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(155) Takeuchi, M., H. Yoshioka, Y. Seo, S. Tanabe, H. Tamaki, Y. Kamagata, H.A. Takahashi, S. Igari, D. Mayumi, and S. Sakata : A distinct subgroup of ANME-1 dominates active archaeal communities in terrestrial freshwater subsurfaces in Japan. Environ. Microbiol., accepted (2011).

(154) Takeuchi, M., Y. Kawabe, E. Watanabe, T. Oiwa, M. Takahashi, K. Nanba, Y. Kamagata, S. Hanada, Y. Ohko, and T. Komai : Comparative study of microbial dechlorination of chlorinated ethenes in an aquifer and a clayey aquitard. J. Contaminant Hydrology, in press (2011).

(153) Yamada, T., K. Kikuchi, T. Yamauchi, K. Shiraishi, T. Ito, S. Okabe, A. Hiraishi, A. Ohashi, H. Harada, Y. Kamagata, K. Nakamura, and Y. Sekiguchi : Ecophysiology of uncultured filamentous anaerobes belonging to the phylum KSB3 as causative agents of bulking in methanogenic granular sludge. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 77: 2081-2087 (2011).

(152) Hosam E., H. W. Stokes, K. Kitamura, Y. Kurusu, Y. Kamagata, and A. Maruyama : Marine integrons containing novel integrase genes, attachment sites, attI, and associated gene cassettes in polluted sediments from Suez and Tokyo Bays. The ISME J. in press (2011).

(151) Okabe, S., M. Oshiki, Y. Kamagata, N. Yamaguchi, M. Toyofuku, Y. Yawata, Y. Tashiro, N. Nomura, H. Ohta, M. Ohkuma, A. Hiraishi and K. Minamisawa : A great leap forward in microbial ecology. Microb. Environ., 25: 230-240 (2010).

(150) Tamaki, H., T. Matsuoka, I. Yoshioka, S. Imamura, S. Hanada, Y. Kamagata, K. Nakamura, and S. Sakasegawa : A novel multi-copper oxidase with urate oxidase activity from Lysobacter sp. T-15: a new member of the multi-copper oxidase family. J. Biochem., 148: 481-489 (2010).

(149) Tamaki, H., Y. Tanaka, H. Matsuzawa, M. Muramatsu, X-Y. Meng, S. Hanada, K. Mori, and Y. Kamagata : Armatimonas rosea gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-negative, aerobic, chemoheterotrophic bacterium of a novel bacterial phylum, Armatimonadetes phyl. nov., formerly called the candidate phylum OP10. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., published online (2010).

(148) Mayumi, D., H. Mochimaru, H. Yoshioka, S. Sakata, H. Maeda, Y. Miyagawa, M. Ikarashi, M. Takeuchi, and Y. Kamagata : Evidence for syntrophic acetate oxidation coupled to hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis in the high-temperature petroleum reservoir of Yabase oil field (Japan). Environ. Microbiol., published online (2010).

(147) Uyeno Y., Y. Sekiguchi, and Y. Kamagata : rRNA-based analysis to monitor succession of faecal bacterial communities in Holstein calves. Lett. Appl. Microbiol., 51: 570-577 (2010).

(146) Matsuzawa, H., Y. Tanaka, H. Tamaki, Y. Kamagata, and K. Mori : Isolation of a variety of novel microbes belonging to the phylum Verrucomicrobia from the rhizoplane of giant duckweed (Spirodela polyrrhiza). Microb. Environ., 25: 302-308 (2010).

(145) Aino, K., T. Narihiro, K. Minamida, Y. Kamagata, K. Yoshimune, and I. Yumoto : Bacterial community characterization and dynamics of indigo fermentation. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol., 74: 174-183 (2010).

(144) Gu, X., Y. Zhang, J. Zhang, M. Yang, H. Tamaki, and Y. Kamagata, D. Li : Isolation of phylogenetically diversenonylphenol ethoxylate-degrading bacteria and characterization of their corresponding biotransformation pathways. Chemosphere 80: 216-222 (2010).

(143) Uyeno Y., Y. Sekiguchi, K. Tajima, A. Takenaka, M. Kurihara, and Y. Kamagata : IAn rRNA-based analysis for evaluating the effect of heat stress on the rumen microbial composition of Holstein heifers. Anaerobe 16: 27-33 (2010).

(142) Tagawa, M., H. Tamaki, A. Manome, O. Koyama, and Y. Kamagata : Isolation and characterization of antagonistic fungi against potato scab pathogens from potato field soils. FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 305: 136-142 (2010).

(141) Kormas, K. Ar., H. Tamaki, S. Hanada, and Y. Kamagata : Apparent richness and community composition of Bacteria and Archaea in geothermal springs. Aquat. Microb. Ecol., 57: 113-122 (2009).

(140) Sakai, S., H. Imachi, Y. Sekiguchi, I-Cheng Tseng, A. Ohashi, H. Harada, and Y. Kamagata : Cultivation of methanogens under low hydrogen conditions by using the coculture method. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 75 4892-4896 (2009).

(139) Kimura, N. and Y. Kamagata : Impact of dibenzofuran / dibenzo-p-dioxin amendment on bacterial community from forest soil and ring-hydroxylating dioxygenase gene populations. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 84: 365-473 (2009).

(138) Yamada, K., H. Akimoto, Y. Ogawa, T. Kinumi, Y. Kamagata, Y. Ohmiya : Upregulation of immunity-related GTPase (IRG) proteins by TNF-alpha in murine astrocytes. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 382: 434-439 (2009).

(137) Tamaki, H., S. Hanada, Y. Sekiguchi, Y. Tanaka, and Y. Kamagata : Effect of gelling agent on colony formation in solid cultivation of microbial community in lake sediment. Environ. Microbiol., 11: 1827-1834 (2009).

(136) Iguchi, A., T. Terada, T. Narihiro, T. Yamaguchi, Y. Kamagata,Y. Sekiguchi : In situ detection and quantification of uncultured members of the phylum Nitrospirae that reside in methanogenic wastewater treatment systems in abundance. Microb. Environ., 24: 97-104 (2009).

