List of Selected Publications

1. Sakamoto, M., and Ohkuma, M.:
   "Usefulness of the hsp60 gene for the identification and classification of Gram-negative anaerobic rods. "
   J. Med. Microbiol. 59: 1293-1302 (2010)
2. Ohkuma, M., and Brune, A.:
   "Diversity, structure, and evolution of the termite gut microbial community."
   Biology of Termites: A Modern Synthesis (Bignell, D. E., Roisin, Y., and Lo, N. (eds.)), pp. 413-438, Springer (2010)
3. Obata, T., Goto, Y., Kunisawa, J., Sato, S., Sakamoto, M., Setoyama, H., Matsuki, T., Nonaka, K., Shibata, N., Gohda, M., Kagiyama, Y., Nochi, T., Yuki, Y., Fukuyama, Y., Mukai, A., Shinzaki, S., Fujihashi, K., Sasakawa, C., Iijima, H., Goto, M., Umesaki, Y., Benno, Y., and Kiyono, H.:
   "Indigenous opportunistic bacteria inhabit mammalian gut-associated lymphoid tissues and share a mucosal antibody-mediated symbiosis."
   Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 107: 7419-742 (2010)
4. Sato, T., Hongoh, Y., Noda, S., Hattori, S., Ui, S., and Ohkuma, M.:
   "Candidatus Desulfovibrio trichonymphae, a novel intracellular symbiont of the flagellate Trichonympha agilis in termite gut."
   Environ. Microbiol. 11: 1007-1015 (2009)
5. Ohkuma, M., Noda, S., Hongoh, Y., Nalepa, C.A., and Inoue, T.:
   "Inheritance and diversification of symbiotic hypermastigid flagellates from a common ancestor of termites and the cockroach Cryptocercus. "
   Proc. R. Soc. B. 276:239-245. (2009)
6. Noda, S., Hongoh, Y., Sato, T., and Ohkuma, M.:
   "Complex coevolutionary history of symbiotic Bacteroidales bacteria of various protists in the gut of termites."
   BMC Evol. Biol. 9: 158 (2009)
7. Noda, S., Mantini, C., Bordereau, C., Kitade, O., Dolan, M. F., Viscogliosi, E., and Ohkuma, M.:
   "Molecular phylogeny of parabasalids with emphasis on the order Cristamonadida and its complex morphological evolution."
   Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 52: 217-224 (2009)
8. Hongoh, Y., Sharma, V.K., Prakash, T., Noda, S., Toh, H., Taylor,T.D., Kudo, T., Sakaki, Y., Toyoda, A., Hattori, M., and Ohkuma, M.:
   "Genome of an endosymbiont coupling N2 fixation to cellulolysis within protist cells in termite gut."
   Sicence 322,1108-1109 (2008)
9. Ohkuma, M.:
   "Symbioses of flagellates and prokaryotes in the gut of lower termites."
   Trends Microbiol. 16, 345-352 (2008)
10. Hongoh, Y., Sharma, V.K., Prakash, T., Noda, S., Taylor,T.D., Kudo, T., Sakaki, Y., Toyoda, A., Hattori, M., and Ohkuma, M.:
    "Complete genome of the uncultured Termite Group 1 bacteria in a single host protist cell."
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 5555-5560 (2008)

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