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21) S Jang*, K Ishigami, P Mergaert, Y Kikuchi*, Ingested soil bacteria breach gut epithelia and prime systemic immunity in an insect, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, accepted.
20) JS Son#, S Jang#, N Mathevon*, CM Ryu* (2024), Is plant acoustic communication fact or fiction?, New Phytologist, accepted.
19) J Lachat#, G Lextrait#, R Jouan#, A Boukherissa, A Yokota, S Jang, K Ishigami, R Futahashi, R Cossard, D Naquin, V Costache, L Augusto, P Tissiere, E. G. Biondi, B Alunni, T Timchenko, T Ohbayashi, Y Kikuchi*, P Mergaert* (2023), Hundreds of antimicrobial peptides create a selective barrier for insect gut symbionts, bioRxiv.
18) S Jang, SK Choi, H Zhang, S Zhang*, CM Ryu*, J Kloepper* (2023), History of a model plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium, Bacillus velezensis GB03: from isolation to commercialization, Frontiers in Plant Science 14, 1279896.
17) W Kim, S Jang, N Chae, M Kim, JY Yeh, S Kim, YM Lee* (2023), Hymenobacter canadensis sp. nov., isolated from freshwater of the pond in Cambridge Bay, Canada. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 73 (6), 005913.
16) S Jang*, Y Matsuura, K Ishigami, P Mergaert, Y Kikuchi* (2023), Symbiont coordinates stem cell proliferation, apoptosis, and morphogenesis of gut symbiotic organ in the stinkbug-Caballeronia symbiosis, Frontiers in Physiology 13, 1071987.
15) K Ishigami, S Jang*, H Itoh, Y Kikuchi (2022). Obligate gut symbiotic association with Caballeronia in the mulberry seed bug Paradieuches dissimilis (Lygaeoidea: Rhyparochromidae), Microbial Ecology, 86, 1307–1318.
14) HJ Noh, Y Park, J Yang, S Jang, H Lee, YM Lee* (2022). Polymorphobacter megasporae sp. nov., isolated from an Antarctic lichen, International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 72 (9), 005535,
13) Sato Y#, Jang S#, Takeshita K, Itoh H, Koike H, Tago K, Hayatsu M, Hori T, Kikuchi Y* (2021). Insecticide resistance by a host-symbiont reciprocal detoxification, Nature Communications, 12, 6432.
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12) Jang S, Mergaert P*, Ohbayashi T, Ishigami K, Shigenobu S, Itoh H, Kikuchi Y* (2021). Dual oxidase enables insect gut symbiosis by mediating respiratory network formation, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118 (10) e2020922118.
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11) Ishigami K#, Jang S#, Itoh H, Kikuchi Y (2021). Insecticide resistance governed by gut symbiosis in a rice pest, Cletus punctiger, under laboratory conditions, Biology Letters, 18:20200780.
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10) Jang S*, Kikuchi Y (2020). Re-opening of the symbiont sorting organ with aging in Riptortus pedestris, Journal of Asia-pacific Entomology, 23, 1089-1095.
9) Jang S, Kikuchi Y* (2020). Impact of the insect gut microbiota on ecology, evolution, and industry. Current Opinion in Insect Science. 41, 33-39.
8) Kikuchi Y*, Ohbayashi T, Jang S, Mergaert P (2020). Burkholderia insecticola triggers midgut closure in the bean bug Riptortus pedestris to prevent secondary bacterial infections of midgut crypts, The ISME Journal, 14, 1627-1638.
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7) Takeshita K, Jang S, Kikuchi Y* (2020). Complete genome sequence of Burkholderia sp. strain THE68, a bacterial symbiont isolated from midgut crypts of the seed bug Togo hemipterus, Microbiology Resource Announcements, 9, e00041-20.
6) Kim B, Jiang TT, Bae JH, Yun HS, Jang SH, Kim JH, Kim JD, Hur JH, Shibata K, Kurokawa K, Jung Y, Peschel A, Bae T, Lee BL* (2019). In Staphylococcus aureus, the particulate state of cell envelope is required for the efficient induction of host defense responses, Infection and Immunity, 87, e00674-19.
5) Itoh H#, Jang S#, Takeshita K, Ohbayashi T, Ohnishi N, Meng XY, Mitani Y, Kikuchi Y* (2019). Host-symbiont specificity determined by microbe-microbe competition in an insect gut, Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116, 22673-22682.
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4) Lee SA#, Jang SH#, Kim BH, Shibaya T, Yoo J, Jung Y, Kawabata SI, Lee BL* (2018). Insecticidal activity of the metalloprotease AprA occurs through suppression of host cellular and humoral immunity, Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 81, 116-126.
3) Park KE#, Jang SH#, Lee J, Lee SA, Kikuchi Y, Seo YS, Lee BL* (2018). The roles of antimicrobial peptide, rip-thanatin, in the midgut of Riptortus pedestris, Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 78,83-90.
2) Jang SH, Jang HA, Lee J, Kim JU, Lee SA, Park KE, Kim BH, Jo YH, Lee BL* (2017). PhaR, a negative regulator of PhaP, modulates the colonization of a Burkholderia gut symbiont in the midgut of the host insect, Riptortus pedestris, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 83, e00459-17.
★Spotlight paper of AEM
1) Lee JB, Park KE, Lee SA, Jang SH, Eo HJ, Jang HA, Kim CH, Ohbayashi T, Matsuura Y, Kikuchi Y, Futahashi R, Fukatsu T, Lee BL* (2017). Gut symbiotic bacteria stimulate insect growth and egg production by modulating hexamerin and vitellogenin gene expression, Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 69, 12-22.
Japanese Paper
1) 竹下 和貴, 石神 広太, Jang Seonghan, 菊池 義智*. 2021. 共生研究のためのモデル系: ホソヘリカメムシとBurkholderiaの魅力. 日本微生物生態学会誌 36巻1号 p. 3–12.