A. Sugiyama

A novel vaccine strategy using quick and easy conversion of bacterial pathogens to unnatural amino acid-auxotrophic suicide derivatives

This paper introduces a method to convert bacterial pathogens into live vaccines using unnatural amino acid-auxotrophic suicide derivatives, showing enhanced immunogenicity and safety.

Discovery of an isoflavone oxidative catabolic pathway in legume root microbiota

The paper identifies an oxidative isoflavone catabolic pathway in legume root microbiota, revealing its role in detoxifying isoflavones and shaping microbiota interactions.

Apoplast-localized β-Glucosidase Elevates Isoflavone Accumulation in the Soybean Rhizosphere

This study shows that apoplast-localized β-glucosidase (ICHG) increases isoflavone accumulation in the soybean rhizosphere but is not required for plant-microbe interactions.

Excretion of triacylglycerol as a matrix lipid facilitating apoplastic accumulation of a lipophilic metabolite shikonin.

The paper investigates how plants secrete lipophilic metabolites like shikonin by excreting triacylglycerol as a matrix lipid, facilitating apoplastic accumulation.

Species-specific assembly of root-associated bacterial microbiota mediated by a combination of plant specialized metabolites

The paper shows that tobacco-specific PSMs mediate the enrichment of Arthrobacter in the tobacco endosphere through bacterial catabolism.

Diurnal metabolic regulation of isoflavones and soyasaponins in soybean roots

This study investigates diurnal regulation of isoflavone and soyasaponin biosynthesis and secretion in soybean roots using transcriptome and metabolite analysis.

Properties of rhizosphere soil associated with herbaceous plant roots analyzed using small-scale protocols

The study compares nutrient mineral content between bulk and rhizosphere soils of sorghum, finding higher nutrient concentrations in rhizosphere soil.