Phylogenetic Comparison of Endosymbionts with Their Host Ants Based on Molecular Evidence (1999)
Shinya Sameshima, Eisuke Hasegawa, Osamu Kitade, Nobuhiro Minaka, Tadao Matsumoto
Some Formicid ants have symbiotic intracellular bacteria in the epithelial cells of their midgut. These endosymbionts are believed to be derived from a common ancestor. A recent study revealed that...
Kiyoto Maekawa, Osamu Kitade, Tadao Matsumoto
Phylogenetic relationships among 18 species of orthopteroid insects (Blattaria: cockroaches, Isoptera: termites, Mantodea: mantids, Grylloblattodea: grylloblattids, Phasmatodea: stick-insects,...
Kiyoto Maekawa, Osamu Kitade, Tadao Matsumoto
Phylogenetic relationships among 18 species of orthopteroid insects (Blattaria: cockroaches, Isoptera: termites, Mantodea: mantids, Grylloblattodea: grylloblattids, Phasmatodea: stick-insects,...
Novel Clade of Rickettsia spp. from Leeches
Kikuchi, Yoshitomo, Sameshima, Shinya, Kitade, Osamu, Kojima, Junichi, Fukatsu, Takema
Intracellular rickettsia-like structures were found in the tissues of a glossiphoniid leech, Torix tagoi, by transmission electron microscopy. Diagnostic PCR analysis using specific primers suggested...
Noda, Satoko, Iida, Toshiya, Kitade, Osamu, Nakajima, Hideaki, Kudo, Toshiaki, Ohkuma, Moriya
A unique lineage of bacteria belonging to the order Bacteroidales was identified as an intracellular endosymbiont of the protist Pseudotrichonympha grassii (Parabasalia, Hypermastigea) in the gut of...
Novel Clade of Rickettsia spp. from Leeches
Kikuchi, Yoshitomo, Sameshima, Shinya, Kitade, Osamu, Kojima, Junichi, Fukatsu, Takema
Intracellular rickettsia-like structures were found in the tissues of a glossiphoniid leech, Torix tagoi, by transmission electron microscopy. Diagnostic PCR analysis using specific primers suggested...
Noda, Satoko, Iida, Toshiya, Kitade, Osamu, Nakajima, Hideaki, Kudo, Toshiaki, Ohkuma, Moriya
A unique lineage of bacteria belonging to the order Bacteroidales was identified as an intracellular endosymbiont of the protist Pseudotrichonympha grassii (Parabasalia, Hypermastigea) in the gut of...