(135) Narihiro, T., T. Terada, K. Kikuchi, A. Iguchi, M. Ikeda, T. Yamaguchi, K. Shiraishi, Y. Kamagata, K. Nakamura, and Y. Sekiguchi : Compatative analysis of bacterial and archaeal communities in methanogenic sludge granules from upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors treating various food-processing, high-strength organis wastewaters. Microb. Environ., 24: 88-96 (2009).

(134) Narihiro, T., T. Terada, A. Ohashi, J-H Wu, W-T, Liu, N. Araki, Y. Kamagata, K. Nakamura, and Y. Sekiguchi : Quantitative detection of culturable methanogenic archaea abundance in anaerobic treatment systems using the sequence-specific rRNA cleavage method. The ISME J., 3: 522-535 (2009).

(133) Kikuchi, Y., T. Hosokawa, N. Nikoh, X-Y. Meng, Y. Kamagata and T. Fukatsu : Host-symbiont co-speciation and reductive genome evolution in gut symbiotic bacteria of acanthosomatid stinkbugs. BMC Biology, in press (2009).

(132) Takeuchi, M., S. Hanada, H. Tamaki, S. Tanabe, M. Uchiyama, T. Nakazawa, Y. Miyachi, Y. Kamagata, T. Komai, and K. Kimura : Bacterial and archaeal 16S rRNA genes in Late Pleistocene to Holocene muddy sediments from the Kanto Plain of Japan. Geomicrobiol. J., 26: 104-118 (2009).

(131) Mochimaru, H, H. Tamaki, S. Hanada, H. Imachi, K. Nakamura, S. Sakata and Y. Kamagata : Methanolobus profundi sp. nov., a new methylotrophic methanogen isolated from deep subsurface sediments in a natural gas field. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 58: 714-718 (2009).

(130) Tagawa, M., H. Tamaki, A. Manome, O. Koyama, and Y. Kamagata : Development of genotyping method for potato scab pathogens based on multiplex PCR. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 72: 2324-2334 (2008).

(129) Sekiguchi, Y., M. Muramatsu, H. Imachi, T. Narihiro, A. Ohashi, H. Harada, S. Hanada, and Y. Kamagata : Thermodesulfovibrio aggregans and Thermodesulfovibrio fermentans sp. nov., two anaerobic, thermophilic, sulfate-reducing bacteria isolated from thermophilic methanogenic sludges. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 58: 2541-2548 (2008).

(128) Shinzato, N., M. Enoki, H. Sato, K. Nakamura, T. Matsui, and Y. Kamagata : Specific DNA binding of a potential transcriptional regulator, IMPDH-related protein VII, to the promoter region of MCRI-coding operon retrieved from Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus strainΔH. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 74: 6239-6247 (2008).

(127) Manome, A., A. Kageyama, S. Kurata,T. Yokomaku, O. Koyama, T. Kanagawa, H. Tamaki, M. Tagawa, and Y. Kamagata : Quantification of potato scab pathogens in soil by quantitative competitive PCR with fluorescent quenching-based probes. Plant Pathology, 57: 887-896 (2008).

(126) Xin, G.U., Y. Zhang, J. Zhang, M. Yang, H. Tamaki, and Y. Kamagata : Degradation behaviors of nonylphenol ethoxylates by isolated bacteria using improved isolation method. J. Environ. Sci., 20: 1025-1028 (2008).

(125) Yoshioka, H., S. Sakata, and Y. Kamagata : Hydrogen isotope fractionation by Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus in coculture and pure culture conditions. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 72: 2687-2694 (2008).

(124) Hu, J., J. Shi, H. Chang, D. Li, M. Yang, and Y. Kamagata : Phenotyping and genotyping of antibiotic-resistance Escherichia coli isolated from Beijing River Basin, North China. Environ. Sci. Technol., 42: 3415-3420 (2008).

(123) Sakai, S., H. Imachi, S. Hanada, A. Ohashi, H. Harada, and Y. Kamagata : Methanocella paludicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a methane producing archaeon that is the first isolate of the lineage 'Rice Cluster I' , and proposal of the new archaeal order Methanocellales ord. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 58: 929-936 (2008).

(122) Qiu, Y-L., S. Hanada, A. Ohashi, H. Harada, and Y. Kamagata, and Y. Sekiguchi : Syntrophorhabdus aromatica gen. nov., sp. nov., the first cultured representative of Syntrophorhabdaceae fam. nov. in the class Deltaproteobacteria: an anaerobe capable of degrading phenol into acetate in syntrophic associations with a hydrogenotrophic methanogen. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 74: 2051-2058 (2008).

(121) Zhang Y., K. Sei, T. Toyama, M. Ike, J. Zhang, M. Yang, Y. Kamagata : Changes of catabolic genes and microbial community structures during biodegradation of nonylphenol ethoxylates and nonylphenol in natural water microcosms. Biochem. Eng. J., 39: 288-296 (2008).

(120) Uyeno, Y., Y. Sekiguchi, and Y. Kamagata : Impact of consumption of probiotic lactobacilli-containing yogurt on microbial composition in human feces. Int. J. Food Microbiol., 122: 16-22 (2008).

(119) Imachi, H., S. Sakai, Y. Sekiguchi, S. Hanada, Y. Kamagata, A. Ohashi and H. Harada : Methanolinea tarda gen. nov. sp. nov., a methane-producing archaeon isolated from a methanogenic digester sludge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 58: 294-301 (2008).

(118) Zhang, Y., X. Dou, J. Liu, M. Yang, L. Zhang, and Y. Kamagata : Decolorization of reactive brilliant red X-3B by heterogeneous photo-Fenton reaction using an Fe-Ce bimetal catalyst. Catalysis Today, 126: 387-393 (2007).

(117) Nakamura, T., T. Hoaki, S. Hanada, A. Maruyama, Y. Kamagata, and H. Fuse : Soluble and particulate methane monooxygenase gene clusters in a marine methanotroph Methylomicrobium sp. strain NI. FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 277: 157-164 (2007).

