2024

• Zhenxing Xu, Shohei Hattori, Yoko Masuda, Sakae Toyoda, Keisuke Koba, Pei Yu, Naohiro Yoshida, Zong-Jun Du, Keishi Senoo (2024). Unprecedented N₂O production by nitrate-ammonifying Geobacteraceae with distinctive N₂O isotopocule signatures. mBio. doi: https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.02540-24
• Yoko Masuda, Mitsutaka Chihara, Keishi Senoo (2024). Ferrihydrite Addition Activated Geobacteraceae, the Most Abundant Iron-reducing Diazotrophs, and Suppressed Methanogenesis by Heterogeneous Methanogens in Xylan-amended Paddy Soil Microcosms. Microbes Environ., 39(3). doi: 10.1264/jsme2.ME24028
• Yoko Masuda, Kazumori Mise, Zhenxing Xu, Zhengcheng Zhang, Yutaka Shiratori, Keishi Senoo, Hideomi Itoh (2024). Global soil metagenomics reveals distribution and predominance of Deltaproteobacteria in nitrogen-fixing microbiome. Microbiome, 12:95. doi: 10.1186/s40168-024-01812-1
• Kerui Guo, Takashi Kunito, Shigeto Otsuka (2024). Complete genome sequence of Bacillus subtilis NA05 (=NBRC 116153), a phosphate-solubilizing bacterium isolated from crop field soil. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 13(6). doi: DOI: 10.1128/mra.00154-24

2023

• Hideomi Itoh, Yumi Sugisawa, Kazumori Mise, Zhenxing Xu, Miyu Kuniyasu, Natsumi Ushijima, Keisuke Kawano, Emiko Kobayashi, Yutaka Shiratori, Yoko Masuda and Keishi Senoo (2023). Mesoterricola silvestris gen. nov., sp. nov., Mesoterricola sediminis sp. nov., Geothrix oryzae sp. nov., Geothrix edaphica sp. nov., Geothrix rubra sp. nov., and Geothrix limicola sp. nov., six novel members of Acidobacteriota isolated from soils. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 73:006073. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.006073
• 増田曜子 (2023). 水田土壌メタトランスクリプトミクス —窒素・炭素循環を駆動する土壌微生物群の真相解明—. 日本土壌肥料学雑誌, 94(4):301-306. doi: 10.1007/s00203-023-03631-8
• 妹尾啓史, 増田曜子 (2023). 講座　理想の農業を追求する —サステイナブルで革新的な食糧生産を支える基礎研究と現場技術— 1. 水田土壌における鉄還元菌窒素固定の発見と低窒素農業への応用の試み —オミクス解析からサステイナブル農業へ—. 日本土壌肥料学雑誌, 94(3):216-222
• 藤原徹, 林健太郎, 中島亨, 加藤拓, 妹尾啓史, 増田曜子, Shen Haoyang, Xu Zhenxing, Zhang Zhengcheng, 山中遥加, 佐藤咲良, 伊藤英臣, 白鳥豊, 大峽広智, 小暮敏博, 高橋嘉夫, Shen Weishou, 柳澤修一, 樋口恭子 (2023). 地球温暖化に対処する土壌肥料学. 日本土壌肥料学雑誌, 94(3):230-235
• Yoko Masuda, Sakura Satoh, Ryota Miyamoto, Ryo Takano, Katsuhiro Ishii, Hirotomo Ohba, Yutaka Shiratori, and Keishi Senoo (2023). Biological nitrogen fixation in the long-term nitrogen-fertilized and unfertilized paddy fields, with special reference to diazotrophic iron-reducing bacteria. Archives of Microbiology 205, Article number: 291. doi: 10.1007/s00203-023-03631-8
• Zhengcheng Zhang, Yoko Masuda, Zhenxing Xu, Yutaka Shiratori, Hirotomo Ohba and Keishi Senoo (2023). Active Nitrogen Fixation by Iron-Reducing Bacteria in Rice Paddy Soil and Its Further Enhancement by Iron Application. Applied Sciences, 13(14): 8156. doi: 10.3390/app13148156
• Haoyang Shen, Tadashi Nagamine, Yutaka Shiratori, Keishi Senoo (2023). Enhanced mite grazing leads to pattern shifts in soil N₂O emissions after organic fertilizer application. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 181: 109027. doi: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109027

