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  1. Identification of 9α-hydroxy-17-oxo-1,2,3,4,10,19-hexanorandrost-6-en-5-oic acid and β-oxidation products of the C-17 side chain in cholic acid degradation by Comamonas testosteroni TA441
  2. Draft Genome Sequences of Geomicrobium sp. Strains JCM 19037, JCM 19038, JCM 19039, and JCM 19055, Isolated from Aquatic Samples
  3. Draft Genome Sequences of Vibrio sp. Strains Isolated from Tetrodotoxin-Bearing Scavenging Gastropod
  4. Heterologous Expression and Characterization of a Glycoside Hydrolase Family 45 endo-β-1,4-Glucanase from a Symbiotic Protist of the Lower Termite, Reticulitermes speratus
  5. Sporomusa intestinalis sp. nov., a homoacetogenic bacterium isolated from the gut of a higher termite, Termes comis (Termitinae)
  6. Physiological characterization of aerobic culturable bacteria in the intestine of the sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus
  7. Steroid degradation in Comamonas testosteroni
  8. Diversity and function of aerobic culturable bacteria in the intestine of the sea cucumber Holothuria leucospilota
  9. Screening of Optimal Cellulases from Symbiotic Protists of Termites through Expression in the Secretory Pathway ofSaccharomyces cerevisiae
  10. Steroid degradation genes in Comamonas testosteroni TA441: Isolation of genes encoding a Δ4(5)-isomerase and 3α- and 3β-dehydrogenases and evidence for a 100kb steroid degradation gene hot spot
  11. Bacterial Genes in the Aphid Genome: Absence of Functional Gene Transfer from Buchnera to Its Host
  12. Phylogenetic Analysis of Cellulolytic Enzyme Genes from Representative Lineages of Termites and a Related Cockroach
  13. Termite-Microbe Symbiotic System and Its Efficient Degradation of Lignocellulose
  14. Heterologous Expression and Characterization of an Endoglucanase from a Symbiotic Protist of the Lower Termite, Reticulitermes speratus
  15. Functional Expression of Three Rieske Non-Heme Iron Oxygenases Derived from Actinomycetes inRhodococcusSpecies for Investigation of Their Degradation Capabilities of Dibenzofuran and Chlorinated Dioxins
  16. Involvement of putative response regulator genes of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae in osmotic stress response, fungicide action, and pathogenicity
  17. Transcriptome Analysis of the Digestive Organs of Hodotermopsis sjostedti, a Lower Termite That Hosts Mutualistic Microorganisms in Its Hindgut
  18. Codon optimization prevents premature polyadenylation of heterologously-expressed cellulases from termite-gut symbionts in Aspergillus oryzae
  19. AtNFXL1, an Arabidopsis homologue of the human transcription factor NF‐X1, functions as a negative regulator of the trichothecene phytotoxin‐induced defense response
  20. Simple and Sensitive Method for Pyrroloquinoline Quinone (PQQ) Analysis in Various Foods Using Liquid Chromatography/Electrospray-Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry
  21. Candidatus Symbiothrix dinenymphae: bristle‐like Bacteroidales ectosymbionts of termite gut protists
  22. The candidate phylum ‘Termite Group 1’ of bacteria: phylogenetic diversity, distribution, and endosymbiont members of various gut flagellated protists
  23. Polychlorinated Biphenyl/Biphenyl Degrading Gene Clusters inRhodococcussp. K37, HA99, and TA431 Are Different from Well-KnownbphGene Clusters of Rhodococci
  24. Comparison of four protein phylogeny of parabasalian symbionts in termite guts
  25. Environmental cDNA analysis of the genes involved in lignocellulose digestion in the symbiotic protist community of Reticulitermes speratus
  26. Morphological and Molecular Identification of Non‐Tritrichomonas foetusTrichomonad Protozoa from the Bovine Preputial Cavity
  27. Molecular Phylogenetic Position of the Genera Stephanonympha and Caduceia (Parabasalia) Inferred from Nuclear Small Subunit rRNA Gene Sequences
  28. A fail‐safe system for the ribosome under zinc‐limiting conditions inBacillus subtilis
  29. Molecular biology and biotechnology for reduction of Fusarium mycotoxin contamination
  30. Transgenic rice plants expressing trichothecene 3-O-acetyltransferase show resistance to the Fusarium phytotoxin deoxynivalenol
  31. Large-scale identification of transcripts expressed in a symbiotic fungus (Termitomyces) during plant biomass degradation
  32. ORF18-disrupted mutant of Comamonas testosteroni TA441 accumulates significant amounts of 9,17-dioxo-1,2,3,4,10,19-hexanorandrostan-5-oic acid and its derivatives after incubation with steroids
  33. Diversity and abundance of termites along an altitudinal gradient in Khao Kitchagoot National Park, Thailand
  34. Identification of a response regulator gene for catabolite control from a PCB‐degrading β‐proteobacteria, Acidovorax sp. KKS102
  35. A fluorescent antibiotic resistance marker for rapid production of transgenic rice plants
  36. Nitrogen Fixation by Termites in Tropical Forests, Thailand
  37. Identification and in situ Detection of Two Lineages of Bacteroidales Ectosymbionts Associated with a Termite Gut Protist, Oxymonas sp.
