Special issue: Cool Earth via Microbes

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 Minamisawa
2024 Volume 39 Issue 3 Article ID: ME24006
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME24006

Regulation of Root Nodule Symbiosis by Soybean Rj Genotypes and Rhizobial Effectors

Shogo Fukunaga, Safirah Tasa Nerves Ratu, Shin Okazaki
2025 Volume 40 Issue 3 Article ID: ME25027
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME25027

Screening of Bradyrhizobium ottawaense with High N2O-reducing Activity from Soybean Nodules in Japan

Manabu Itakura, Kaori Kakizaki, Atsuo Suzuki, Satoshi Okubo, Hiromi Kato, Masayuki Sugawara, Yuichi Saeki, Kiwamu Minamisawa
2026 Volume 41 Issue 1 Article ID: ME25062
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME25062

Genome Plasticity Depends on Positions both Inside and Outside of the Symbiosis Island of Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens

Haruka Arashida, Hiroko Maita, Shusei Sato, Kiwamu Minamisawa
2026 Volume 41 Issue 1 Article ID: ME25074
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME25074

Promoter Sequences Do Not Solely Govern nosZ Expression Differences between Bradyrhizobium ottawaense and B. diazoefficiens

Sawa Wasai-Hara, Yoshikazu Shimoda, Hisayuki Mitsui, Shusei Sato, Haruko Imaizumi-Anraku, Kiwamu Minamisawa
2026 Volume 41 Issue 1 Article ID: ME25079
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME25079

Symbiosis Islands of Bradyrhizobium Determine Relationships with Host Legumes Lespedeza cuneata and Glycine max

Yuki Konno, Iori Imamura, Tomoyuki Nemoto, Masaya Kajiwara, Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo, Manabu Itakura, Tomoko Sakai, Hisayuki Mitsui, Kiwamu Minamisawa, Masayuki Sugawara
2026 Volume 41 Issue 1 Article ID: ME25072
DOI https://doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME25072

Kinetics of Nitrous Oxide (N₂O)-reducing Activity of Bradyrhizobium ottawaense by an Automated Analysis

Manabu Itakura  , Kiwamu Minamisawa
2026 Volume 41 Issue 1 Article ID: ME25070
DOI https://doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME25070

Unipolar Polysaccharide-mediated Attachment of the N₂O-reducing bacterium Bradyrhizobium ottawaense SG09 to Plant Roots

Yudai Takeguchi, Ryota Shibuya, Momoi Kondo, Eriko Betsuyaku, Manabu Itakura, Kiwamu Minamisawa, Masayuki Sugawara  , Shigeyuki Betsuyaku
2025 Volume 40 Issue 4 Article ID: ME25043
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME25043

Transcription of Nitrogen Fixation Genes Is Enhanced at Unfavorably High Oxygen Concentrations for Diazotrophic Growth in a Methane-oxidizing Bacterium

Argen Adem Abdela, Rina Shinjo, Takeshi Watanabe, Susumu Asakawa, Sachiko Masuda, Arisa Shibata, Ken Shirasu, Kiwamu Minamisawa, Shusei Sato, Hisayuki Mitsui
2025 Volume 40 Issue 4 Article ID: ME25032
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME25032

Expanding the Eco-collection of Methane-oxidizing Bacteria Inhabiting Rice Roots: Cultivation, Isolation, and Genomic Characterization of Isolates

Fumika Oe, Rina Shinjo, Sachiko Masuda, Arisa Shibata, Ken Shirasu, Shun Hashimoto, Hisayuki Mitsui, Shusei Sato, Takeshi Watanabe, Susumu Asakawa
2025 Volume 40 Issue 4 Article ID: ME25012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME25012

Group-specific Quantification of mcrA genes of Methanogenic Archaea and “Candidatus Methanoperedens” by Digital PCR

Takeshi Watanabe, Atsuya Endo, Rio Hamada, Rina Shinjo, Susumu Asakawa
2025 Volume 40 Issue 2 Article ID: ME24097
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME24097

Fusarium Fungi Produce Nitrous Oxide (N₂O) from Nitrite (NO₂^–) in a Model Pot System Simulating the Soybean Rhizosphere

Makoto Moriuchi, Keiichi Kuzunuki, Fumio Ikenishi, Reiko Sameshima, Akira Nakagiri, Sakae Toyoda, Chie Katsuyama, Kaori Kakizaki, Manabu Itakura, Naohiro Yoshida, Yuichi Suwa, Kiwamu Minamisawa
2025 Volume 40 Issue 2 Article ID: ME24092
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME24092

Ferrihydrite Addition Activated Geobacteraceae, the Most Abundant Iron-reducing Diazotrophs, and Suppressed Methanogenesis by Heterogeneous Methanogens in Xylan-amended Paddy Soil Microcosms

Yoko Masuda  , Mitsutaka Chihara, Keishi Senoo
2024 Volume 39 Issue 3 Article ID: ME24028
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME24028