2022

• Huanhuan Zhang, Weishou Shen, Changyi Ma, Shanshan Li, Jie Chen, Xinfei Mou, Wenwen Cheng, Peng Lei, Hong Xu, Nan Gao, Keishi Senoo (2022). Simultaneous Nitrogen Removal and Plant Growth Promotion Using Salt-tolerant Denitrifying Bacteria in Agricultural Wastewater. Microbes and Environments, 37(3): ME22025. doi: 10.1264/jsme2.ME22025
• Hideomi Itoh, Zhenxing Xu, Kazumori Mise, Yoko Masuda, Natsumi Ushijima, Chie Hayakawa, Yutaka Shiratori and Keishi Senoo (2022). Anaeromyxobacter oryzae sp. nov., Anaeromyxobacter diazotrophicus sp. nov. and Anaeromyxobacter paludicola sp. nov., isolated from paddy soils. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 72(10): 005546. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005546
• Zhujun Wang, Kai Feng, Ziyan Wei, Yueni Wu, Kazuo Isobe, Keishi Senoo, Xi Peng, Danrui Wang, Qing He, Xiongfeng Du, Shuzhen Li, Yan Li, Ye Deng (2022). Evaluation and redesign of the primers for detecting nitrogen cycling genes in environments. Methods in Ecology and Evolution (published: 25 July 2022). doi: 10.1111/2041-210X.13946
• Weishou Shen, Yaou Long, Zijian Qiu, Nan Gao, Yoko Masuda, Hideomi Itoh, Hirotomo Ohba, Yutaka Shiratori, Adharsh Rajasekar, Keishi Senoo (2022). Investigation of Rice Yields and Critical N Losses from Paddy Soil under Different N Fertilization Rates with Iron Application. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 19(14): 8707. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19148707
• Nan Gao, Huanhuan Zhang, Ruonan Xiong, Li Fang, Weishou Shen, Keishi Senoo (2022). Different strategies for colonization and prevalence after inoculation with plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria revealed by a monitoring method. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 68(4): 442-453. doi: 10.1080/00380768.2022.2090829

2021

• Kazumori Mise, Yoko Masuda, Keishi Senoo, Hideomi Itoh (2021). Undervalued Pseudo-nifH Sequences in Public Databases Distort Metagenomic Insights into Biological Nitrogen Fixers. mSphere (Published online 17 November 2021). doi: 10.1128/msphere.00785-21

• 妹尾啓史, 増田曜子, 伊藤英臣, 白鳥 豊, 大峽広智, Xu Zhenxing, 山中遥加, 石田敬典, 髙野 諒, 佐藤咲良, Shen Weishou (2021). 水田土壌における鉄還元菌窒素固定の学術的基盤解明と低窒素農業への応用：低炭素社会の実現を目指して. 土と微生物(Soil Microorganisms), 75(2): 60-65

• Zhenxing Xu, Yoko Masuda, Xueding Wang, Natsumi Ushijima, Yutaka Shiratori, Keishi Senoo and Hideomi Itoh (2021). Genome-Based Taxonomic Rearrangement of the Order GeobacteralesIncluding the Description of Geomonas azotofigenssp. nov. and Geomonas diazotrophicasp. nov. Front. Microbiol., 737531. (Published online 30 September 2021). doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.737531
• Zhengcheng Zhang, Zhenxing Xu, Yoko Masuda, Xueding Wang, Natsumi Ushijima, Yutaka Shiratori, Keishi Senoo, Hideomi Itoh (2021). Geomesophilobacter sediminisgen. nov., sp. nov., Geomonas propionicasp. nov. and Geomonas anaerohicanasp. nov., three novel membersin the family Geobacterecaceisolated from river sediment and paddy soil. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 44(5): 126233. doi: 10.1016/j.syapm.2021.126233
• Wei Wei, Kazuo Isobe, Yutaka Shiratori, Midori Yano, Sakae Toyoda, Keisuke Koba, Naohiro Yoshida, Haoyang Shen and Keishi Senoo (2021). Revisiting the involvement of ammonia oxidizers and denitrifiers in nitrous oxide emission from cropland soils. Environmental Pollution, 287:117494 (Available online 2 June 2021). doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117494
• Haoyang Shen, Yutaka Shiratori, Sayuri Ohta, Yoko Masuda, Kazuo Isobe and Keishi Senoo (2021). Mitigating N₂O emissions from agricultural soils with fungivorous mites. ISME Journal, 15(8): 2427-2439. doi: 10.1038/s41396-021-00948-4
• Yoko Masuda, Yutaka Shiratori, Hirotomo Ohba, Takanori Ishida, Ryo Takano, Sakura Satoh, Weishou Shen, Nan Gao, Hideomi Itoh, Keishi Senoo (2021). Enhancement of the nitrogen-fixing activity of paddy soils owing to iron application. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 67(3): 243-247. doi: 10.1080/00380768.2021.1888629