(116) Shinzato, N., I. Watanabe, X-Y. Meng, Y. Sekiguchi, H. Tamaki, T. Matsui, and Y. Kamagata : Phylogenetic analysis and fluorescence in situ hybridization detection of archaeal and bacterial endosymbionts in the anaerobic ciliate Trimyema compressum. Microbial Ecol., 54: 627-636 (2007).

(115) Yamada,T., H. Imachi, A. Ohashi, H. Harada, S. Hanada, Y. Kamagata, and Y. Sekiguchi : Bellilinea caldifistulae gen. nov., sp. nov. and Longilinea arvoryzae gen. nov., sp. nov., strictly anaerobic, filamentous bacteria of the phylum Chloroflexi isolated from methanogenic propionate-degrading consortia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 57: 2299-2306 (2007).

(114) Uyeno, Y., Y. Sekiguchi, K.Tajima, A. Takenaka, M. Kurihara, and Y. Kamagata : Evaluation of group-specific, 16S rRNA-targeted scissor probes for quantitative detection of predominant bacterial populations in dairy cattle rumen. J. Appl. Micobiol., 103: 1995-2005 (2007).

(113) Morono, Y., W. Kitagawa, N. Kimura, N. Noda, K. Nakamura, and Y. Kamagata : "Mark the gene": a method for non-destructive introduction of marker sequences inside the gene-frame of transgenes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 73: 4915-4331 (2007).

(112) Sakai, S., H. Imachi, Y. Sekiguchi, A. Ohashi, H. Harada and Y. Kamagata : Isolation of key methanogens for global methane emission from rice paddy field: a novel isolate affiliated with a clone cluster, the Rice Cluster I. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 73: 4326-4331 (2007).

(111) Yamada, T., T. Yamauchi, S. Shiraishi, P. Hugenholtz, A. Ohashi, H. Harada, Y. Kamagata, K. Nakamura, and Y. Sekiguchi: Identification, distribution and diversity of filamentous bacteria, belonging to candidate phylum KSB3, that are associated with bulking in methanogenic granular sludges. The ISME journal, 1: 246-255 (2007).

(110) Jeong, H., Y-W. Lim, H. Yi, Yuji Sekiguchi, Y. Kamagata, and J. Chun : Anaerosporobacter mobilis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from forest soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 57: 1784-1787 (2007).

(109) Imachi, H., S. Sakai, A. Ohashi, H. Harada, S. Hanada, Y. Kamagata, and Y. Sekiguchi : Pelotomaculum propionicicum sp. nov., an anaerobic, mesophilic, obligately syntrophic propionate-oxidizing bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 57: 1487-1492 (2007).

(108) Mochimaru, H., H. Yoshioka, H. Tamaki, K. Nakamura, H. Imachi, Y. Sekiguchi, T. Hoaki, H. Uchiyama, and Y. Kamagata : Methanogen diversity in deep subsurface gas-associated water at Minami-kanto gas field in Japan. Geomicrobiol. J., 24: 93-100 (2007).

(107) Mochimaru, H., H. Yoshioka, H. Tamaki, K. Nakamura, N. Kaneko, S. Sakata, H. Imachi, Y. Sekiguchi, T. Hoaki, H. Uchiyama, and Y. Kamagata : Microbial diversity and methanogenic potential in a high temperature natural gas field in Japan. Extremophiles, 11: 453-461 (2007).

(106) Nakamura, K., T. Terada, Y. Sekiguchi, N. Shinzato, X-Y. Meng, M. Enoki, and Y. Kamagata : Application of pseudomurein endoisopeptidase to fluorescence in situ hybridization of methanogens within the family Methanobacteriaceae. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 72: 6907-6913 (2006).

(105) Kimura, N., W. Kitagawa, T. Mori, N. Nakashima, T. Tamura, and Y. Kamagata : Genetic and biochemical characterization of the dioxygenase involved in lateral dioxygenation of dibenzofuran from Rhodococcus opacus strain SAO101. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 73: 474-484 (2006).

(104) Sekiguchi, Y., H. Imachi, A. Susilorukmi, M. Muramatsu, A. Ohashi, H. Harada, S. Hanada, and Y. Kamagata

: Tepidanaerobacter syntrophicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, moderately thermophilic, syntrophic alcohols- and lactate-degrading bacterium isolated from thermophilic digested sludges. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 56: 1621-1629 (2006).

(103) Yamada, T., Y. Sekiguchi, S. Hanada, H. Imachi, A. Ohashi, H. Harada, and Y. Kamagata : Anaerolinea thermolimosa sp. nov., Levilinea saccharolytica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Leptolinea tardivitalis gen. nov., sp. nov., novel filamentous anaerobes and description of the new classes Anaerolineae classis nov. and Caldilineae classis nov. in the bacterial phylum Chloroflexi. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 56: 1331-1340 (2006).

(102) Imachi, H., Y. Sekiguchi, Y. Kamagata, A. Loy, Y-L. Qiu, P. Hugenholtz, N. Kimura, M. Wagner, A. Ohashi, and H. Harada : Non-sulfate-reducing, syntrophic bacteria affiliated with the Desulfotomaculum cluster I are widely distributed in methanogenic environments. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 72: 2080-2091 (2006).

(101) Qiu, Y-L., Y. Sekiguchi, S. Hanada, H. Imachi, I-C. Tseng, S-S. Cheng, A. Ohashi, H. Harada, and Y. Kamagata : Pelotomaculum terephthalicicum sp. nov. and Pelotomaculum isophthalicicum sp. nov.: two anaerobic bacteria that degrade phthalate isomers in syntrophic association with hydrogenotrophic methanogens. Arch. Microbiol., 185: 172-182 (2006).

(100) Kosaka, T., T. Uchiyama, I. Ishii, M. Enoki, H. Imachi, Y. Kamagata, A. Ohashi, H. Harada, H. Ikenaga, and K. Watanabe : Genomic insights into the central catabolic pathway in a thermophilic syntrophic bacterium, Pelotomaculum thermopropionicum. J. Bacteriol., 188: 202-210 (2006).

(99) Dinoto, A., A. Suksomcheep, S. Ishizuka, S. Hanada, Y. Kamagata, K. Asano, F. Tomita, and A. Yokota : Modulation of rat cecal microbiota by the administration of raffinose and encapsulated Bifidobacterium breve. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 72: 784-792 (2006).

