Publications

Representative Publications

• Agyekum DVA, Kobayashi T, Dastogeer KMG, Yasuda M, Sarkodee-Addo E, Ratu STN, Xu Q, Miki T, Matsuura E, Okazaki S. Diversity and function of soybean rhizosphere microbiome under nature farming. Frontiers in microbiology. 2023 Mar 1;14:1130969. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1130969. PMID: 36937301; PMCID: PMC10014912 [Journal]
• Ratu, S. T. N., Amelia, L., & Okazaki, S. (2022) Type III effector provides a novel symbiotic pathway in legume-rhizobia symbiosis. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry zbac178, https://doi.org/10.1093/bbb/zbac178 [Journal]
• Dastogeer, K. M., Yasuda, M., & Okazaki, S. (2022) Microbiome and pathobiome analyses reveal changes in community structure by foliar pathogen infection in rice. Frontiers in microbiology 13 [Journal]
• Yasuda, M., Dastogeer, K. M., Sarkodee-Addo, E., Tokiwa, C., Isawa, T., Shinozaki, S., & Okazaki, S. (2022) Impact of Azospirillum sp. B510 on the Rhizosphere Microbiome of Rice under Field Conditions. Agronomy 12, 1367. [Journal]
• Ratu STN, Hirata A, Kalaw CO, Yasuda M, Tabuchi M, Okazaki S. (2021) Multiple Domains in the Rhizobial Type III Effector Bel2-5 Determine Symbiotic Efficiency With Soybean. Frontiers in Plant Science. 7;12:689064 [Journal]
• Sarkodee-Addo E, Tokiwa C, Bonney P, Aboagye DA, Yeboah A, Abebrese SO, Bam R, Nartey EK, Okazaki S, Yasuda M. (2021) Biofertilizer Activity of Azospirillum sp. B510 on the Rice Productivity in Ghana. Microorganisms 9(9):2000 [Journal]
• Ratu STN, Teulet A, Miwa H, Masuda S, Nguyen HP, Yasuda M, Sato S, Kaneko T, Hayashi M, Giraud E, Okazaki S. (2021) Rhizobia use a pathogenic-like effector to hijack leguminous nodulation signalling. Scientific Reports 11, 2034. [Journal]
• Sinong, G. F., Yasuda, M., Nara, Y., Lee, C. G., Dastogeer, K. M., Tabuchi, H., Nakai, H., Okazaki, S. (2020) Distinct Root Microbial Communities in Nature Farming Rice Harbor Bacterial Strains with Plant Growth-Promoting Traits. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 4, 314. [Journal]
• Dastogeer KMG, Zahan MI, Tahjib-Ul-Arif M, Akter MA and Okazaki S. (2020) Plant Salinity Tolerance Conferred by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Associated Mechanisms: A Meta-Analysis. Front. Plant Sci. 11, 2034. [Journal]
• Kanasugi M, Sarkodee-Addo E, Ansong Omari R, Mohammad Golam Dastogeer K, Fujii Y, Oppong Abebrese S, Bam R, Asuming-Brempong S, Okazaki S. (2020) Exploring Rice Root Microbiome; The Variation, Specialization and Interaction of Bacteria and Fungi In Six Tropic Savanna Regions in Ghana. Sustainability 12(14):5835. [Journal]
• Sarkodee-Addo E, Yasuda M, Gyu Lee C, Kanasugi M, Fujii Y, Ansong Omari R, Oppong Abebrese S, Bam R, Asuming-Brempong S, Mohammad Golam Dastogeer K, Okazaki S. (2020) Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Associated with Rice (Oryza sativa L.) in Ghana: Effect of Regional Locations and Soil Factors on Diversity and Community Assembly. Agronomy 10(4):559. [Journal]
• Lai K, Nguyen NT., Miwa H, Yasuda M, Nguyen HH, *Okazaki S. (2020) Diversity of Methylobacterium spp. in the Rice of the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. Microbes and Environment 35:1 doi:10.1264/jsme2.ME19111.[Journal]
• Nguyen HP, Miwa H, Obirih-Opareh J, Suzaki T, Yasuda M, *Okazaki S. (2019) Novel rhizobia exhibit superior nodulation and biological nitrogen fixation even under high nitrate concentrations. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 96:2 fiz184. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiz184[Journal]