2020

• 増田曜子, 伊藤英臣, 白鳥豊, 妹尾啓史 (2020). 水田土壌における鉄還元菌窒素固定の発見と応用 オミクス解析から低窒素農業へ. 化学と生物, 58(3): 143-150
• 妹尾啓史, 増田曜子, 伊藤英臣, 野田口理孝, 田畑亮, 岡安浩次, 澤井優, 鈴木孝征, 黒谷賢一, 藤雅子, Yuniar Devi Utami, 清水幸子, 西條雄介, 大森良弘, 藤原徹, 白鳥豊, 太田沙由理 (2020). 理想の農業を追求する－サステイナブルで革新的な食糧生産を支える基礎研究と現場技術－. 日本土壌肥料学雑誌，91(2): 94-98

• Hideomi Itoh, Zhenxing Xu, Yoko Masuda, Natsumi Ushijima, Chie Hayakawa, Yutaka Shiratori and Keishi Senoo (2020). Geomonas silvestris sp. nov., Geomonas paludis sp. nov. and Geomonas limicola sp. nov., isolated from terrestrial environments, and emended description of the genus Geomonas. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 71(1): 004607. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004607
• Chie Hayakawa, Taichi Kobayashi, Kazumichi Fujii and Keishi Senoo(2020). Fine root biomass stimulates microbial activity of glucose mineralization in buried humic horizon of volcanic ash soils. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 66(5): 724-733. doi: 10.1080/00380768.2020.1820757
• Yosuke Nojiri, Yuka Kaneko, Yoichi Azegami, Yutaka Shiratori, Nobuhito Ohte, Keishi Senoo, Shigeto Otsuka and Kazuo Isobe (2020). Dissimilatory Nitrate Reduction to Ammonium and Responsible Microbes in Japanese Rice Paddy Soil. Microbes Environ., 35(4): ME20069. doi: 10.1264/jsme2.ME20069
• Yoko Masuda, Haruka Yamanaka, Zhen-Xing Xu, Yutaka Shiratori, Toshihiro Aono, Seigo Amachi, Keishi Senoo and Hideomi Itoh (2020). Diazotrophic Anaeromyxobacter Isolates from Soils. Appl.Environ. Microbiol., 86: e00956-20. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00956-20
• Zhenxing Xu, Yoko Masuda, Chie Hayakawa, Natsumi Ushijima, Keisuke Kawano, Yutaka Shiratori, Keishi Senoo and Hideomi Itoh (2020). Description of Three Novel Members in the Family Geobacteraceae, Oryzomonas japonicum gen. nov., sp. nov., Oryzomonas sagensis sp. nov., and Oryzomonas ruber sp. nov.. Microorganisms, 8(5): 634. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8050634
• Kazuo Isobe, Nicholas J. Bouskill, Eoin L. Brodie, Erika A. Sudderth, Jennifer B.H. Martiny (2020). Phylogenetic conservation of soil bacterial responses to simulated global changes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.
• Mise, K., Koyama, Y., Matsumoto, A., Fujita, K., Kunito, T., Senoo, K., and Otsuka, S. (2020). Pectin drives microbial phosphorus solubilization in soil: Evidence from isolation-based and community-scale approaches. Eur J Soil Biol. 97: 103169.
• Reiko Fujimura, Yoichi Azegami, Wei Wei, Hiroko Kakuta, Yutaka Shiratori, Nobuhito Ohte, Keishi Senoo, Shigeto Otsuka and Kazuo Isobe (2020). Distinct Community Composition of Previously Uncharacterized Denitrifying Bacteria and Fungi across Different Land-Use Types. Microbes and Environments, 35(1). doi: 10.1264/jsme2.ME19064
• Nan Gao, Chaowei Zhou, Weishou Shen, Sayuri Ota, Yutaka Shiratori, Tomoyasu Nishizawa, Kazuo Isobe, Xinhua He, Hanjie Ying and Keishi Senoo (2019). Genome Sequence of Novoherbaspirillum sp. UKPF54, a Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacterial Strain with N₂O-Mitigating Abilities, Isolated from Paddy Soil. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 9(3): e00999-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00999-19
• Kazumori Mise, Runa Maruyama, Yuichi Miyabara, Takashi Kunito, Keishi Senoo, Shigeto Otsuka (2020). Time-series analysis of phosphorus-depleted microbial communities in carbon/nitrogen-amended soils. Applied Soil Ecology,145: 103346. doi: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2019.08.008

