Genetic design of soybean hosts and bradyrhizobial endosymbionts reduces N₂O emissions from soybean rhizosphere
Nishida H, Itakura M, Win KT, Li F, Kakizaki K, Suzuki A, Ohkubo S, Duc LV, Sugawara M, Takahashi K, Shenton M, Masuda S, Shibata A, Shirasu K, Fujisawa Y, Tsubokura M, Akiyama H, Shimoda Y, Minamisawa K, Imaizumi-Anraku H.Nat Commun. 2025 Sep 4;16(1):8023. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-63223-6. PMID: 40908282; PMCID: PMC12411642.
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