fujishima-masahiro - 4 Publications

4 Publications

Refereed Original Articles (Review articles and book chapters are below)

2025

Fujishima M. Infection with the endonuclear symbiotic bacterium Holospora obtusa reversibly alters surface antigen expression of the host Paramecium caudatum. Microorganisms. 2025; 13(5):991. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms13050991 Accepted on Apr 22, 2025. Published on Apr 25, 2025. IF=4.1

2023

Kodama Y, Fujishima M. Role of host ciliate Paramecium bursaria mitochondria and trichocysts for symbiotic Chlorella variabilis attachment beneath the host cell cortex. Published on Sept. 2, 2023. FEMS Microbiology Letters, vol 370, fnad088. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnad088 IF=2.82

Fujishima M, Kawano H, Miyakawa I. A 63-kDa periplasmic protein of the endonuclear symbiotic bacterium Holospora obtusa secreted to the outside the bacterium during early infection process binds weakly to the macronuclear DNA of the host Paramecium caudatum. Microorganisms. 2023; 11(1):155. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11010155 Published in Microorganisms on Jan 7, 2023. IF= 4.1.

2022

Kodama Y, Fujishima M. Endosymbiotic Chlorella variabilis reduces mitochondrial number and activity in the ciliate Paramecium bursaria. Scientific Reports. (2022) 12:8216. Online publication, May 30, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12496-8 IF=4.379 Press release (2022.06.06 https://www.shimane-u.ac.jp/_files/00273312/20220531release.pdf).

2020

Yu-Hsuan Cheng, Chien-Fu Jeff Liu, Yen-Hsin Yu, Yu-Ting Jhou, Masahiro Fujishima, Isheng Jason Tsai, Jun-Yi Leu. Genome plasticity in Paramecium bursaria revealed by population genomics. BMC Biology18 Article number:180 (2020). Online publication, Nov 30, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-020-00912-2 IF=6.765 Press release (2020.11.30): http://www.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp/weeklynews/_8427/_8932.html

Watanabe K, Higuchi Y, Shimmura M, Tachibana M, Fujishima M, Shimizu T, Watarai M. Peculiar Paramecium hosts fail to establish a stable intracellular relationship with Legionella pneumophila. Front Microbiol, 23 October 2020. doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.596731 IF=4.235 Press release (2020.04.15): http://www.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp/weeklynews/_8427/_8839.html

2018

Tokuda G, Mikaelyan A, Fukui C, Matsuura Y, Watanabe H, Fujishima M, Brune A. Fiber-associated spirochetes are major agents of hemicellulose degradation in the hindgut of wood-feeding higher termites. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. E11996-E12004. Doi: 10.1073/pnas.1810550115. Epub 2018 Nov 30 (2018) IF=9.580 Press release ( 2018.12.13. http://www.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp/weeklynews/2018/_7543.html).

Watanabe K, Suzuki H, Nishida T, Mishima M, Tachibana M, Fujishima M, Shimizu T, Watarai M. Identification of novel Legionella genes required for endosymbiosis in Paramecium based on comparative genome analysis with Holospora spp. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 94, issue 11, November 2018, fiy162, Published on Aug 14, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiy162 IF=4.098

Nishida T, Hara N, Watanabe K, Shimizu T, Fujishima M, Watarai M. Crucial role of Legionella pneumophila TolC in the inhibition of cellulartrafficking in the protistan host Paramecium tetraurelia. Front Microbiol, 25 April 2018. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00800 IF=4.259

2017

Claudia Vannini, Cristiana Sigona, Martin Hahn, Giulio Petroni, Masahiro Fujishima. High degree of specificity in the association between symbiotic betaproteobacteria and the host Euplotes (Ciliophora, Hypotrichia). European Journal of Protistology 59, 124-132, 2017. Published on April 13, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejop.2017.04.003 IF=2.39

2016

Watanabe K., Nakao R, Fujishima M, Tachibana M, Shimizu T, Watarai M.　Ciliate Paramecium is a natural reservoir of Legionella pneumophila. Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 24322 (2016). Doi:10.1038/srep24322　IF=4.259

Kuroiwa T, Ohnuma M, Imoto Y, Misumi O, Nagata N, MIyakawa I, Fujishima M, Yagisawa F, Kuroiwa H. Genome size of the ultrasmall unicellular freshwater green alga, Medakamo hakoo 311, as determined by staining with 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole after microwave oven treatments: II. Comparison with Cyanidioschyzon merolae, Saccharomyces cerevisiae (n, 2n), and Chlorella variabilis. Cytologia, 81 (1), 1-8, 2016. Released: April 11, 2016. Doi: 10.1508/cytologia.81.69 　IF=0.205

