OKAZAKI Shin

Professional Career

2004.04 – 2005.03 : Postdoctoral fellow (Osaka University)
2005.04 – 2005.09 : Postdoctoral fellow (Nara Women's University)
2005.09 – 2007.09：JSPS Postdoctoral fellow (Dresden University of Technology, Germany)
2007.10 – 2008.03 Postdoctoral fellow (Nara Women's University)
2008.04 – 2012.01 : Assistant Professor (Nara Women's University)
2012.02 - 2017.01 : Assistant Professor (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)
2017.02 - present : Associete Professor (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology)

Academic Degrees

2000 : Ms.C., Graduate School of Agriculture, Tohoku Univerisity
2004 : Ph.D., Graduate School of Agriculture, Tohoku Univerisity

Research Interests

Plant-Microbe symbiosis, soil microorganisms, rhizobia, endophytes, arbuscular mycorrhiza, genome analysis

Publications

• Camuel, A., Teulet, A., Carcagno, M., Haq F., Pacquit V., Gully D., Pervent M., Chaintreuil C., Fardoux J., Horta-Araujo N, Okazaki S., Ratu S., Gueye F, Zilli J, Nouwen N., Arrighi J., Luo H., Mergaert P., Deslandes L., Giraud, E. Widespread Bradyrhizobium distribution of diverse Type III effectors that trigger legume nodulation in the absence of Nod factor. The ISME Journal 17, 1416–1429 (2023). doi.org/10.1038/s41396-023-01458-1
• Damo JLC, Shimizu T, Sugiura H, Yamamoto S, Agake SI, Anarna J, Tanaka H, Sugihara S, Okazaki S, Yokoyama T, Yasuda M, Ohkama-Ohtsu N. The Application of Sulfur Influences Microbiome of Soybean Rhizosphere and Nutrient-Mobilizing Bacteria in Andosol. Microorganisms. 2023 May 3;11(5):1193. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms11051193.
• Md Firoz Mortuza, Salem Djedidi, Takehiro Ito, Shin-ichiro Agake, Hitoshi Sekimoto, Tadashi Yokoyama, Shin Okazaki and Naoko Ohkama-Ohtu, 2022. Genetic and Physiological Characterization of Soybean-Nodule-Derived Isolates from Bangladeshi Soils Revealed Diverse Array of Bacteria with Potential Bradyrhizobia for Biofertilizers. Microorganisms, 10(11), 2282, DOI:10.3390/microorganisms10112282
• Agyekum DVA, Kobayashi T, Dastogeer KMG, Yasuda M, Sarkodee-Addo E, Ratu STN, Xu Q, Miki T, Matsuura E, Okazaki S. Diversity and function of soybean rhizosphere microbiome under nature farming. Frontiers in Microbiology (Front. Microbiol.) 2023 Mar 1;14:1130969.
• Yasuda, M., Dastogeer, K.M.G., Sarkodee-Addo, E., Tokiwa, C., Isawa, T., Shinozaki S., Okazaki, S. Impact of Azospirillum sp. B510 on the rhizosphere microbiome of rice under field conditions. Agronomy Basel, 2022, 12(6), 1367
• Dastogeer, K.M.G., Yasuda, M., Okazaki, S. Microbiome and pathobiome analyses reveal changesin community structure by foliar pathogen infection in rice. Frontiers Microbiology (Front. Microbiol.) 13:949152, 2022.
• Taheri, P., Kaida, R., Dastogeer, M.G.K., Appiah, K.S., Yasuda, M., Tanaka, K., Korrani, H.M., Azizi, M., Okazaki, S, Fujii, Y. Isolation and Functional Characterization of Culture-Dependent Endophytes Associated with Vicia villosa Roth. Agronomy Basel 2022, 12(10), 2417
• Saki Yamamoto, Shin Okazaki, Nakei D Monica, Naoko Ohkama-Ohtsu, Haruo Tanaka, Soh Sugihara: Rhizobium Inoculation Improved the Rhizosphere P Dynamics and P Uptake Capacity of Pigeon Pea Plants Grown in Strongly Weathered Soil Only under P Fertilized Conditions, Agronomy 12(12), 3149 (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12123149
• Damo JLC, Ramirez MDA, Agake S, Pedro M, Brown M, Sekimoto H, Yokoyama T, Sugihara S, Okazaki S, Ohkama-Ohtsu N. 2022. Isolation and Characterization of Phosphate Solubilizing Bacteria from Paddy Field Soils in Japan. Microbes Environ 37 (2)　ME21085
• Appiah KS, Omari RA, Onwona-Agyeman S, Amoatey CA, Ofosu-Anim J, Smaoui A, Arfa AB, Suzuki Y, Oikawa Y, Okazaki S, Katsura K, Isoda H, Kawada K, Fujii Y. Seasonal Changes in the Plant Growth-Inhibitory Effects of Rosemary Leaves on Lettuce Seedlings. Plants (Basel). 2022 Mar 1;11(5):673. doi: 10.3390/plants11050673. PMID: 35270143; PMCID: PMC8912698.
• Sarkodee-Addo E, Tokiwa C, Bonney P, Aboagye DA, Yeboah A, Abebrese SO, Bam R, Nartey EK, Okazaki S, Yasuda M. Biofertilizer Activity of Azospirillum sp. B510 on the Rice Productivity in Ghana. Microorganisms. 2021 Sep 21;9(9):2000. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9092000. PMID: 34576895; PMCID: PMC8469361.