(98) Nakatsu, C.H., K. Hristova, S. Hanada, X-Y. Meng, J.R. Hanson, K.M. Scow, and Y. Kamagata : Methylibium petroleiphilum PM1T gen. nov., sp. nov., a new methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) degrading methylotroph of the beta-Proteobacteria. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 56: 983-989 (2006).

(97) Zhang, T., X. Fan, S. Hanada, Y. Kamagata, and H.H.P. Fang: Bacillus macaensis sp. nov., a long-chain bacterium isolated from a drinking water supply. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 56: 349-353 (2006).

(96) Li, H., M. Yang, Y. Zhang, T. Yu, and Y. Kamagata : Nitrification performance and microbial community dynamics in a submerged membrane bioreactor with complete sludge retention. J. Biotechnol., 123: 60-70 (2005).

(95) Yamada, T., Y. Sekiguchi, H. Imachi, Y. Kamagata, A. Ohashi, and H. Harada : Diversity, localization and physiological properties of filamentous microbes belonging to Chloroflexi subphylum I in mesophilic and thermophilic methanogenic sludge granules. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 71: 7493-7503 (2005).

(94) Yamada, T., T. Fujii, T. Kanai, T. Amo, T. Imanaka, H. Nishimasu, H. Wakagi, H. Shoun, M. Kamakura, Y. Kamagata, T. Kato, and K. Kawashima : Expression of acetylcholine (ACh) and ACh-synthesizing activity in Archaea. Life Sci., 77: 1935-1944 (2005).

(93) Kamagata, Y. and H. Tamaki : Cultivation of uncultured fastidious microbes. Microb. Environ., 20: 85-91 (2005).

(92) Tanaka, Y., S. Hanada, H. Tamaki, K. Nakamura, and Y. Kamagata : Isolation and identification of bacterial strains producing diffusible growth factor(s) for Catellibacterium nectariphilumstrain AST4T. Microb. Environ., 20: 110-116 (2005).

(91) Li, H., M. Yang, Y. Zhang, X. Liu, M. Gao, and Y. Kamagata : Comparison of nitrification performance and microbial community between submerged membrane bioreactor and conventional activated sludge system. Water Sci. Technol., 51: 193-200 (2005).

(90)Sekiguchi, Y., Y. Uyeno, A. Sunaga, H. Yoshida and Y. Kamagata : Sequence-specific cleavage of 16S rRNA for rapid and quantitative detection of a particular group of anaerobes in bioreactors. Wat. Sci. Tech., 52: 107-113 (2005).

(89) Hattori, S., A.S. Galushko, Y. Kamagata, and B. Schink : Operation of the CO dehydrogenase/acetyl-CoA pathway both in acetate oxidation and acetate formation by the syntrophically acetate-oxidizing bacterium Thermacetogenium phaeum. J. Bacteriol., 187: 3471-3476 (2005).

(88) Mitani, Y., X-Y. Meng, Y. Kamagata, and T. Tamura : Characterization of LtsA from Rhodococcus erythropolis -an enzyme with glutamine amidotransferase activity. J. Bacteriol., 187: 2582-2591 (2005)

(87) Tamaki, H., Y. Sekiguchi, S. Hanada, K. Nakamura, N. Nomura, M. Matsumura, and Y. Kamagata : Comparative analysis of bacterial diversity in freshwater sediment of a shallow eutrophic lake as revealed by molecular and improved cultivation-based techniques. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 71: 2162-2169 (2005).

(86) Amachi, S., Y. Muramatsu, Y. Akiyama, K. Miyazaki, S. Hanada, Y. Kamagata, H. Shinoyama, T. Bannai, and T. Fujii : Isolation of iodide-oxidizing bacteria from iodide-rich natural gas brines and seawaters. Microbial Ecol., 49: 547-557 (2005).

(85) Lee, T.H., S. Kurata, C.H. Nakatsu, and Y. Kamagata : Molecular analysis of bacterial community based on 16S rDNA and functional genes in activated sludge enriched with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) under different cultural conditions. Microbial Ecol., 49: 151-162 (2005).

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(1) Tanaka, M., Harmastini, S., Takebayashi, M., Saito, K., Suto, M., Prana, T. K., Prana, M. S. andTomita, F. (1999). Isolation, screening and phylogenetic identification of endophytes from plants in Hokkaido Japan and Java Indonesia. Microbes and Environments, 14, 237-241.

(2) Suto, M., Takebayashi, M., Saito, K., Tanaka, M., Yokota, A. and Tomita, F. (2002). Endophytes as producers of xylanase. J. Bioscience and Bioengineering, 93, 88-90.

(3) Tanaka, M., Yoshimura, M., Suto, M., Yokota, A., Asano, K., Sukara, E. and Tomita, F. (2002). Production of lepidimoide by an endophytic fungus from polysaccharide extracted from Abelmoschus sp.: Identification of the product and the organism producing it. J. Bioscience and Bioengineering, 93, 531-536.

(4) Niamsup, P., Sujaya, I.N., Tanaka, M., Sone, T., Hanada, S., Kamagata, Y., Lumyong, S., Assavanig, A., Asano, K., Tomita, F. and Yokota, A. (2003). Lactobacillus thermotolerans sp. nov., a novel thermotolerant species isolated from chicken faeces. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 53, 263-268.

(5) Tsuda, M., Mugishima, T., Komatsu, K., Sone, T., Tanaka, M., Mikami, Y., and Kobayashi, J. (2003). Modiolides A and B, two new 10-membered macrolides from a marine-derived fungus. J. Natural Products, 66, 412-415.

(6) Tsuda, M., Mugishima, T., Komatsu, K., Sone T., Tanaka, M., Mikami, Y., Shiro, M., Hirai, M., Ohizumi, Y., and Kobayashi, J. (2003). Speradine A, a new pentacyclic oxindole alkaloid from a marine-derived fungus Aspergillus tamarii. Tetrahedron, 59, 3227-3230.

(7) Tsuda, M., Kasai, Y., Komatsu, K., Sone, T., Tanaka, M., Mikami, Y., and Kobayashi, J. (2004). Citrinadin A, a novel pentacyclic alkaloid from marine-derived fungus Penicillium citrinum. Organic Letters, 6, 3087-3089.