2015

Kodama Y, Fujishima M. Differences in infectivity of endosymbiotic Chlorella variabilis that are cultivated outside the host Paramecium bursaria for 50 years and that are immediately isolated from the host cells after 1 year reendosymbiosis. Biology Open (2015) 0, 1-7 doi:10.1242/bio.013946. Published on line, Dec.30, 2015.　 IF=2.416

Dohra H, Fujishima M, Suzuki H. Analysis of amino acid and codon usage in Paramecium bursaria. FEBS Letters, 589, 3113-3118, 2015. Published online, Sept. 1, 2015. Published on Oct. 7, 2015. DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2015.08.033 IF=3.169

2014

Kodama Y, Fujishima M. Symbiotic Chlorella variabilis incubated under constant dark condition for 24 hours loses ability to avoid digestion by host lysosomal enzymes in digestive vacuoles of host ciliate Paramecium bursaria. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 90, 946-955, 2014. DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12448　IF=4.087

Dohra H, Tanaka K, Suzuki T, Fujishima M. Suzuki H. Draft genome sequences of three Holospora species (Holospora obtusa, Holospora undulata, and Holospora elegans), endonuclear symbiotic bacteria of the ciliate Paramecium caudatum. FEMS Microbiology Letters (Genome announcements), 359 (1), 16-18, Oct. 2014. First published 28 Aug, 2014. Doi: 10.1111/1574-6968.12577 IF=2.046

Kodama Y, Suzuki H, Dohra H, Sugii M, Kitazume T, Yamaguchi K, Shigenobu S, Fujishima M. Comparison of gene expression of Paramecium bursaria with and without Chlorella variabilis symbionts. BMC Genomics, 2014, 15:183. Published online 10 Mar, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-183 Highly accessed article of this journal. IF=4.36. Press release (June 11, 2014. http://www.nibb.ac.jp/pressroom/news/2014/06/11.html). Certified as a highly accessed article of this journal in 2014.

2013

NakamuraY, Konishi M, Ohishi K, Kusaka C,Tame A, Hatada Y, Fujikura K, Nakazawa M, Fujishima M, Yoshida T, Maruyama T. Mucus glycoproteins selectively secreted from bacteriocytes in gill filaments of the deep-sea clam Calyptogena okutanii. Open Journal of Marine Science (OJMS), 3, 167-174, 2013. Published Online October 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ojms.2013.34019　IF=0.96

Dohra H, Suzuki H, Suzuki T, Tanaka K, Fujishima M. Draft genome sequence of Holospora undulata strain HU1, a micronucleus-specific symbiont of the ciliate Paramecium caudatum. Genome Announcements. July/August 2013 vol. 1 no. 4 e00664-13. Doi:10.1128/genomeA.00664-13 IF=2.74

Kodama Y, Fujishima M. Synchronous induction of detachment and reattachment of symbiotic Chlorella spp. from the cell cortex of the host Paramecium bursaria. Protist 164 (5), 660-672, 2013. Published on 2013 Jul 30. Doi: 10.1016/j.protis.2013.07.001 IF=3.388

2012

Kodama Y., Fujishima M. Cell division and density of symbiotic Chlorella variabilis of the ciliate Paramecium bursaria is controlled by the host’s nutritional conditions during early infection process. Environmental Microbiology 14(10), 2800-2811, 2012. Published on 2012 Oct. Doi: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02793.x Published online date 4 June 2012. IF=4.087

Kodama Y, Fujishima M. Characteristics of the digestive vacuole membrane of the alga-bearing ciliate Paramecium bursaria. Protist 163, 658-670, 2012. Published on 2012 Jul. Doi:10.1016/j.protis.2011.10.004 Published online date 15 December 2011. IF=3.388

2011

Kodama Y, Fujishima M. Endosymbiosis of Chlorella species to the ciliate Paramecium bursaria alters the distribution of the host’s trichocysts beneath the host cell cortex. Protoplasma 248 (2): 325-337, 2011. Doi: 10.1007/s00709-0175-z IF=2.855.