• Khoa Lai, Ngoc Thai N+J20,D20:D21en, Hiroki Miwa, Michiko Yasuda, Khondoker M. G. Dastogeer, Atsushi Toyoda, Koichi Higashi, Ken Kurokawa, Nga Thi Thu Nguyen, Ken Komatsu, Shin Okazaki. Leaf Bleaching in Rice: A New Disease in Vietnam Caused by Methylobacterium indicum, its Genomic Characterization and the Development of a Suitable Detection Technique. Microbes and Environment.36 (4) https://doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME21035
• Piromyou P., Nguyen, H.P., Songwattana, P., Boonchuen P, Teamtisong K., Tittabutr P., Boonkerd N., Tantasawat PA, Göttfert M, Okazaki S., Teaumroong N. The Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens type III effector NopE modulates the regulation of plant hormones towards nodulation in Vigna radiata. (2021). Scientific Reports. 11:16604. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95925-4
• Ramirez, M. D. A., M. Espana, H. Sekimoto, S. Okazaki, T. Yokoyama, and N. Ohkama-Ohtsu. (2021) Genetic diversity and characterization of symbiotic bacteria isolated from endemic phaseolus cultivars located in contrasting agroecosystems in Venezuela. Microbes Environ 36 (2). doi: 10.1264/jsme2.ME20157.
• Ratu STN, Teulet A, Miwa H, Masuda S, Nguyen HP, Yasuda M, Sato S, Kaneko T, Hayashi M, Giraud E, Okazaki S. Rhizobia use a pathogenic-like effector to hijack leguminous nodulation signalling. Scientific Reports, 11.1, 2034, JAN 2021
• Dastogeer KMG, Zahan MI, Tahjib-Ul-Arif M, Akter MA and Okazaki S. Plant Salinity Tolerance Conferred by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi and Associated Mechanisms: A Meta-Analysis. (2020) Front. Plant Sci. 11:588550. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.588550
• Kanasugi M, Sarkodee-Addo E, Ansong Omari R, Mohammad Golam Dastogeer K, Fujii Y, Oppong Abebrese S, Bam R, Asuming-Brempong S, Okazaki S. Exploring Rice Root Microbiome; The Variation, Specialization and Interaction of Bacteria and Fungi In Six Tropic Savanna Regions in Ghana. Sustainability. 2020; 12(14):5835
• Khoa Lai, Ngoc Thai Nguyen, Hiroki Miwa, Michiko Yasuda, Hiep Huu Nguyen, Shin Okazaki. Diversity of Methylobacterium spp. in the rice of the Vietnamese Mekong delta. Microbes and Environment. (Microbes Environ). 35(1), doi:10.1264/jsme2.ME19111, 2020
• Artigas R.M.D., España, M., Lewandowska, S., Yuan, kun., Okazaki, Shin., Ohkama-Ohtsu, N., and Yokoyama, T. Phylogenetic Analysis of Symbiotic Bacteria Associated with Two Vigna Species under Different Agro-Ecological Conditions in Venezuela. Microbes and Environments (Microbes Environ.) 35(1). doi: 10.1264/jsme2.ME19120, 2020
• Nguyen HP, Ratu STN, Yasuda M, Teaumroong N, Okazaki S. Identification ofBradyrhizobium elkaniiUSDA61 Type III Effectors Determining Symbiosis with Vigna mungo. Genes (Basel). 2020;11(5):E474. doi:10.3390/genes11050474, 2020
• Sarkodee-Addo E, Yasuda M, Gyu Lee C, Kanasugi M, Fujii Y, Ansong Omari R, Oppong Abebrese S, Bam R, Asuming-Brempong S, Mohammad Golam Dastogeer K, Okazaki S. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Associated with Rice (Oryza sativa L.) in Ghana: Effect of Regional Locations and Soil Factors on Diversity and Community Assembly. Agronomy. 10(4):559, 2020
• Hien P. Nguyen, Hiroki Miwa, Jennifer Obirih-Opareh, Michiko Yasuda, Shin Okazaki. Novel rhizobia exhibit superior nodulation and biological nitrogen fixation even under high nitrate concentrations. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. (FEMS Microb Ecol) 96 (2), doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiz184, 2020
• Md Firoz Mortuza, Norihiko Tomooka2, Safiullah Habibi, Tetsuya Akatsu, Salem Djedidi, Ken Naito, Hitoshi Sekimoto, Shin Okazaki, Naoko Ohkama-Ohtsu and Tadashi Yokoyama. Multiphase characterization of wild Vigna associated root nodule bacteria from Japanese subtropical islands unveiled novel high temperature resistant Bradyrhizobium strains having high symbiotic affinity with soybean and mungbean. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition (Soil Sci. Plant Nutr.) 10.1080/00380768.2020.1738192
• Albin Teulet, Nicolas Busset, Joël Fardoux, Djamel Gully, Clémence Chaintreuil, Fabienne Cartieaux, Alain Jauneau, Virginie Comorge, Shin Okazaki, Takakazu Kaneko, Frédéric Gressent, Nico Nouwen, Jean-François Arrighi, Ralf Koebnik, Peter Mergaert, Laurent Deslandes, Eric Giraud. The rhizobial type III effector ErnA confers the ability to form nodules in legumes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA). 116.43. 21758-21768