(8) Katayama, T., Fukuda, M., Moriizumi, J., Nakamura, T., Brouchkov, A., Asano, K., Tanaka, M., Beget, J., and Tomita, F. (2006). A late quaternary ice wedge from the Fox permafrost tunnel in central Alaska is a time capsule for gas and bacteria. SIM News, 56, 10-15.

(9) Saranpuetti, Chayaporn ¹ Tanaka, M¹. Sone,¹T. Asano,¹*K and Tomita²F. (2006),. Determination of enzymes from Colletotrichum sp. AHU9748 essential for lepidimoide production from okra polysaccharide. (2006). J. Bioscience and Bioengineering, 102, 452-456

(10) Minamida, K., Tanaka, M., Abe, A., Sone, T., Tomita, T., Hara, H., and Asano, K. (2006), Production of equol from daidzein by gram-positive rod-shaped bacterium isolated from rat intestine. J. Bioscience and Bioengineering, 102, No. 3, September 2006, 247-250

(11) Katayama, T., Tanaka, M., Moriizumi, J., Nakamura, T., Brouchkov, A., Douglas, T. A., Fukuda, M., Tomita, F., and Asano K. (2007), Phylogenetic Analysis of Bacteria Preserved in a Permafrost Ice Wedge for 25,000 Years, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73, 2360-2363.

(12) Takesue, N., Sone, T., Tanaka, M., Tomita, F., Asano A. (2007), Production of di-D-fructofranosyl-2,6’:2’,6-anhydride (DFA Ⅳ) by recombinant Bacillus subtilis carrying heterogenous levan fructotransferase from Arthrobacter nicotinovorans GS-9, Enzyme and Microbial Technology 41, 673-676.

(13) Tan, J. D., Sanchez, Jr. E. L., Tanaka, M., Katayama, T., Asano, K., and Tomita, F. (2007), Screening of endophytic microorganisms from sweetpotato for the production of antimicrobial compounds, Annals of Tropical Research 29, (2), 66-78.

(14) 関口幸恵、田中みち子、高橋淳、浅野行蔵（2008）, 北海道の植物からのSaccharomyces属酵母の単離と製パン適性，日本醸造協会誌　（醸協）第103巻第2号，125〜134

(15) Minamida, K., Ota, K., Nishimukai, M., Tanaka, M., Abe, A., Sone, T., Tomita, F. Hara, H., and Asano K. (2008), Asaccharobacter celatus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from rat caecum, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 58, 1238-1240.

(16) Ongol, M. T., Iguchi, T., Tanaka, M., Sone, T., Ikeda, H., Asano, K., and Nishimura T. (2008), Potential of selected strains of lactic acid bacteria to induce a Th1 immune profile, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 72 (11), 2847-2857

(17) Katayama, T., Kato, T., Tanaka, M., Douglas, T. A., Brouchkov, A., Fukuda, M., Tomita, F. and Asano, K. (2008), Glaciibacter superstes gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Microbacteriaceae isolated from a permafrost ice wedge, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 59, 482-486.

(18) Takesue, N., Sone, T., Tanaka, M., Tomita, F., and Asano, K. (2009), Effect of an additionally introduced degQ gene on di-D-fructofranosyl-2,6’:2’,6-anhydride (DFA Ⅳ) production by recombinant Bacillus subtilis in a single culture production system, J. Bioscience and Bioengineering, 107, 623-629.

(19) Ishida, N., Irikura, D., Matsuda, K., Sato, S., Sone, T., Tanaka, M., and Asano, K. (2009), Molecular cloning and expression of a novel cholinephosphotransferase involved in glycoglycerophospholipid biosynthesis of Mycoplasma fermentans, Curr. Microbiol. 58, 535-540

(20) Thawornkuno, C., Tanaka, M., Sone, T., and Asano, K. (2009), Biotransformation of daidzein to equol by crude enzyme feom Asaccharobacter celatus AHU1763 required an anaerobic environment, Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem, 73, 1435-1438.

(21) Ongol, M. P., Tanaka, M., Sone, T., and Asano, K. (2009), A real-time PCR method targeting a gene sequence encoding 16S rRNA processing protein, rimM, for detection and enumeration of Streptococcus thermophilus in dairy products, Food Research International 42, 893-898.

(22) Chatani, M., Tanaka, M., Nakamura, A., Takesue, N., Tanaka, I., and Asano, K. (2009), A simple turbidimetric method for monitoring the inhibition of tRNA-dependent amidotransferase GatCAB, J. Microbiol. Methods, in press.

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(25) Y. Li, S. Mitsuhashi, M. Ikejo, N. Miura, T. Kawamura, T. Hamakubo and M. Ubukata: Chemical Inhibition of Ser/Thr protein phosphatase type 1 reveals relationship between ATM and ribosomal protein S6. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 76: 486-494 (2012)

(24) R. Asai, S. Mitsuhashi, K. Shigetomi, T. Miyamoto and M. Ubukata: Absolute configurations of (-)-hirsutanol A and (-)-hirsutanol C produced by Gloeostereum incarnatum. J. Antibiot (Tokyo)., 64: 693-696 (2011)

(23) S. Mitsuhashi, J. Takenaka, K. Iwamori, N. Nakajima, and M. Ubukata: Structure-activity relationships for inhibition of inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase and differentiation induction of K562 cells among the mycophenolic acid derivatives. Bioorg. Med. Chem., 18: 8106-8111 (2010)

(22) M. Ubukata, S. Mitsuhashi, A. Ueki, Y. Sano, N. Iwasa, S. Fuijita, and M. Arai: Quality determination of nickel-loaded silica prepared from poaceous biomass. J. Agric. Food. Chem., 58: 6312-6317 (2010)

(21) K. Shigetomi, K. Shoji, S. Mitsuhashi, and M. Ubukata: The antibacterial properties of 6-tuliposide B. Synthesis of 6-tuliposide B analogues and structure-activity relationship. Phytochemistry, 71: 312-324 (2010)