• Teulet A, Busset N, Fardoux J, Gully D, Chaintreuil C, Cartieaux F, Jauneau A, Comorge V, Okazaki S, Kaneko T, Gressent F, Nouwen N, Arrighi JF, Koebnik R, Mergaert P, Deslandes L, Giraud E. (2019) The rhizobial type III effector ErnA confers the ability to form nodules in legumes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 116:43, 21758-21768.[Journal]
• *Okazaki S, Sano N, Yamada T, Ishii K, Kojima K, Djedidi S, Ramirez MDA, Yuan K, Kanekatsu M, Ohkama-Ohtsu N, Hirose Y, Oshima K, Hattori M, *Yokoyama T. (2019) Complete Genome Sequence of Plant Growth-Promoting Bacillus pumilus TUAT1. Microbiology Resource Announcements 8 (21) e00076-19; DOI: 10.1128/MRA.00076-19.[Journal]
• Nguyen HP, Ratu STN, Yasuda M, Gottfert M, *Okazaki S. (2018) InnB, a novel type III effector of Bradyrhizobium elkanii USDA61, controls symbiosis with Vigna Species. Frontiers in Microbiology 9:3155; doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.03155.[Journal]
• Kamrun N, Miwa H, Okazaki S, *Yasuda M. (2018) Effects of different sources of nitrogen on endophytic colonization of rice plants by Azospirillum sp. B510. Microbes and Environment 33:301-308.[Journal]
• Nguyen HP, Miwa H, Kaneko T, Sato S, *Okazaki S. (2017) Identification of Bradyrhizobium elkanii genes involved in incompatibility with Vigna radiata. Genes 8(12), 374; doi:10.3390/genes8120374.[Journal]
• Miwa H and *Okazaki S. (2017) How effectors promote beneficial interactions. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 38:148-154.[Journal]
• Yasuda M, Miwa H, Masuda S, Takebayashi Y, Sakakibara H, *Okazaki S. (2016) Effector-triggered Immunity Determines Host Genotype-specific Incompatibility in Legume-Rhizobium Symbiosis. Plant and Cell Physiol. 57:1791-1800.[Journal]
• Yuan K, Miwa H, Iizuka M, Tadashi Y, Fujii Y, *Okazaki S. (2016) Genetic diversity and symbiotic phenotype of hairy vetch rhizobia in Japan. Microbes and Environment. 31:121-126.[Journal]
• Okazaki S, Tittabutr P, Teulet A, Thouin J, Fardoux J, Chaintreuil C, Gully D, Arrighi JF, Furuta N, Miwa H, Yasuda M, Nouwen N, Teaumroong N, *Giraud E. (2016) Rhizobium-legume symbiosis in the absence of Nod factors : Two possible scenarios with or without the T3SS. The ISME Journal. 10:64-74 [Journal]
• Omar F.M., Miwa H, Yasuda M, Fujii Y, Kaneko T, Sato S, *Okazaki S. (2015) Identification of Bradyrhizobium elkanii genes involved in Rj4 soybean incompatibility. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 81(19):6710-7. doi:10.1128/AEM.01942-15 [Journal]
• *Okazaki S, Noisangiam R, Okubo T, Kaneko T, Oshima K, Hattori M, Teamtisong K, Songwattana P, Tittabutr P, Boonkerd N, Saeki K, Sato S, Uchiumi T, Minamisawa K, *Teaumroong N. (2015) Genome Analysis of a Novel Bradyrhizobium sp. DOA9 Carrying a Symbiotic Plasmid. PLoS ONE 10(2): e0117392. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117392 [Journal]
• *Okazaki S, Kaneko T, Sato S, Saeki K. (2013) Hijacking of leguminous nodulation signaling by the rhizobial type III secretion system. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA.　110:17131-6.[Pubmed]
• Okazaki S, Okabe S, Higashi M, Shimoda Y, Sato S, Tabata S, Hashiguchi M, Akashi R, Gottfert M, *K. Saeki (2010) Identification and functional analysis of type III effector proteins in Mesorhizobium loti. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 23:223-342. [Pubmed]
• Okazaki S, Zehner S, Hempel J, Lang K, *Gottfert M (2009) Genetic organization and functional analysis of the type III secretion system of Bradyrhizobium elkanii. FEMS Microbiol. Let. 95:88-95 [Pubmed]

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