Kodama Y, Inouye I, Fujishima M. Symbiotic Chlorella vulgaris of the ciliate Paramecium bursaria plays an important role in keeping of the functions of perialgal vacuole membrane. Protist 162, 288-303, 2011. Doi: 10.1016/j.protis.2010.06.005 IF=4.140.

2009

Kodama Y, Fujishima M. Localization of perialgal vacuoles beneath the host cell surface is not a prerequisite phenomenon for protection from the host's lysosomal fusion in the ciliate Paramecium bursaria. Protist 160 (2), 319-329, 2009. Doi:10.1016/j.protis.2008.11.003 IF=4.140.

Kodama Y, Fujishima M. Timing of perialgal vacuole membrane differentiation from digestive vacuole membrane in infection of symbiotic algae Chlorella vulgaris of the ciliate Paramecium bursaria. Protist 160 (1), 65-74, 2009. Doi:10.1016/j.protis.2008.06.001 IF=4.140. ScienceDirect Top 25 Hottest Article (Immunology and Microbiology, October-December 2008)

2008

Hori M, Fujii K, Fujishima M. Micronucleus-specific bacterium Holospora elegans irreversibly enhances stress gene expression of the host Paramecium caudatum. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 55 (6), 515-521, 2008. Doi: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00352.x IF=2.397.

Kodama Y, Fujishima M. Cycloheximide induces synchronous swelling of perialgal vacuoles enclosing symbiotic Chlorella vulgaris and digestion of the algae in the ciliate Paramecium bursaria. Protist 159 (3), 483-494, 2008. Doi:10.1016/j.protis.2008.02.005 IF=4.140. ScienceDirect Top 25 Hottest Article (Immunology and Microbiology, April-June 2008; July-September 2008; October-December 2008)

Abamo F, Dohra H, Fujishima M. Fate of the 63-kDa periplasmic protein of the infectious form of the endonuclear symbiotic bacterium Holospora obtusa during the infection process. FEMS Microbiology Letters 280 (1), 21-27, 2008. DOI:10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.01023.x IF=2.199.

Tonooka Y, Mizukami Y, Fujishima M. One-base excess adaptor ligation method for warking uncloned genomic DNA. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 78, 173-180, 2008. DOI 10.1007/s00253-007-1289-x IF=3.613.

2007

Kodama Y, Fujishima M. Infectivity of Chlorella species for the ciliate Paramecium bursaria is not based on sugar residues of their cell wall components, but based on their ability to localize beneath the host cell membrane after escaping from the host digestive vacuole in the early infection process. Protoplasma 231, 55-63, 2007. DOI 10.1007/s00709-006-0241-8 IF=2.855.

Kodama Y, Nakahara M, Fujishima M. Symbiotic alga Chlorella vulgaris of the ciliate Paramecium bursaria shows temporary resistance to host lysosomal enzymes during the early infection process. Protoplasma 230, 61-67, 2007. DOI 10.1007/s00709-006-0193-z IF=2.855.

2006

Hori M, Tomikawa I, Przybos E, Fujishima M. Comparison of the evolutionary distances among syngens and sibling species of Paramecium. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38, 697-704, 2006. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.09.006 IF=4.066

2005

Iwatani K, Dohra H, Lang B. F, Burger G, Hori M, Fujishima M. Translocation of an 89-kDa periplasmic protein is associated with Holospora infection. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 337, 1198-1205, 2005. doi:10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.175 IF=2.199

Fujishima M, Kawai M, Yamamoto R. Paramecium caudatum acquires heat-shock resistance in ciliary movement by infection with the endonuclear symbiotic bacterium Holospora obtusa. FEMS Microbiology Letters 243, 101-105, 2005. doi:10.1016/j.femsle.2004.11.053 IF=2.199.

Kodama Y, Fujishima M. Symbiotic Chlorella sp. of the ciliate Paramecium bursaria do not prevent acidification and lysosomal fusion of host digestive vacuoles during infection. Protoplasma 225, No. 3,4, 191-203, 2005. DOI 10.1007/s00709-005-0087-5 IF=2.855.

Fokin SI, Schweikert M, Fujishima M. Recovery of the ciliate Paramecium multimicronucleatum following bacterial infection with Holospora obtusa. European Journal of Protistology 41, 129-138, 2005. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2004.11.007 IF=1.968.