(20) N. Urushibara, S. Mitsuhashi, T. Sasaki, H. Kasai, M. Yoshimizu, H. Fujita, and A. Oda: JNK and p38 MAPK are independently involved in tributyltin-mediated cell death in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) RTG-2 cells. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. C Toxicol. Pharmacol., 149: 468-475 (2009)

(19) S. Mitsuhashi, A. Saito, N. Nakajima, H. Shima, and M. Ubukata:　Pyrogallol structure in polyphenols is involved in apoptosis-induction on HEK293T and K562 cells. Molecules, 13: 2998-3006 (2008)

(18) N. Tanuma, S.-E. Kim, M. Beullens, Y. Tsubaki, S. Mitsuhashi, M. Nomura, T. Kawamura, K. Isono, H. Koseki, M. Sato, M. Bollen, K. Kikuchi, and H. Shima: Nuclear inhibitor of protein phosphatase-1 (NIPP1) directs protein phosphatase-1 (PP1) to dephosphorylate the U2 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle (snRNP) component, spliceosome-associated protein 155 (Sap155). J. Biol. Chem., 283: 35805-35814 (2008)

(17) S. Mitsuhashi, H. Shima, Y. Li, N. Tanuma, T. Okamoto, K. Kikuchi, and M. Ubukata: Tautomycetin suppresses the TNF-alpha/NF-kappaB pathway via inhibition of IKK activation. Int. J. Oncol., 33: 1027-1035 (2008)

(16) D. I. Batovska, D.-H. Kim, S. Mitsuhashi, Y.-S. Cho, H.-J. Kwon, and M. Ubukata: Hydroxamic acid derivatives of mycophenolic acid inhibit histone deacetylase at the cellular level. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 72: 2623-2631 (2008)

(15) S. Mitsuhashi, T. Kishimoto, Y. Uraki, T. Okamoto, and M. Ubukata: Low molecular weight lignin suppresses activation of NF-kappaB and HIV-1 promoter. Bioorg. Med. Chem., 16: 2645-2650 (2008)

(14) M. Ubukata, H. Takamori, M. Ohashi, S. Mitsuhashi, K. Yamashita, T. Asada, N. Nakajima, N. Matsuura, M. Tsuruga, K. Taki, and J. Magae: Mycophenolic acid as a latent agonist of PPARgamma. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 17: 4767-4770 (2007)

(13) Y. Wakuda, T. Kubota, H. Shima, T. Okada, S. Mitsuhashi, N. Aoki, K. Kikuchi, and J. Kobayashi: Manzamenones inhibit T-cell protein tyrosine phosphatase. Mar. Drugs, 4: 9-14 (2006)

(12) Y. Feng, S. Mitsuhashi, T. Kishimoto, and M. Ubukata: Biosynthesis of indocarbazostatin B, incorporation of D-[U-13C] glucose and L-[2-13C] tryptophan. J. Antibiot (Tokyo)., 58: 759-765 (2005)

(11) S. Mitsuhashi, H. Shima, N. Tanuma, S. Sasa, K. Onoe, M. Ubukata, and K. Kikuchi: Protein phosphatase type 2A, PP2A, is involved in degradation of gp130. Mol. Cell. Biochem., 269: 183-187 (2005)

(10) T. Okada, T. Fujii, N. Tanuma, S. Mitsuhashi, T. Urano, Y. Araki, H. Shima, and K. Kikuchi: Analysis of isoform specific function of PP1 catalytic subunits in mammalian cells using siRNA. Int. J. Oncol., 25: 1383-1388 (2004)

(9) T. Endo, M. Tsuda, T. Okada, S. Mitsuhashi, H. Shima, K. Kikuchi, Y. Mikami, J. Fromont, and J. Kobayashi: Nagelamides A-H, new dimeric bromopyrrole alkaloids from marine sponge agelas species. J. Nat. Prod., 67: 1262-1267 (2004)

(8) S. Mitsuhashi, N. Saito, K. Watano, K. Igarashi, S. Tagami, H. Shima, and K. Kikuchi: Defect of delta-sarcoglycan gene is responsible for development of dilated cardiomyopathy of a novel hamster strain, J2N-k.: calcineurin/PP2B activity in the heart of J2N-k hamster. J. Biochem., 134; 269-276 (2003)

(7) S. Mitsuhashi, H. Shima, N. Tanuma, N. Matsuura, M. Takekawa, T. Urano, T. Kataoka, M. Ubukata, and K. Kikuchi: Usage of tautomycetin, a novel inhibitor of protein phosphatase 1 (PP1), reveals that PP1 is a positive regulator of Raf-1 in vivo. J. Biol. Chem., 278: 82-88 (2003)

(6) K. Watano, K. Iwabuchi, S. Fujii, N. Ishimori, S. Mitsuhashi, M. Ato, A. Kitabatake, and K. Onoe: Allograft inflammatory factor-1 augments production of interleukin-6, -10 and -12 by a mouse macrophage line. Immunology, 104: 307-316 (2001)

(5) S. Mitsuhashi, N. Matsuura, M. Ubukata, H. Oikawa, H. Shima, and K. Kikuchi: Tautomycetin is a novel and specific inhibitor of serine/threonine protein phosphatase type 1, PP1. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 287: 328-331 (2001)

(4) S. Mitsuhashi, H. Shima, K. Kikuchi, K. Igarashi, R. Hatsuse, K. Maeda, M. Yazawa, T. Murayama, Y. Okuma, and Y. Nomura: Development of an assay method for activities of serine/threonine protein phosphatase type 2B (calcineurin) in crude extracts. Anal. Biochem., 278: 192-197 (2000)

(3) S. Mitsuhashi, H. Shima, T. Kawamura, K. Kikuchi, M. Oikawa, A. Ichihara, and H. Oikawa: The spiroketals containing a benzyloxymethyl moiety at C8 position showed the most potent apoptosis-inducing activity. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 9: 2007-2012 (1999)

(2) S. Matsuzawa, T. Kawamura, S. Mitsuhashi, T. Suzuki, Y. Matsuo, M. Suzuki, Y. Mizuno, and K. Kikuchi: Thyrsiferyl 23-acetate and its derivatives induce apoptosis in various T- and B-Leukemia cells. Bioorg. Med. Chem., 7: 381-387 (1999)

(1) S. Maruta, S. Mitsuhashi, M. Yamada, and M. Ikebe: ADP/Vanadate mediated photocleavage of myosin light chain kinase at the autoinhibitory region. J. Biochem., 124: 557-564 (1998)

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(9) Teramoto, K., Kitagawa, W., Sato, H., Torimura, M., Tamura, T. & Tao, H. (2009) Phylogenetic Analysis of Rhodococcus erythropolis Based on the Variation of Ribosomal Proteins as Observed by Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectrometry without Using Genome Information.J. Biosci. Bioeng., 108(4), 348-353.

