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  1. Role of life-history strategies of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in partner selection by a juvenile C4 grass under low-light conditions

    Article • August 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  2. Disturbance tolerance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: characterization of life-history strategies along a disturbance gradient in a coastal dune ecosystem

    Article • Plant and Soil, October 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  3. Structurally distinct mitoviruses: are they an ancestral lineage of the Mitoviridae exclusive to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomeromycotina)?

    Article • mBio, May 2023, ASM Journals

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  4. Disturbance tolerance of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: trait-based characterization along a disturbance gradient in a coastal dune ecosystem

    Article • April 2023, Research Square

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  5. Polyphosphate polymerizing and depolymerizing activity of VTC4 protein in an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus

    Article • Soil Science & Plant Nutrition, January 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  6. Asymbiotic mass production of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus clarus

    Article • Communications Biology, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  7. Tracking an Introduced Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus in Allium fistulosum in a Field Condition With or Without Controlling Indigenous Fungi by Soil Fumigation As Well as Evaluation on Plant Phosphorus and Growth

    Article • Journal of soil science and plant nutrition, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  8. Editorial: Pyrophosphates and Polyphosphates in Plants and Microorganisms

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, March 2021, Frontiers

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  9. Asymbiotic mass production of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus clarus

    Article • December 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  10. Cross-ecosystem transcriptomics identifies distinct genetic modules for nutrient acquisition in maize

    Article • September 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  11. Conservation and host-specific expression of non-tandemly repeated heterogenous ribosome RNA gene in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    Article • May 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  12. Application of Virus-Induced Gene Silencing to Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  13. Secretion of acid phosphatase from extraradical hyphae of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus clarus is regulated in response to phosphate availability

    Article • Mycorrhiza, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  14. Stimulation of asymbiotic sporulation in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi by fatty acids

    Article • Nature Microbiology, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  15. Globular structures in roots accumulate phosphorus to extremely high concentrations following phosphorus addition

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, March 2019, Wiley

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  16. Nestedness in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities in a Volcanic Ecosystem: Selection of Disturbance-tolerant Fungi along an Elevation Gradient

    Article • Microbes and Environments, January 2019, Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  17. The genome of Rhizophagus clarus HR1 reveals a common genetic basis for auxotrophy among arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    Article • BMC Genomics, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  18. Dissection of niche competition between introduced and indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi with respect to soybean yield responses

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  19. Inoculum effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on soybeans grown in long-term bare-fallowed field with low phosphate availability

    Article • Soil Science & Plant Nutrition, May 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  20. How do arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi handle phosphate? New insight into fine‐tuning of phosphate metabolism

    Article • New Phytologist, April 2018, Wiley

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  21. Impact of Introduction of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi on the Root Microbial Community in Agricultural Fields

    Article • Microbes and Environments, January 2018, Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  22. A putative TetR-type transcription factor AZC_3265 from the legume symbiont Azorhizobium caulinodans represses the production of R-bodies that are toxic to eukaryotic cells

    Article • Soil Science & Plant Nutrition, August 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  23. Stringent Expression Control of Pathogenic R-body Production in Legume Symbiont Azorhizobium caulinodans

    Article • mBio, July 2017, ASM Journals

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa, Toshihiro Aono

  24. Nestedness in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungal Communities along Soil pH Gradients in Early Primary Succession: Acid-Tolerant Fungi Are pH Generalists

    Article • PLoS ONE, October 2016, PLOS

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  25. Aquaporin‐mediated long‐distance polyphosphate translocation directed towards the host in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis: application of virus‐induced gene silencing

    Article • New Phytologist, May 2016, Wiley

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  26. Inorganic Polyphosphates in Mycorrhiza

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  27. Acid-tolerant mycorrhizal fungi enhance plant acid-tolerance

    Article • Journal of the Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology, January 2016, The Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  28. Revegetation works on the highly acid soils of slope face using aciduric mycorrhizal fungi (Rhizophagus clarus RF1)

    Article • Journal of the Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology, January 2016, The Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  29. Difference inStriga-susceptibility is reflected in strigolactone secretion profile, but not in compatibility and host preference in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in two maize cultivars

    Article • New Phytologist, March 2015, Wiley

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa, Emeritus Professor Koichi Yoneyama

  30. Up-regulation of genes involved in N-acetylglucosamine uptake and metabolism suggests a recycling mode of chitin in intraradical mycelium of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    Article • Mycorrhiza, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  31. Release of acid phosphatase from extraradical hyphae of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungusRhizophagus clarus

    Article • Soil Science & Plant Nutrition, January 2015, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  32. Shoot-derived signals other than auxin are involved in systemic regulation of strigolactone production in roots