2019

• Weishou Shen, Xinchun Yu, Nan Gao, Sayuri Ota, Yutaka Shiratori, Tomoyasu Nishizawa, Kazuo Isobe, Xinhua He and Keishi Senoo (2019). Genome Sequence of Arthrobacter sp. UKPF54-2, a Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacterial Strain Isolated from Paddy Soil. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 8(45): e01005-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01005-19
• Weishou Shen, Huaiwen Xue, Nan Gao, Yutaka Shiratori, Takehiro Kamiya, Toru Fujiwara, Kazuo Isobe, Keishi Senoo (2019). Effects of copper on nitrous oxide (N₂O) reduction in denitrifiers and N₂O emissions from agricultural soils. Biol. Fertil. Soils, 56: 39-51. doi: 10.1007/s00374-019-01399-y
• Midori Sakoda, Maika Mizusawa, Fumitaka Shiotsu, Nobuo Sakagami, Yong Guo, Yuji Masutomi, Daichi Fujii, Kazuo Isobe, Toru Fujiwara, Keishi Senoo, Tomoyasu Nishizawa (2019). Azoarcus sp. strain KH32C affects rice plant growth and the root-associated soil bacterial community in low nitrogen input paddy fields. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr., 65(5): 451-459. doi: 10.1080/00380768.2019.1666648
• Zhenxing Xu, Yoko Masuda, Hideomi Itoh, Natsumi Ushijima, Yutaka Shiratori, Keishi Senoo (2019). Geomonas oryzae gen. nov., sp. nov., Geomonas edaphica sp. nov., Geomonas ferrireducens sp. nov., Geomonas terrae sp. nov., Four Ferric-Reducing Bacteria Isolated From Paddy Soil, and Reclassification of Three Species of the Genus Geobacter as Members of the Genus Geomonas gen. nov.. Frontier in Microbiology,10: 2201. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02201
• Kazuo Isobe, Yuta Ise, Hiroyu Kato, Tomoki Oda, Christian E. Vincenot, Keisuke Koba, Ryunosuke Tateno, Keishi Senoo, Nobuhito Ohte (2019). Consequences of microbial diversity in forest nitrogen cycling: diverse ammonifiers and specialized ammonia oxidizers. The ISME Journal, 14: 12-25. doi: 10.1038/s41396-019-0500-2
• Nan Gao, Weishou Shen, Tomoyasu Nishizawa, Kazuo Isobe, Yong Guo, Hanjie Ying, Keishi Senoo (2019). Genome Sequences of Two Azospirillum sp. Strains, TSA2S and TSH100, Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria with N₂O Mitigation Abilities. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 8(32): e00459-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00459-19
• 國頭 恭，諸 人誌，藤田一輝，美世一守，長岡一成，大塚重人 (2019). リン可給性をめぐる土壌微生物群集.土と微生物. 73 (2): 41-54.
• 藤田一輝，諸 人誌，大塚重人，長岡一成，國頭 恭 (2019). 土壌中の養分利用性と微生物による酵素生産との関係： 資源配分モデルを中心に.土と微生物. 73 (1): 10–23.
• Kazuo Isobe, Steven D. Allison, Banafshe Khalili, Adam C. Martiny, Jennifer B.H. Martiny (2019). Phylogenetic conservation of bacterial responses to soil nitrogen addition across continent. Nature Communications (2019) 10: 2499. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-10390-y
• Yoko Masuda, Takashi Matsumoto, Kazuo Isobe and Keishi Senoo (2019). Denitrification in paddy soil as a cooperative process of different nitrogen oxide reducers, revealed by metatranscriptomic analysis of denitrification-induced soil microcosm. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 65: 342-345. doi: 10.1080/00380768.2019.1622401
• Mise, K., Moro, H., Kunito, T., Senoo, K., and Otsuka, S. (2019). Prokaryotic community structure of long-term fertilization field Andisols in central Japan. Microbiol. Resour. Announc., 8: e01551-18. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01551-18
• Tsunehiro Watanabe, Ryunosuke Tateno, Shogo Imada, Karibu Fukuzawa, Kazuo Isobe, Rieko Urakawa, Tomoki Oda, Nanae Hosokawa, Takahiro Sasai, Yoshiyuki Inagaki, Takuo Hishi, Hiroto Toda, Hideaki Shibata (2019). The effect of a freeze–thaw cycle on dissolved nitrogen dynamics and its relation to dissolved organic matter and soil microbial biomass in the soil of a northern hardwood forest. Biogeochemistry, 142(3): 319-338. doi: 10.1007/s10533-019-00537-w