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Regulation of Root Nodule Symbiosis by Soybean Rj Genotypes and Rhizobial Effectors
Fukunaga S, Ratu STN, Okazaki SMicrobes Environ. 2025;40(3). doi: 10.1264/jsme2.ME25027. PMID: 40850781. -
Diversity of exopolysaccharide cluster I in the Bradyrhizobium genus
S Masuda, K Shirasu, Y KawaharadaPreprint. bioRxiv. doi.org/10.1101/2025.07.22.666213 -
Species-level bacterial community shift in rice growth stages
S Masuda, K Shirasu, A Shibata, T Sato, K ShirasuPlant Biotechnology. doi.org/10.5511/plantbiotechnology.25.0310b -
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 BetsuyakuPreprint. bioRxiv. doi.org/10.1101/2025.06.05.658015 -
Improved rapid and efficient hairy root transformation using Rhizobium rhizogenes in legume crops
Masato Araragi, Pongpan Songwattana, Neung Teaumroong, Sachiko Masuda, Arisa Shibata, Ken Shirasu, Yasuyuki KawaharadaPlant Biotechnology. doi.org/10.5511/plantbiotechnology.25.0213a. Published: May 16, 2025 -
Fusarium Fungi Produce Nitrous Oxide (N₂O) from Nitrite (NO2-) in a Model Pot System Simulating the Soybean Rhizosphere
Moriuchi M, Kuzunuki K, Ikenishi F, Sameshima R, Nakagiri A, Toyoda S, Katsuyama C, Kakizaki K, Itakura M, Yoshida N, Suwa Y, Minamisawa KMicrobes Environ. 2025;40(2). doi: 10.1264/jsme2.ME24092. PMID: 40307009. -
The genomic landscape of gene-level structural variations in Japanese and global soybean Glycine max cultivars
Yano R, Li F, Hiraga S, Takeshima R, Kobayashi M, Toda K, Umehara Y, Kajiya-Kanegae H, Iwata H, Kaga A, Ishimoto MNat Genet . 2025 ;57(4):973-985. doi: 10.1038/s41588-025-02113-5. -
Mitigating nitrous oxide emission by a down-flow hanging sponge bioprocess enabling the removal of high concentration N₂O
R Maeda, M Sato, K Minamisawa, K KubotaChemical Engineering Journal, 2025;513,162885. doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.162885. -
Mitigating Global Warming in Agriculture: Recent Highlights on Cooling the Earth by Soil Microorganisms
Yong Guo, Hiroyuki Ohta, Tomoyasu Nishizawa土と微生物（Soil Microorganisms） 2025;79(1) pp.10-18 -
Single-cell genomics of single soil aggregates: methodological assessment and potential implications with a focus on nitrogen metabolism
Matsumura E, Kato H, Hara S, Ohbayashi T, Ito K, Shingubara R, Kawakami T, Mitsunobu S, Saeki T, Tsuda S, Minamisawa K, Wagai R.Front Microbiol. 2025;16:1557188. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1557188. -
Betaproteobacterial clade II nosZ activated under high N₂O concentrations in paddy soil microcosms
Mise K, Masuda Y, Senoo K, Itoh H.J Appl Microbiol. 2025;136(3):lxaf055. doi: 10.1093/jambio/lxaf055. -
First Microscale Data on Depth Profiles of Microbial N₂O Reduction, O2 Availability, and Pore Networks Inside Contrasting Single Soil Aggregates
S. Mitsunobu, R. Wagai, H. Shimada, H. Kato, K. Ito, S. Sato, M. Hayatsu, K. MinamisawaSoil Biol. Biochem. 2024,109684. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2024.109684 -
Invited lecture by Project Manager Kiwamu Minamisawa on IDEC Seminar
Soil inoculation and structural genomics of plant-associated microbesNov 1, 2024, Hiroshima -
Mitigating nitrous oxide emission by an ultra-fast bioprocess enabling the removal of high concentration N₂O
R. Maeda, M. Sato, K. Minamisawa, K. KubotabioRxiv. 2024. doi: 10.1101/2024.10.08.615939 -
Does Rhizobial Inoculation Change the Microbial Community in Field Soils? A Comparison with Agricultural Land-use Changes
Shintaro Hara, Kaori Kakizaki, Masaru Bamba, Manabu Itakura, Masayuki Sugawara, Atsuo Suzuki, Yuma Sasaki, Masanori Takeda, Kanako Tago, Tsubasa Ohbayashi, Toshihiro Aono, Luciano Nobuhiro Aoyagi, Hiroaki Shimada, Ryo Shingubara, Sachiko Masuda, Arisa Shibata, Ken Shirasu, Rota Wagai, Hiroko Akiyama, Shusei Sato, Kiwamu MinamisawaMicrobes Environ . 2024;39(3). doi: 10.1264/jsme2.ME24006 -
Invited lecture by Manabu Itakura on The 22nd International Conference on Nitrogen Fixation
Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions using N₂O-reducing soybean BradyrhizobiaSep 10, 2024, Morocco -
Growth and Yield Dynamics in Three Japanese Soybean Cultivars with Plant Growth-Promoting Pseudomonas spp. and Bradyrhizobium ottawaense Co-Inoculation
Khin Thuzar Win, Fukuyo Tanaka, Kiwamu Minamisawa, Haruko Imaizumi-AnrakuMicroorganisms. 19 July, 2024 ;12(7), 1478. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms12071478 -
2 PCT applications, 3 foreign applications and 4 national applications
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Invited lecture by Sachiko Masuda onPacBio APAC PRISM 2024
Uncovering microbiomes of the rice phyllosphere using long-read metagenomic sequencingJun 12, 2024, Bangkok -
Global soil metagenomics reveals distribution and predominance of Deltaproteobacteria in nitrogen-fixing microbiome.
Masuda Y, Mise K, Xu Z, Zhang Z, Shiratori Y, Senoo K, Itoh H.Microbiome. 2024 May 24;12(1):95. doi: 10.1186/s40168-024-01812-1. -
Dynamics of N₂O production and reduction processes in a soybean field revealed by isotopocule analyses
Sakae Toyoda, Fadwa Damak, Shohei Hattori, Masanori Takeda, Hiroko Akiyama, Yuma Sasaki, Kiwamu MinamisawaSoil Biology and Biochemistry. Feb 16, 2024 ;191. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2024.109358 -
Uncovering plant microbiomes using long-read metagenomic sequencing
Sachiko Masuda, Pamela Gan, Yuya Kiguchi, Mizue Anda, Kazuhiro Sasaki, Arisa Shibata, Wataru Iwasaki, Wataru Suda, Ken ShirasuCommun Biol . Mar 27, 2024 ;7(1):357. doi: 10.1038/s42003-024-05998-w. -
Diurnal variation in methane emission from a rice paddy due to ebullition
Masako Kajiura, Takeshi TokidaJ Environ Qual. Mar-Apr, 2024. 53(2):265-273. doi: 10.1002/jeq2.20553. Epub 2024 Feb 28. -
Invited lecture by Project Manager Kiwamu Minamisawa on The 10th Federation of Microbiological Societies of Japan Forum
Cool Earth via Microbes and citizen scienceFeb 10, 2024, Tokyo -
Invited lecture by Project Manager Kiwamu Minamisawa on The 6th Asian Conference on Plant-Microbe Symbosis and Nitrogen Fixation （6th APMNF）
Cool earth via nitrogen-fixing bacteria: Methanotrophs and BradyrhizobiumDec 15, 2023, Thailand
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