  38. Phylogenetic and Morphological Diversity ofBacteroidalesMembers Associated with the Gut Wall of Termites
  39. Identification and characterization of ectosymbionts of distinct lineages in Bacteroidales attached to flagellated protists in the gut of termites and a wood-feeding cockroach
  40. Effect of Temporal Sample Preservation on the Molecular Study of a Complex Microbial Community in the Gut of the Termite Microcerotermes sp.
  41. Thiadiazole carboxylic acid moiety of tiadinil, SV-03, induces systemic acquired resistance in tobacco without salicylic acid accumulation
  42. Isolation and characterization of a gene cluster for dibenzofuran degradation in a new dibenzofuran-utilizing bacterium, Paenibacillus sp. strain YK5
  43. A Model Transgenic Cereal Plant with Detoxification Activity for the Estrogenic Mycotoxin Zearalenone
  44. Spatial distribution of bacterial phylotypes in the gut of the termite Reticulitermes speratus and the bacterial community colonizing the gut epithelium
  45. Screening of putative oxygenase genes in the Fusarium graminearum genome sequence database for their role in trichothecene biosynthesis
  46. Molecular phylogeny of parabasalids inferred from small subunit rRNA sequences, with emphasis on the Hypermastigea
  47. Carbon mineralization by termites in tropical forests, with emphasis on fungus combs
  48. Comparison of bacterial communities in the alkaline gut segment among various species of higher termites
  49. Molecular cloning and characterization of a cellulase gene from a symbiotic protist of the lower termite, Coptotermes formosanus
  50. An Os-1 family histidine kinase from a filamentous fungus confers fungicide-sensitivity to yeast
  51. A two-component histidine kinase of the rice blast fungus is involved in osmotic stress response and fungicide action
  52. Fungal Community Analysis of Fungus Gardens in Termite Nests
  53. A Wheat Xylanase Inhibitor Gene,Xip-I, but NotTaxi-I, Is Significantly Induced by Biotic and Abiotic Signals That Trigger Plant Defense
  54. Steroid degradation gene cluster of Comamonas testosteroni consisting of 18 putative genes from meta-cleavage enzyme gene tesB to regulator gene tesR
  55. The genes encoding the hydroxylase of 3-hydroxy-9,10-secoandrosta-1,3,5(10)-triene-9,17-dione in steroid degradation in Comamonas testosteroni TA441
  56. Bullera begoniae sp. nov. and Bullera setariae sp. nov., two new species of ballistoconidium-forming yeasts in the Bullera variabilis (Bulleribasidium) cluster isolated from plants in Taiwan
  57. Strategies for bioremediation of polychlorinated biphenyls
  58. Molecular phylogenies of Parabasalia inferred from four protein genes and comparison with rRNA trees
  59. Molecular phylogeny of Asian termites (Isoptera) of the families Termitidae and Rhinotermitidae based on mitochondrial COII sequences
  60. Zinc is a key factor in controlling alternation of two types of L31 protein in the Bacillus subtilis ribosome
  61. Altered gene expression in the transition phase by disruption of a Na + /H + antiporter gene ( shaA ) in Bacillus subtilis
  62. Multiplicity of 2,3-Dihydroxybiphenyl Dioxygenase Genes in the Gram-positive Polychlorinated Biphenyl Degrading BacteriumRhodococcus rhodochrousK37
  63. Two Different Size-Distributions of Engulfment-Related Vesicles Among Symbiotic Protists of the Lower Termite, Reticulitermes speratus
  64. Isolation and Detection of Methanogens from the Gut of Higher Termites
  65. Enzymatic Characterization of Scytalone Dehydratase Val75Met Variant Found in Melanin Biosynthesis Dehydratase Inhibitor (MBI-D) Resistant Strains of the Rice Blast Fungus
  66. Erratum to “Molecular analysis of bacterial microbiota in the gut of the termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera; Rhinotermitidae)”
  67. Molecular analysis of bacterial microbiota in the gut of the termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera; Rhinotermitidae)