2004

Nakamura Y, Aki M, Aikawa T, Hori M, Fujishima M. Differences in gene expression of the ciliate Paramecium caudatum caused by endonuclear symbiosis with Holospora obtusa, revealed using differential display reverse transcribed PCR. FEMS Microbiology Letters 240, 209-213, 2004. doi:10.1016/j.femsle.2004.09.036

Fokin SI, Przybos E, Chivilev SC, Beier CL, Horn M, Skotarczak B, Wodecka B, Fujishima M. Morphological and molecular investigations of Paramecium schewiakoffi sp. nov. (Ciliophora, Oligohymenophorea) and current status of distribution and taxonomy of Paramecium spp. European Journal of Protistology 40 (3), 225-243, 2004. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2004.02.001

Fujishima M, Kawai M. Endonuclear symbiotic bacteria Holospora species distinguish the host nuclear envelopes. Endocytobiosis and Cell Research 15, 71-76, 2004.

2003

Przybos E, Fujishima M, Nakaoka Y. Paramecium decaurelia and Paramecium dodecaurelia from the P. aurelia spp. complex in Japan. Folia biologica (Krakow) 51, 223-224, 2003.

Fokin, SI, Schweikert M., Görtz, H-D, Fujishima, M. Bacterial endocytobionts of Ciliophora. Diversity and some interactions with the host. European Journal of Protistology 39 (4), 475-480, 2003.

Hori M, Fujishima M. The endosymbiotic bacterium Holospora obtusa enhances heat-shock gene expression of the host Paramecium caudatum. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 50 (4), 293-298, 2003.

2002

Nishida K, Wang L, Morii E, Park SJ, Narimatsu M, Itoh S, Yamasaki S, Fujishima M, Ishihara K, Hibi M, Kitamura Y, Hirano T. Requirement of Gab2 for mast cell development and Kitl/c-Kit signaling. Blood, Brief Report 99 (5), 1866-1869, 2002.

2001

Skovorodkin IN, Fokin SI, Fujishima M. Fates of the endonuclear symbiotic bacteria Holospora obtusa and Holospora undulata injected into the macronucleus of Paramecium caudatum. European Journal of Protistology 37(2), 137-145, 2001.

Sugii M, Fujishima M. Purification of GVBD-inducing protein from the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 48 (4), 414-424, 2001.

2000

Oosaki E, Sugii M, Fujishima M. Purification of germinal-vesicle-breakdown-inducing proteins from Tetrahymena pyriformis. European Journal of Protistology 36, 459-464, 2000.

Murata-Hori M, Fujishima M. Effects of G1 arrest substances on cells in the G1, S and G2 phases of the cell cycle in Tetrahymena. European Journal of Protistology 36, 316-318, 2000.

Kawai M, Fujishima M. Invasion of the macronucleus of Paramecium caudatum by the bacterium Holospora obtusa: Fates of the bacteria and timings of invasion steps. European Journal of Protistology 36: 46-52, 2000.

1999

Dohra H, Fujishima M. Effects of antibiotics on early infection process of a macronuclear endosymbiotic bacterium Holospora obtusa of Paramecium caudatum. FEMS Microbiology Letters 179, 473-477, 1999. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.1999.tb08765.x

Dohra H, Fujishima M. Cell structure of the infectious form of Holospora, an endonuclear symbiotic bacterium of the ciliate Paramecium. Zoological Science 16, 93-98, 1999. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.16.93

1998

Dohra H, Fujishima M, Ishikawa H. Structure and expression of a groE operon homolog of the macronucleus-specific Holospora obtusa of the ciliate Paramecium caudatum. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 45 (1), 71-79, 1998.

1997

Dohra H, Yamamoto K, Fujishima M, Ishikawa H. Cloning and sequencing of a periplasmic 5.4 kDa peptide gene of the macronucleus-specific symbiont Holospora obtusa of the ciliate Paramecium caudatum. Zoological Science 14, 69-75, 1997. doi:10.2108/zsj.14.69

Fujishima M, Dohra H, Kawai M. Qantitative changes in periplasmic proteins of the macronuclear-specific bacterium Holospora obtusa in the infection process of the ciliate Paramecium caudatum. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 44, 636-642, 1997. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1997.tb05971.x.

1996

Murata-Hori M., Fujishima M. Releases substances from Tetrahymena thermophila arrest the cell cycle at G1 phase and removal of the substances induces highly synchronized cell division. European Journal of Protistology 32, 481-489, 1996.

Fujishima, M, Iwamoto M, Fok AK, Allen RD. Macronuclear nucleoli specific protein of Paramecium caudatum. European Journal of Protistology 32, Suppl. I, 25-31, 1996.