    Article • Planta, November 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa, Emeritus Professor Koichi Yoneyama

  33. Detection and Characterization of Mycoviruses in Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi by Deep-Sequencing

    Article • September 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  34. Polyphosphate accumulation is driven by transcriptome alterations that lead to near‐synchronous and near‐equivalent uptake of inorganic cations in an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus

    Article • New Phytologist, July 2014, Wiley

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  35. A unique mitovirus from Glomeromycota, the phylum of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    Article • Archives of Virology, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  36. Characterization of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities with respect to zonal vegetation in a coastal dune ecosystem

    Article • Oecologia, March 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  37. Ninety-year-, but not single, application of phosphorus fertilizer has a major impact on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities

    Article • Plant and Soil, August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  38. A Novel Virus-Like Double-Stranded RNA in an Obligate Biotroph Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus: A Hidden Player in Mycorrhizal Symbiosis

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, July 2012, Scientific Societies

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  39. Complete Sructure of Nuclear rDNA of the Obligate Plant Parasite Plasmodiophora brassicae: Intraspecific Polymorphisms in the Exon and Group I Intron of the Large Subunit rDNA

    Article • Protist, July 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  40. Polyphosphate has a central role in the rapid and massive accumulation of phosphorus in extraradical mycelium of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus

    Article • New Phytologist, March 2010, Wiley

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  41. Polyphosphate-synthesizing activity in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2009, ASM Journals

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  42. How does arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization vary with host plant genotype? An example based on maize (Zea mays) germplasms

    Article • Plant and Soil, July 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  43. Element interconnections inLotus japonicus: A systematic study of the effects of element additions on different natural variants

    Article • Soil Science & Plant Nutrition, February 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Takuro Shinano, Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  44. Community structure of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with pioneer grass speciesMiscanthus sinensisin acid sulfate soils: Habitat segregation along pH gradients

    Article • Soil Science & Plant Nutrition, August 2008, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  45. Polyphosphate kinase is essential for swarming motility, tolerance to environmental stresses, and virulence in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci 6605

    Article • Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology, July 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  46. Suppression of clubroot disease under neutral pH caused by inhibition of spore germination of Plasmodiophora brassicae in the rhizosphere

    Article • Plant Pathology, June 2008, Wiley

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  47. Plant symbiotic microorganisms in acid sulfate soil: significance in the growth of pioneer plants

    Article • Plant and Soil, May 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  48. Increase in soil pH due to Ca-rich organic matter application causes suppression of the clubroot disease of crucifers

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, March 2007, Elsevier

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  49. A New Hypothesis on the Strategy for Acquisition of Phosphorus in Arbuscular Mycorrhiza: Up-Regulation of Secreted Acid Phosphatase Gene in the Host Plant

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, October 2005, Scientific Societies

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  50. Quantification of polyphosphate: different sensitivities to short-chain polyphosphate using enzymatic and colorimetric methods as revealed by ion chromatography

    Article • Analytical Biochemistry, May 2004, Elsevier

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  51. Rapid accumulation of polyphosphate in extraradical hyphae of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus as revealed by histochemistry and a polyphosphate kinase/luciferase system

    Article • New Phytologist, February 2004, Wiley

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  52. Enhancement of the effectiveness of indigenous arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi by inorganic soil amendments

    Article • Soil Science & Plant Nutrition, December 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  53. Extensive tubular vacuole system in an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus, Gigaspora margarita

    Article • New Phytologist, June 2002, Wiley

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  54. P metabolism and transport in AM fungi

    Article • January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  55. Article • Plant and Soil, January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  56. Enzyme activity involved in glucose phosphorylation in two arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: indication that polyP is not the main phosphagen

    Article • Soil Biology and Biochemistry, July 2001, Elsevier

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  57. Differentiation of polyphosphate metabolism between the extra- and intraradical hyphae of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    Article • New Phytologist, March 2001, Wiley

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  58. Specific Inhibitor and Substrate Specificity of Alkaline Phosphatase Expressed in the Symbiotic Phase of the Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungus, Glomus etunicatum

    Article • Mycologia, July 1999, JSTOR

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  59. Comparison of phosphatase localization in the intraradical hyphae of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, Glomus spp. and Gigaspora spp.

    Article • Plant and Soil, September 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  60. Acid phosphatase specific to arbuscular mycorrhizal infection in marigold and possible role in symbiosis

    Article • Soil Science & Plant Nutrition, December 1994, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa

  61. Characterization of phosphatase in marigold roots infected with vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    Article • Soil Science & Plant Nutrition, June 1994, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Tatsuhiro Ezawa