(8) Kitagawa, W. & Tamura, T. (2008) A Quinoline Antibiotic from Rhodococcus erythropolis JCM 6824. J. Antibiot. 61(11), 680-682.

(7) Kitagawa, W. & Tamura, T. (2008) Three types of antibiotics produced from Rhodococcus erythropolis strains. Microbes & Environ., 23(2), 167-171.

(6) Morono, Y., Kitagawa, W., Kimura, N., Noda, N., Nakamura, K., & Kamagata, Y. (2007) “Mark the gene”: a method for non-destructive introduction of marker sequences inside the gene-frame of transgenes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 73(15), 4915-4921.

(5) Kimura, N., Kitagawa, W., Mori, T., Nakashima, N., Tamura, T. & Kamagata, Y. (2006) Genetic and biochemical characterization of the dioxygenase involved in lateral dioxygenation of dibenzofuran from Rhodococcus opacus strain SAO101. Appl. Microbiol. Biot., 73(2), 474-484.

(4) Kitagawa, W., Kimura, N. & Kamagata, Y. (2004) A novel p-nitrophenol degradation gene cluster from a gram-positive bacterium, Rhodococcus opacus SAO101. J. Bacteriol., 186(15), 4894-4902.

(3) Kitagawa, W., Takami, S., Miyauchi, K., Masai, E., Kamagata, Y., Tiedje, J. M. & Fukuda, M. (2002) Novel 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid degradation genes from oligotrophic Bradyrhizobium sp strain HW13 isolated from a pristine environment. J. Bacteriol., 184(2), 509-518.

(2) Kitagawa, W., Miyauchi, K., Masai, E. & Fukuda, M. Cloning and characterization of benzoate catabolic genes in the gram-positive polychlorinated biphenyl degrader Rhodococcus sp strain RHA1. (2001) J. Bacteriol., 183(22), 6598-6606.

(1) Kitagawa, W., Suzuki, A., Hoaki, T., Masai, E. & Fukuda, M. Multiplicity of aromatic ring hydroxylation dioxygenase genes in a strong PCB degrader, Rhodococcus sp. strain RHA1 demonstrated by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis. (2001) Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 65(8), 1907-1911.

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(23) Kikuchi, Y., Hosokawa, T., Fukatsu, T. (2011). An ancient but promiscuous host-symbiont association between Burkholderia gut symbionts and their heteropteran hosts. The ISME J. In press.

(22) Hosokawa, T., Kikuchi, Y., Nikoh, N., Meng, X. Y., Hironaka, M., Fukatsu, T. (2010). Phylogenetic position and peculiar genetic traits of the midgut bacterial symbiont in the stinkbug Parastrachia japonensis. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 76: 4130-4135.

(21) Kaiwa, N., Hosokawa, T., Kikuchi, Y., Nikoh, N., Meng, X. Y., Kimura, N., Ito, M., Fukatsu, T. (2010). Primary gut symbiont and secondary, Sodalis-allied symbiont of the Scutellerid stinkbug Cantao ocellatus. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 76: 3486-3494.

(20) Hosokawa, T., Koga, R., Kikuchi, Y., Meng, X. Y., Fukatsu, T. (2010). Wolbachia as a bacteriocyte-associated nutritional mutualist. PNAS 107: 769-774.

(19) Kikuchi, Y., Bomar, L., Graf, J. (2009). Stratified bacterial community in the bladder of the medicinal leech, Hirudo verbana. Environ. Microbiol. 11: 2758-2770.

(18) Kikuchi, Y. (2009). Endosymbiotic bacteria in insects: Their diversity and culturability. Microbes Environ. 24: 195-204.

(17) Kikuchi, Y., Hosokawa, T., Nikoh, N., Meng, X. Y., Kamagata, Y., Fukatsu, T. (2009). Host-symbiont co-speciation and reductive genome evolution in gut symbiotic bacteria of acanthosomatid stinkbugs. BMC Biol. 7: 2.

(16) Hosokawa, T., Kikuchi, Y., Shimada, M., Fukatsu, T. (2008). Symbiont acquisition alters behaviour of stinkbug nymphs. Biol. Lett. 4:45-48.

(15) Silver, A. C., Kikuchi, Y., Fadl, A. A., Sha, J., Chopra, A. K., Graf, J. (2007). Interaction between innate immune cells and a bacterial type III secretion system in mutualistic and pathogenic associations. PNAS 104: 9481-9486.

(14) Hosokawa, T., Kikuchi, Y., Shimada, M., Fukatsu, T. (2007). Obligate symbiont involved in pest status of host insect. Proc. Biol. Sci. 274: 1979-1984.

(13) Hosokawa, T., Kikuchi, Y., Fukatsu, T. (2007). How many symbionts are provided by mothers, acquired by offspring, and needed for successful vertical transmission in an obligate insect-bacterium mutualism? Mol. Ecol. 16: 5316-5325.

(12) Kikuchi, Y., Graf, J. (2007). Spatial and temporal population dynamics of a naturally occurring two-species microbial community inside the digestive tract of the medicinal leech. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73: 1984-1991.

(11) Kikuchi, Y., Hosokawa, T., Fukatsu, T. (2007). Insect-microbe mutualism without vertical transmission: a stinkbug acquires a beneficial gut symbiont from the environment every generation. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73: 4308-4316.

(10) Graf, J., Kikuchi, Y., Rio, R. V. M. (2006). Leeches and their microbiota: naturally simple symbiosis 　models. Trends Microbiol. 14: 365-371.