Kawai M, Fujishima M. Partial characterization and cryopreservation of the isolated symbiotic bacterium Holospora recta of the ciliate Paramecium caudatum. Zoological Science 13, 679-684, 1996.

1994

Dohra H, Fujishima M, Fok AK, Allen RD. Monoclonal antibody to a bacterial endonuclear symbiont Holospora cross reacts with proteins of contractile vacuole radial canals of Paramecium species. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 41, 503-510, 1994.

Dohra H, Fujishima M, Hoshide K. Monoclonal antibodies specific for periplasmic materials of the macronuclear specific bacterium Holospora obtusa of the ciliate Paramecium caudatum. European Journal of Protistology 30, 288-294, 1994.

1993

Fujishima M, Tsuda M, Mikami Y, Shinoda K. Costimulation-induced rounding (CIR) in Tetrahymena thermophila: Early cell-shape transformation induced by sexual cell-to-cell collisions between complementary mating types. Developmental Biology 155, 198-205, 1993.

1992

Hori M, Fujishima M. Identification of ciliary membrane proteins closely related with the mating reactivity of Paramecium caudatum. Acta Protozoologica 31, 151-157, 1992.

Fujishima M, Katsu Y, Ogawa E, Sakimura M, Yamashita M, Nagahama Y. Meiosis-reinitiation-inducing factor (MRIF) of ciliate Tetrahymena functions upstream of M-phase promoting factor (MPF) to induce active MPF in amphibian oocytes. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 39, 683-690, 1992.

Fujishima M, Inoue Y, Sawada T, Fukumoto T. Developmental expression of macronuclear specific antigen in Paramecium caudatum. Developmental Genetics 13, 53-57, 1992.

1991

Fujishima M, Nagahara K, Kojima Y, Sayama Y. Sensitivity of the infectious long form of the macronuclear endosymbiont Holospora obtusa of the ciliate Paramecium caudatum against chemical and physical factors. European Journal of Protistology 27, 119-126, 1991. doi: 10.1016/S0932-4739(11)80333-0

Fujishima M, Kodama I, Hori M, Hori M, Katsu Y, Imai R. Induction of reinitiation of meiosis in amphibian Bufo and Xenopus oocytes by injection of M-phase extracts of ciliate Tetrahymena needs the recipient protein synthesis. Experimental Cell Research 193, 155-160, 1991.

1990

Fujishima M, Nagahara K, Kojima Y. Changes in morphology, buoyant density and protein composition in differentiation from the reproductive short form to the infectious long form of Holospora obtusa, a macronucleus-specific symbiont of the ciliate Paramecium caudatum. Zoological Science 7, 849-860, 1990.

Fujishima M, Sawabe H, Iwatsuki K. Scanning electron microscopic observations of differentiation from the reproductive short form to the infectious long form of Holospora obtusa. Journal of Protozoology 37, 123-128, 1990.

Before 1990

Fujishima M, Hori M. Induction of reinitiation of meiosis in amphibian Bufo oocytes by injection of ciliate Paramecium extracts. Developmental Biology 136, 455-458, 1989.

Ng SF, Fujishima M. Control of development of the oral apparatus of Paramecium during sexual reproduction: An embryological perspective. Developmental Biology 134, 317-326, 1989.

Fujishima M, Hoshide K. Light and electron microscopic observations of Holospora obtusa: A macronucleus-specific bacterium of the ciliate Paramecium caudatum. Zoological Science 5, 791-799, 1988.

Fujishima M. Further study of the infectivity of Holospora obtusa, a macronucleus specific bacterium of the ciliate Paramecium caudatum. Acta Protozoologica 25, 345-350, 1986.

Fujishima M, Fujita M. Infection and maintenance of Holospora obtusa, a macronucleus-specific bacterium of the ciliate Paramecium caudatum. Journal of Cell Science 76, 179-187, 1985.

Fujishima M, Heckmann K. Intra- and interspecies transfer of endosymbionts in Euplotes. Journal of Experimental Zoology 230, 339-345, 1984.

Görtz H-D, Fujishima M. Conjugation and meiosis of Paramecium caudatum infected with the micronucleus-specific bacterium Holospora elegans. European Journal of Cell Biology 32, 86-91, 1983.

