Main Papers of the last 3 years

1. Shah N, Wakabayashi T, Kawamura Y, Skovbjerg CK, Wang MZ, Mustamin Y, Isomura Y, Gupta V, Jin H, Mun T, Sandal N, Azuma F, Fukai E, Seren Ü, Kusakabe S, Kikuchi Y, Nitanda S, Kumaki T, Hashiguchi M, Tanaka H, Hayashi A, Sønderkær M, Nielsen KL, Schneeberger K, Vilhjalmsson B, Akashi R, Stougaard J, Sato S*, Schierup MH*, Andersen SU*. (2020) Extreme genetic signatures of local adaptation during Lotus japonicus colonization of Japan. Nature Communications, 11: 1-15. 2.
2. Kusakabe S, Higasitani N, Kaneko T, Yasuda M, Miwa H, Okazaki S, Saeki K, Higashitani A, Sato S*. (2020) Lotus Accessions Possess Multiple Checkpoints Triggered by Different Type III Secretion System Effectors of the Wide-Host-Range Symbiont Bradyrhizobium elkanii USDA61. Microbes and environments, 35: ME19141. 3.
3. Shimoda Y, Nishigaya Y, Yamaya-Ito H, Inagaki N, Umehara Y, Hirakawa H, Sato S, Yamazaki T, Hayashi M. (2020) The rhizobial autotransporter determines the symbiotic nitrogen fixation activity of Lotus japonicus in a host-specific manner. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 117:1806-1815. 4.
4. Akyol TY, Niwa R, Hirakawa H, Maruyama H, Sato T, Suzuki T, Fukunaga A, Sato T, Yoshida S, Tawaraya K, Saito M, Ezawa T, Sato S* (2019) Impact of Introduction of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on the Root Microbial Community in Agricultural Fields. Microbes and environments, 34:23-32. 5.
5. Bamba M, Aoki S, Kajita T, Setoguchi H, Watano Y, Sato S, Tsuchimatsu T. (2019) Exploring Genetic Diversity and Signatures of Horizontal Gene Transfer in Nodule Bacteria Associated with Lotus japonicus in Natural Environments. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 32:1110-1120. 6.
6. Abdelrahman M, Hirata S, Sawada Y, Hirai MY, Sato S, Hirakawa H, Mine Y, Tanaka K, Shigyo M. (2019) Widely targeted metabolome and transcriptome landscapes of Allium fistulosum–A. cepa chromosome addition lines revealed a flavonoid hot spot on chromosome 5A. Scientific reports, 9: 1-15 7.
7. Hashiguchi M, Tanaka H, Muguerza M, Akashi R, Sandal NN, Andersen SU, Sato S*. (2018) Lotus japonicus Genetic, Mutant, and Germplasm Resources. Curr Protoc Plant Biol. 3:e20070. 8.
8. Sugawara M, Takahashi S, Umehara Y, Iwano H, Tsurumaru H, Odake H, Suzuki Y, Kondo H, Konno Y, Yamakawa T, Sato S, Mitsui H, Minamisawa K. (2018) Variation in bradyrhizobial NopP effector determines symbiotic incompatibility with Rj2-soybeans via effector-triggered immunity. Nature communications, 9: 1-12. 9.
9. Niwa R, Koyama T, Sato T, Adachi K, Tawaraya K, Sato S, Hirakawa H, Yoshida S, Ezawa T. (2018) Dissection of niche competition between introduced and indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi with respect to soybean yield responses. Scientific reports, 8: 1-11.

The Molecular Biology Society of Japan, The Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists, Japanese Society of Plant Microbe Interactions, Society of Genome Microbiology, Japan

Genome Inheritance Systems (Life Science graduate students)
Joint Lecture on Ecology (Life Science graduate students)
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