Takashi Yamaguchi

TL;DR: A hypothetical model for eukaryogenesis is proposed, termed the entangle–engulf–endogenize (also known as E 3 ) model, and isolation and characterization of an Asgard archaeon related to Lokiarchaeota reveals insights into how eukARYotes may have evolved from prokaryotes.

TL;DR: Based on its 16S rRNA gene sequence, strain TBC1T was shown to represent a distinct lineage at the family level in the phylum Bacteroidetes and is considered to be the type strain of a novel species of a new genus, Lentimicrobium saccharophilum gen. nov.

TL;DR: The cultivation of a methanogenic microbial consortium from subseafloor sediments using a continuous-flow-type bioreactor with polyurethane sponges as microbial habitats and DNA- and RNA-based phylogenetic analyses indicated the successful growth of phylogenetically diverse microbial components during cultivation in the reactor substantiate that the DHSBioreactor is a useful system for the enrichment of numerous fastidious microbes.

TL;DR: The 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity indicates that strain TNR(T) and M. tarda NOBI-1(T), isolated from an anaerobic, propionate-degradation enrichment culture that was originally established from a rice field soil sample from Taiwan, represent different species within the same genus.

TL;DR: It is proposed that strain SMSP(T), isolated from an anaerobic, propionate-degrading enrichment culture that was originally obtained from granular sludge in a mesophilic upflowAnaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor used to treat a beer brewery effluent, represents a novel species of the genus Methanoregula.