  68. Molecular Phylogeny of Three Oxymonad Genera: Pyrsonympha, Dinenympha and Oxymonas
  69. Evaluation of primers and PCR conditions for the analysis of 16S rRNA genes from a natural environment
  70. Extraordinary proliferation of microorganisms in aposymbiotic pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum
  71. The First Isolation of Ustilaginomycetous Anamorphic Yeasts, Pseudozyma Species, from Patients' Blood and a Description of Two New Species: P. parantarctica and P. thailandica
  72. A shaE deletion mutant showed lower Na+ sensitivity compound to other deletion mutants in the Bacillus subtilis sodium/hydrogen antiporter (Sha) system
  73. An Alkaliphilic and Xylanolytic Paenibacillus Species Isolated from the Gut of a Soil-Feeding Termite
  74. Gut of Higher Termites as a Niche for Alkaliphiles as Shown by Culture-Based and Culture-Independent Studies
  75. Sporobolomyces magnisporus sp. nov., a new yeast species in the Erythrobasidium cluster isolated from plants in Taiwan
  76. Preface
  77. Nitrogen Fixation Genes Expressed in the Symbiotic Microbial Community in the Gut of the Termite Coptotermes formosanus
  78. A novel type of Na+/H+ antiporter: its unique characteristics and function
  79. Isolation and Characterization of Dibenzofuran-degrading Actinomycetes: Analysis of Multiple Extradiol Dioxygenase Genes in Dibenzofuran-degradingRhodococcusSpecies
  80. Diverse Bacteria Related to the Bacteroides Subgroup of the CFB Phylum within the Gut Symbiotic Communities of Various Termites
  81. Molecular Phylogeny of Symbiotic Basidiomycetes of Fungus-growing Termites in Thailand and Their Relationship with the Host
  82. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray studies ofmeso-2,3-butanediol dehydrogenase fromKlebsiella pneumoniaeIAM1063
  83. Large-Scale Domain Movements and Hydration Structure Changes in the Active-Site Cleft of Unligated Glutamate Dehydrogenase from Thermococcus profundus Studied by Cryogenic X-ray Crystal Structure Analysis and Small-Angle X-ray Scattering,...
  84. Crystallization And Preliminary X-Ray Studies Of L-(+)-2,3-Butanediol Dehydrogenase From Brevibacterium Saccharolyticum C-1012
  85. Characterization of the NADH-linked acetylacetoin reductase/2,3-butanediol dehydrogenase gene from Bacillus cereus YUF-4
  86. Purification and Characterization of L-2,3-Butanediol Dehydrogenase of Brevibacterium saccharolyticum C-1012 Expressed in Escherichia coli
  87. Diversification of the Microtubule System in the Early Stage of Eukaryote Evolution: Elongation Factor 1α and α-Tubulin Protein Phylogeny of Termite Symbiotic Oxymonad and Hypermastigote Protists
  88. Diverse genes of cellulase homologues of glycosyl hydrolase family 45 from the symbiotic protists in the hindgut of the termite Reticulitermes speratus
  89. Symbiotic spirochetes in the termite hindgut: phylogenetic identification of ectosymbiotic spirochetes of oxymonad protists
  90. Molecular phylogeny of methanogens associated with flagellated protists in the gut and with the gut epithelium of termites
  91. Divergence of Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Isozymes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Complex
  92. Phylogenetic Identification of Hypermastigotes, Pseudotrichonympha, Spirotrichonympha, Holomastigotoides, and Parabasalian Symbionts in the Hindgut of Termites
  93. Identification of a Marine Benthic P(3HB)-Degrading Bacterium Isolate and Characterization of Its P(3HB) Depolymerase
  94. Phylogenetic relationships of symbiotic spirochetes in the gut of diverse termites
  95. Crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction studies of hyperthermostable glutamate dehydrogenase from Thermococcus profundus
  96. Adaptation of Comamonas testosteroni TA441 to utilization of phenol by spontaneous mutation of the gene for a trans‐acting factor