Fujishima M, Görtz H-D. Infection of macronuclear anlagen of Paramecium caudatum with the macronucleus-specific symbiont Holospora obtusa. Journal of Cell Science 64, 137-146, 1983. https://doi.org/10.1242/jcs.64.1.137

Fujishima M. Microspectrophotometric and autoradiographic study of the timing and duration of pre-meiotic DNA synthesis in Paramecium caudatum. Journal of Cell Science 60, 51-65, 1983.

Fujishima M, Watanabe T. Transplantation of germ nuclei in Paramecium caudatum. III. Role of germinal micronucleus in vegetative growth. Experimental Cell Research 132, 47-56, 1981.

Fujishima M, Hiwatashi K. Transplantation of germ nuclei in Paramecium caudatum. II. Induction of meiosis in transplanted interphase nucleus. Experimental Cell Research 131, 63-71, 1981.

Fujishima M. Micronuclear events during conjugation in nucleo-cytoplasmic hybrids of Paramecium caudatum. Journal of Experimental Zoology 213, 297-299, 1980.

Fujishima M, Hiwatashi K. Transplantation of germ nucleus in Paramecium caudatum. I. Nuclei in the pre-meiotic S phase can enter into mitotic cycle. Experimental Cell Research 111, 468-471, 1978.

Fujishima M, Hiwatashi K. An early step in initiation of fertilization in Paramecium: Early micronuclear migration. Journal of Experimental Zoology 201, 127-134, 1977.

Book Chapters

2016

Kodama Y, Fujishima M. Chapter 16. Paramecium as a model organism for studies on primary and secondary endosymbioses. In, Biocommunication in ciliates, (Eds, Guenther Witzany, Mariusz Nowacki) Springer International Publishing Switzerland, pp. 227-304, 2016. ISBN 978-3-319-32209-4 　

2014

Fujishima M, Kodama Y. Insights into the Paramecium-Holospora and Paramecium-Chlorella symbioses. In, Cilia/flagella and ciliates/flagellates, (Eds) Hausmann K, Radek R, Schweizerbart Science Publishers, Stuttgart, pp. 203-227, 2014 (Jan14). ISBN 978-3-510-65287-7 　

2013

Schweikert M, Fujishima M, Görtz -D. Symbiotic associations between ciliates and prokaryotes. In, The Prokaryotes, 4th Edition, (Eds) Rosenberg E., DeLong EF., Thompson F, Lory S, Stackebrand E, Quinones D, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 427-463, 2013, DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-30194-0_18 　

2010

Kodama Y, Fujishima M. Chapter 2. Secondary symbiosis between Paramecium and Chlorella cells. In, “International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology", (Ed) Jeon K. W., Vol. 279, pp. 33-77, Elsevier Inc. San Diego, Burlington, London, Amsterdam: Academic Press, 2010. ISBN: 978-0-12-381011-3

Kodama Y, Fujishima M. Induction of secondary symbiosis between the ciliate Paramecium and the green alga Chlorella. In, “Current Research, Technology and Education Topics in Applied Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology”, (Ed) Antonio Mendez Vilas, Vol. 1, pp. 95-102, Formatex Research Center, December 2010. ISBN (13): 978-84-614-6194-3

Kodama Y, Fujishima M. Elucidation of establishment of secondary endosymbiosis as a driving forth for biodiversity. Proceedings of Infrastructure & Environmental Management Symposium in Yamaguchi 2010 (4), pp. 1-39, 2010. ISBN4-9901161-9-4 C3069

2009

Fujishima, M. Chapter 8. Infection and maintenance of Holospora species in Paramecium caudatum. In, “Endosymbionts in Paramecium". Microbiology Monographs Vol. 12, (Ed) Fujishima M., Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 201-225. 2009. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-92677-1_8

Kodama Y, Fujishima M. Chapter 2. Infection of Paramecium bursaria with symbiotic Chlorella species. In, “Endosymbionts in Paramecium". Microbiology Monographs Vol. 12, (Ed.) Fujishima M., Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 31-55, 2009. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-92677-1_2, ISBN 978-3-540-92676-4

2008

Fujishima M, Kodama Y. Environmental adaptation of Paramecium by endosymbionts and application to remediation of ecosystem. In, “Proceedings of Infrastructure and Environmental Management Symposium in Yamaguchi 2008", (Eds) Miyamoto A., Fujishima M., Research Center for Environmental Safety (RCES), Yamaguchi Univ., pp. 2-15, 2008, ISBN-9901161-9-4 C3060

2001

藤島政博. 第2章, 細胞. In, “生物学概入門, (編) 石川統, pp. 23-48, 東京化学同人, 2001. In Japanese.