(9) Hosokawa, T., Kikuchi, Y., Nikoh, N., Shimada, M., Fukatsu, T. (2006). Strict host-symbiont cospeciation and reductive genome evolution in insect gut bacteria. PLoS Biol. 4: e337.

(8) Kikuchi, Y., Meng, X. Y., Fukatsu, T. (2005). Gut symbiotic bacteria of the genus Burkholderia in the broad-headed bugs Riptortus clavatus and Leptocorisa chinensis (Heteroptera: Alydidae). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71: 4035-4043.

(7) Kikuchi, Y., Fukatsu, T. (2005). Rickettsia infection in natural leech populations. Microb. Ecol. 49: 265-271.

(6) Hosokawa, T., Kikuchi, Y., Meng, X. Y., Fukatsu, T. (2005). The making of symbiont capsule in the plataspid stinkbug Megacopta punctatissima. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 54: 471-477.

(5) Suharna, N., Kikuchi, Y., Fukatsu, T. (2005). Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Monascus fungi based on internal transcribed spacer region. Biotropia 24: 62-68.

(4) Kitade, O., Hayashi, Y., Kikuchi, Y., Kawarasaki, S. (2004). Distribution and composition of colony founding associations of a subterranean termite, Reticulitermes kanmonensis. Entomol Sci. 7: 1-8.

(3) Kikuchi, Y., Fukatsu, T. (2003). Diversity of Wolbachia endosymbionts in heteropteran bugs. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69: 6082-6090.

(2) Kikuchi, Y., Fukatsu, T. (2002). Endosymbiotic bacteria in the esophageal organ of glossiphoniid leeches. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68: 4637-4641.

(1) Kikuchi, Y., Sameshima, S., Kitade, O., Kojima, J., Fukatsu, T. (2002). Novel clade of Rickettsia spp. from leeches. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 68: 999-1004.

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(20) Kato S, Hashimoto K, Watanabe K. : Iron-oxide minerals affect extracellular electron-transfer paths of Geobacter spp. Microbes Environ., in press.

(19) Kato S, Hashimoto K, Watanabe K. : Microbial interspecies electron transfer via electric currents through conductive minerals. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 109: 10042-10046 (2012).

(18) Kato S, Hashimoto K, Watanabe K. : Methanogenesis facilitated by electric syntrophy via (semi)conductive iron-oxide minerals. Environ. Microbiol., 14: 1646-1654 (2012).

(17) Matsuda S, Liu H, Kato S, Hashimoto K, Nakanishi S. : Negative Faradaic resistance in extracellular electron transfer by anode-respiring Geobacter sulfurreducens cells. Environ. Sci. Technol., 45: 10163-10169 (2011).

(16) Kato S, Kai F, Nakamura R, Watanabe K, Hashimoto K. : Respiratory interactions of soil bacteria with (semi)conductive iron-oxide minerals. Environ. Microbiol., 12: 3114-3123 (2010).

(15) Kato S, Watanabe K. : Ecological and evolutionary interactions in syntrophic methanogenic consortia. Microbes Environ., 25: 145-151 (2010).

(14) Nakamura R, Takashima T, Kato S, Takai K, Yamamoto M, Hashimoto K. : Electrical current generation across a black smoker chimney. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 49: 7692-7694 (2010).

(13) Yamamoto K, Haruta S, Kato S, Ishii M, Igarashi Y. : Determinative factors of competitive advantage between aerobic bacteria for niches at the air-liquid interface. Microbes. Environ., 25: 317-320 (2010).

(12) Liu H, Matsuda S, Kato S, Hashimoto K, Nakanishi S. : Redox-responsive switching in bacterial respiratory pathway involving extracellular electron transfer. ChemSusChem., 3: 1253-1256 (2010).

(11) Takanezawa K, Nishio K, Kato S, Hashimoto K, Watanabe K. : Factors affecting electric output from rice paddy-field microbial fuel cells. Biosci. Biotechnol. Bioeng., 74: 1271-1273 (2010).

(10) Kato S, Kosaka T, Watanabe K. : Substrate-dependent transcriptomic shifts in Pelotomaculum thermopropionicum grown in syntrophic co-culture with Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus. Microbial Biotechnol., 2: 575-584 (2009).

(9) Kato S, Watanabe K. : Analysis of gene transcripts in a crude oil-degrading marine microbial community. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 73: 1665-1668 (2009).

(8) Shimoyama T, Kato S, Ishii S, Watanabe K. : Flagellum mediates symbiosis. Science, 323: 1574 (2009).

(7) Haruta S, Kato S, Yamamoto K, Igarashi Y. : Intertwined interspecies relationships: approaches to untangle the microbial network. Environ. Microbiol., 11: 2963-2969 (2009).

(6) Kato S, Kosaka T, Watanabe K. : Comparative transcriptome analysis of responses of Methanothermobacter thermautotrophicus to different environmental stimuli. Environ. Microbiol., 10: 893-905 (2008).

(5) Kato S, Haruta S, Cui ZJ, Ishii M, Igarashi Y. : Network relationships of bacteria in a stable mixed culture. Microbial Ecol., 56: 403-411 (2008).

(4) Kosaka T, Kato S, Shimoyama T, Ishii S, Abe T, Watanabe K. : The genome of Pelotomaculum thermopropionicum reveals niche-associated evolution in anaerobic microbiota. Genome Res., 18: 442-448 (2008).

(3) Kato S, Haruta S, Cui ZJ, Ishii M, Igarashi Y. : Stable coexistence of five bacterial strains as a cellulose-degrading community. Appl. Environ. Microbiol., 71: 7099-7106 (2005).

(2) Kato S, Haruta S, Cui ZJ, Ishii M, Igarashi Y. : Effective cellulose degradation by a mixed-culture system composed of a cellulolytic Clostridium and aerobic non-cellulolytic bacteria. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol., 51: 133-142 (2004).

(1) Kato S, Haruta S, Cui ZJ, Ishii M, Yokota A, Igarashi Y. : Clostridium straminisolvens sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic, aerotolerant and cellulolytic bacterium isolated from a cellulose-degrading bacterial community. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 54: 2043-2047 (2004).