  97. Phylogenetic relationships of symbiotic methanogens in diverse termites
  98. Isolation of a microorganism capable of degrading poly-(L-lactide).
  99. Analyses of a Bacillus subtilis homologue of the Na+/H+ antiporter gene which is important for pH homeostasis of alkaliphilic Bacillus sp. C-125
  100. Phylogenetic analysis of the symbiotic intestinal microflora of the termiteCryptotermes domesticus
  101. Phylogenetic Identification of the Symbiotic Hypermastigote Trichonympha agilis in the Hindgut of the Termite Reticulitermes speratus Based on Small‐Subunit rRNA Sequence
  102. Erratum to: `Phylogenetic position of symbiotic protist Dinenympha exilis in the hindgut of the termite Reticulitermes speratus inferred from the protein phylogeny of elongation factor 1α' [Gene 210 (1998) 221–227]
  103. Comparison of the structural characteristics of chromosome VI inSaccharomyces sensu stricto: The divergence, species-dependent features and uniqueness of saké yeasts
  104. Phylogenetic position of symbiotic protist Dinemympha exilis in the hindgut of the termite Reticulitermes speratus inferred from the protein phylogeny of elongation factor 1α
  105. Isolation and characterization of a new aromatic compound-degrading alkalitrophic bacteria.
  106. Cloning and Characterization of the Azurin iso-1 Gene, Concerned with the Electron Transport Chain Involved in Methylamine/Methanol Oxidation in the Obligate MethylotrophMethylomonassp. Strain J
  107. Physiological Properties of a Neutralo-sensitive Mutant Derived from Facultative AlkaliphilicBacillussp. C-125
  108. Purification and characterization of α-amylase from hyperthermophilic archaeon Thermococcus profundus, which hydrolyzes both α-1,4 and α-1,6 glucosidic linkages
  109. Cloning, expression and nucleotide sequence of the l-2,3-butanediol dehydrogenase gene from Brevibacterium saccharolyticum C-1012
  110. Two sets of biphenyl and PCB degradation genes on a linear plasmid in Rhodococcus erythropolis TA421
  111. K + /H + antiporter in alkaliphilic Bacillus sp. no. 66 (JCM 9763)
  112. Isolation of Extradiol Dioxygenase Genes That Are Phylogenetically Distant from Othermeta-Cleavage Dioxygenase Genes
  113. Sequence analysis of the gene for and characterization of d-acetoin forming meso-2,3-butanediol dehydrogenase of Klebsiella pneumoniae expressed in Escherichia coli
  114. Genetic organization and characterization of the mau gene cluster, which concerned the initial step of electron transport chains involved in methylamine oxidation of the obligate methylotroph Methylomonas sp. strain J
  115. Physiological properties of two Pseudomonas mendocina strains which assimilate styrene in a two-phase (solvent-aqueous) system under static culture conditions
  116. Molecular generation of an Escherichia coli strain producing only the meso-isomer of 2,3-butanediol
  117. Molecular cloning, nucleotide sequence and expression in Escherichia coli of hyperthermophilic glutamate dehydrogenase gene from Thermococcus profundus
  118. Characterization of malate dehydrogenase from deep-sea psychrophilic Vibrio sp. strain no. 5710 and cloning of its gene
  119. Isolation and characterization of solvent-tolerant bacteria which can degrade biphenyllpolychlorinated biphenyls.
  120. Cloning, nucleotide sequence, and hyperexpression of α-amylase gene from an archaeon, Thermococcus profundus
  121. Preparation of a chiral acetoinic compound using transgenic Escherichia coli expressing the 2,3-butanediol dehydrogenase gene
  122. Molecular Cloning and Nucleotide Sequence of thegroELGene from the AlkaliphilicBacillussp. Strain C-125 and Reactivation of Thermally Inactivatedα-Glucosidase by Recombinant GroEL
  123. Phylogeny of symbiotic methanogens in the gut of the termite Reticulitermes speratus
  124. Characteristic presence of polyunsaturated fatty acids in marine psychrophilic vibrios
  125. Isolation and Characterization of PCNB Degrading Bacterium, Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain I-41
  126. Characterization of a Mutation Responsible for an Alkali-sensitive Mutant, 18224, of AlkaliphilicBacillussp. strain C-125
  127. Characterization of a gene responsible for the Na+/H+ antiporter system of alkalophilic Bacillus species strain C‐125
  128. Thermococcus profundus sp. nov., A New Hyperthermophilic Archaeon Isolated from a Deep-sea Hydrothermal Vent
  129. Effect of temperature and growth phase on fatty acid composition of the psychrophilic Vibrio sp. strain no. 5710
  130. A Gram-positive Polychlorinated Biphenyl-degrading Bacterium,Rhodococcus erythropolisStrain TA421, Isolated from a Termite Ecosystem
  131. Characteristics of Alkali-sensitive Mutants of AlkaliphilicBacillussp. Strain C-125 That Show Cellular Morphological Abnormalities