1999

藤島政博. 第 10章, 細胞内共生細菌とその遺伝. In, “ゾウリムシの遺伝学”, (編) 樋渡宏一, pp. 117-131, T東北大学出版会, 1999. In Japanese.

1995

藤島政博. Bacteria growing in Paramecium nuclei. In, “寄生から共生へ”, (編）山村則男,早川洋一, 藤島政博, 平凡社., pp. 155-222, 1995. In Japanese.

1994

藤島政博. 第2章, 細胞と細胞分裂. In, “生物学”, (編) 石川統, 東京化学同人, pp. 15-34, 1994. In Japanese.

藤島政博. 第4章, 遺伝. In, “生物学”, (編) 石川統, 東京化学同人, pp. 63-73, 1994. In Japanese.

Before 1990

Fujishima M. Chapter 5. Conjugation. In, "Paramecium" (Ed) Görtz H.-D., pp. 70-84. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 1988.

藤島政博. 第6,章, 遺伝学的実験法. In, “原生動物の観察実験法”, (編) 重中義信, pp. 191-226, 共立出版, 1988. In Japanese.

Heckmann K, Schmidt HJ, Fujishima M. Omikron and omikron-like endosymbionts of Euplotes. In, "Extrachromosomal elements in lower eukaryotes", (Eds) Wickner R. B., Hinnebusch A., Lambowitz A. M., Gunsalus I. C., Hollaender A., Plenum Publ. Corp., pp. 327-335, 1986.

Cleffmann G, Miyake A, Berger JD, Fujishima M, Jauker F, Martindale DW. Intracellular factors controling meiosis, mitosis and cell division. Insect Science and its Application 7, pp. 407-415, 1986.PDF offprint dispatch: March 27, 2012.

Reviews and Proceedings

2024

Yuuki Kodama, Masahiro Fujishima. Effects of the symbiotic Chlorella variabilis to the host ciliate Paramecium bursaria phenotypes. Microorganisms 2024, 12(12), 2537 https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms12122537 (This article belongs to the Special Issue The Molecular Mechanisms for Infection and Phenotypic Changes of the Host in Procaryote–Eukaryote and Eukaryote-Eukaryote Endosymbioses edited by M. Fujishima) Accepted: Nov. 7, 2024. Published: Dec. 9, 2024. IF= 4.1.

2023

Masahiro Fujishima, Nobuyuki Haga, Yoshitake Akiyama, Hiroki Watabe, Yuuki Kodama. Practical Application of Cryopreservation Technology in Paramecium. Cryobiology and Cryotechnology（低温工学会誌）69 (2), 41-47, 2023. Published on Dec., 2023. (In Japanese. Invited review) https://doi.org/10.20585/cryobolcryotechnol.69.2_41

2022

Fujishima M, Kodama Y. Mechanisms for establishing primary and secondary endosymbiosis in Paramecium. J. Eukaryot. Microbiol.69 (5), e12901. Online publication: 04 March 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12901 (invited review) IF=3.346　Wiley Top cited article among works published between Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31,2023 in the J. Euk. Microbiol.

2012

Fujishima M, Kodama Y. Endosymbionts in Paramecium. European Journal of Protistology, 48, 124-137, 2012. Published on 2012 May. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejop.2011.10.002 Available online 6 December 2011. PDF offprint dispatch: March 27, 2012. (invited review) IF=2.8

2011

Kodama Y, Fujishima M. Four important cytological events needed to establish endosymbiosis of symbiotic Chlorella sp. to the alga-free Paramecium bursaria. Japan Journal of Protozoology 44 (1), 1-20, 2011. (invited review)

2009

Tonooka Y, Fujishima M. Comparison and critical evaluation of PCR-mediated methods to walk along the sequence of genomic DNA. Mini-Review, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. Springer, 85, 37-43, 2009.