  132. Location of F1ATPase-like Genes on the Physical Map of theBacillus subtilis168 Chromosome
  133. Extracellular Production of Human Immunoglobulin ε-Chain/γ1-Chain Chimeric Fc Polypeptide by Escherichia coli
  134. Isolation of toluene-resistant mutants from Pseudomonas putida PpG1(ATCC 17453).
  135. Expression of the CGTase Gene of Alkalophilic Bacillus No. 38‐2 in Various Hosts
  136. Protoplast Transformation of Alkalophilic Bacillus sp. by Plasmid DNA
  137. Comparison of CD composition produced by chimeric CGTases.
  138. Extracellular production of human tumor necrosis factor-.ALPHA. by Escherichia coli using a chemically-synthesized gene.
  139. Construction of new excretion vectors: two and three tandemly located promoters are active for extracellular protein production from Escherichia coli
  140. The third cellulase of alkalophilic Bacillus sp. strain N-4: evolutionary relationships within the cel gene family
  141. Construction of a secretion vector production of peptide hormones in Escherichia coli (extracellular production of calcitonin as fused protein)
  142. Extracellular production of human immunoglobulin G Fc region (hIgG-Fc) by Escherichia coli
  143. Study on excretion from E. coli carrying the kil gene.
  144. Tandem location of the cellulase genes on the chromosome of Bacillus sp. strain N-4
  145. Truncation analysis of an alkaline cellulase from an alkalophilic Bacillus species
  146. Nucleotide sequence of the xylanase A gene of alkalophilic Bacillus sp. strain C-125.
  147. Construction of an excretion vector and extracellular production of human growth hormone from Escherichia coli
  148. Extracellular production of alkaline xylanase of alkalophilic Bacillus sp. by Escherichia coli carrying pCX311
  149. Construction of an excretion vector: Extracellular production of Aeromonas xylanase and Bacillus cellulases by Escherichia coli
  150. Production of Extracellular Alkaline Xylanase of Alkalophilic Bacillus sp. C-125 by Escherichia coli Carrying pCX 311
  151. Nucleotide sequence of the N-acetylneuraminate lyase gene of Escherichia coli.
  152. Extracellular production of xylanase L in Escherichia coli using excretion vector pEAP2.
  153. Purification and partial characterization of alkaline xylanase from Escherichia coli carrying pCX311.
  154. Selective excretion of alkaline xylanase by Escherichia coli carrying pCX311.
  155. Purification of three types of xylanases from an alkalophilic Aeromonas sp.
  156. Gene expression and production of Bacillus No. 170 penicillinase in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis.
  157. Isolation of the fragments from alkalophilic Bacillus sp. DNA which are controlled by temperature, pH or NaCl concentration in pGR71 CAT expression system.
  158. Extracellular production of Bacillus penicillinase by Escherichia coli carrying pEAP2
  159. A temporally regulated promoter from Bacillus subtilis is transcribed only by an RNA polymerase with a 37,000 dalton sigma factor
  160. Plasmids in alkalophilic Bacillus sp.
  161. Molecular cloning of .BETA.-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase gene from Clostridium butyricum M588.
  162. Effect of pH and sodium ion on germination of alkalophilic Bacillus species.
  163. The effect of pH on heat-resistance of spores of alkalophilic Bacillus No. 2b-2.
  164. Free sigma subunit of Bacillus subtilis RNA polymerase binds to DNA
  165. The environmental factors affecting sporulation of an alkalophilic Bacillus species.
  166. Characterization of a cold-sensitive chromosome segregation mutant of Escherichia coli.
  167. Characteristics of a cold-sensitive cell division mutant of Escherichia coli K-12.
  168. Genetic analysis of a cold-sensitive chromosome segregation mutant of Escherichia coli K12.
  169. Diversity and Molecular Analyses of Yet-Uncultivated Microorganisms
  170. <i>In Situ</i> Hybridization of Termite Microbes