2008

児玉有紀, 藤島政博. 単細胞生物ミドリゾウリムシと緑藻クロレラとの細胞内共生成立機構. 原生動物学雑誌 41 (2), 117-132, 2008. In Japanese. (invited review)

児玉有紀, 藤島政博. Mini-review. ミドリゾウリムシと共生クロレラの細胞内共生成立機構 (Mechanism of establishment of endosymbiosis between the ciliate Paramecium bursaria and the symbiotic alga Chlorella species). 原生動物学雑誌 41 (1), 15-19, 2008. In Japanese. (invited review)

児玉有紀, 藤島政博. 単細胞生物ミドリゾウリムシと共生クロレラの細胞内共生成立機構. 顕微鏡, 43 (1), 60-63, 2008. In Japanese. (invited review)

2005

Lang FB, Brinkman H, Koski ., Fujishima M, Görtz H-D, Burger G. On the origin of mitochondria and Rickettsia-related eukaryotic endosymbionts. Japan Journal of Protozoology 38 (2), 171-183, 2005. (invited review)

1999

藤島政博. ゾウリムシの生殖核と栄養核の核膜を識別する核内共生細菌ホロスポラ. 比較生理生化学 16, 35-47, 1999. In Japanese. (invited review)

1997

藤島政博. ゾウリムシとホロスポラの共生における宿主ー共生生物間相互作用. 原生生物学雑誌 30, 1-13, 1997. In Japanese. (invited review)

Fujishima M, Kawai M. Acidification in digestive vacuoles is an early event required for Holospora infection of Paramecium nucleus. In, “Eukaryotism and Symbiosis”, (Eds) Achenk H.E.A., Herrmann R.G., Jeon K.W., Muller N.E., Schwemmler W., pp. 367-370, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 1997.

Kawai M, Fujishima M. Monoclonal antibody specific for activated form of Holospora obtusa, a macronucleus-specific bacterium of Paramecium caudatum. In, “Eukaryotism and Symbiosis”, (Eds). Achenk H.E.A., Herrmann R.G., Jeon K.W., Muller N.E., Schwemmler W., pp. 371-374, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 1997.

1992

Fujishima M. Control of morphological changes of the endonuclear symbiont Holospora ofthe ciliate Paramecium. Proceedings of 5th Endocytobiology. Tübingen University Press, 505-508, 1992.

Dohra H, Fujishima M. Monoclonal antibodies specific for macronuclear endosymbiont Holospora obtusa of the ciliate Paramecium caudatum. Proceedings of 5th Endocytobiology, Tubingen University Press, 523-527, 1992.

1990

Corliss JO, Fujishima M, Lee JJ, Lee RE, Soldo AT, Jeon KW. Endosymbionts of Protozoa. Zoological Science 7, Suppl. 167-177, 1990.

Before 1989

藤島政博. 原生動物の細胞内共生生物. 細胞 21, 48-53, ニュー・サイエンス社.1989. In Japanese.

藤島政博. ゾウリムシの核内共生細菌. 遺伝 42, 34-38, 裳華房, 1988. In Japanese.

藤島政博. 原生動物の細胞内共生生物 (2). 遺伝 41, 51-58, 裳華房, 1987. In Japanese.

藤島政博. 原生動物の細胞内共生生物 (1). 遺伝 41, 42-49, 裳華房, 1987. In Japanese.

藤島政博. 接合の初期過程 (2). 遺伝 40, 20-25, 裳華房, 1986. In Japanese.

Other Publications

藤島政博. 項目執筆「ゾウリムシ」、「遺伝学の百科事典　継承と多様性」（日本遺伝学会編）丸善出版、2022年1月28日出版

藤島政博. Klaus Heckmann教授を悼んで. 原生動物学雑誌, 46, No. 1, 2, 1-2, 2013. In Japanese.

Fujishima, M. Reserch activity and message. In, “Outstanding Professors 2009-2010”, pp. 16-17, Yamaguchi Univ., 2010.

Fujishima M, Görtz H-D. In memoriam: Koichi Hiwatashi (1921-2009). European Journal of Protistology, 46, 74-75, Elsevier, 2010.

Saitoh K, Takasugi S, Fujishima M. A study of the chromosomes of Orgyia thyellina Butler and Cnidocampa flavescens Walker (Lepidoptera). Science Report of Hirosaki University 22, 44-48, 1975.

Journal Covers

International Review of Cell and Molecular Biology, (Ed) Jeon K. W., Vol. 279, Elsevier Inc. San Diego Burlington London Amsterdam, Academic Press, 2010

Edit of Books

Endosymbionts in Paramecium. Microbiology Monographs Vol. 12, (Ed) Fujishima M., Springer Berlin, Heidelberg, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92677-1

寄生から共生へ昨日の敵は今日の友. (Eds) 山村則男, 早川洋一, 藤島政博. 平凡社, 1995年7月19日. ISBN 4-582-50036-6. In Japanese.