著者

Souichiro Kato Motoko Takashino Kensuke Igarashi Wataru Kitagawa

出版者

Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology / Japanese Society of Soil Microbiology / Taiwan Society of Microbial Ecology / Japanese Society of Plant Microbe Interactions / Japanese Society for Extremophiles

雑誌

Microbes and Environments (ISSN:13426311)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.35, no.1, pp.ME19128, 2020 (Released:2020-02-08)

参考文献数

41

被引用文献数

18

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Although the bioavailability of rare earth elements (REEs, including scandium, yttrium, and 15 lanthanides) has not yet been examined in detail, methane-oxidizing bacteria (methanotrophs) were recently shown to harbor specific types of methanol dehydrogenases (XoxF-MDHs) that contain lanthanides in their active site, whereas their well-characterized counterparts (MxaF-MDHs) were Ca2+-dependent. However, lanthanide dependency in methanotrophs has not been demonstrated, except in acidic environments in which the solubility of lanthanides is high. We herein report the isolation of a lanthanide-dependent methanotroph from a circumneutral environment in which lanthanides only slightly dissolved. Methanotrophs were enriched and isolated from pond sediment using mineral medium supplemented with CaCl2 or REE chlorides. A methanotroph isolated from the cerium (Ce) chloride-supplemented culture, Methylosinus sp. strain Ce-a6, was clearly dependent on lanthanide. Strain Ce-a6 only required approximately 30 nM lanthanide chloride for its optimal growth and exhibited the ability to utilize insoluble lanthanide oxides, which may enable survival in circumneutral environments. Genome and gene expression analyses revealed that strain Ce-a6 lost the ability to produce functional MxaF-MDH, and this may have been due to a large-scale deletion around the mxa gene cluster. The present results provide evidence for lanthanide dependency as a novel survival strategy by methanotrophs in circumneutral environments.

著者

Chisato Tomoda Yuna Ogimi Fumi Saito Chie Masaki Junko Akaishi Kenichi Matsuzu Akifumi Suzuki Takashi Uruno Keiko Ohkuwa Hiroshi Shibuya Wataru Kitagawa Mitsuji Nagahama Kiminori Sugino Koichi Ito

出版者

(社)日本内分泌学会

雑誌

Endocrine Journal (ISSN:09188959)

巻号頁・発行日

pp.EJ15-0631, (Released:2015-12-10)

被引用文献数

1 6

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Metastatic differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) is an uncommon cause of malignant pleural effusion (MPE) and the characteristics and clinical course have been rarely described. Herein, we report a retrospective review of the clinical course of 18 patients (15 women and 3 men) with MPE from DTC who underwent treatment at our institution between January 2005 and December 2014. MPE from DTC was diagnosed based on cytology and/or level of thyroglobulin in the pleural fluid. Pathologically, papillary carcinoma was found in 16 patients and follicular carcinoma in 2 patients. Median ages at initial diagnosis of DTC and MPE were 64 years (range, 22-79) and 74 years (range, 39-86), respectively. All patients showed radiologically apparent lung metastases, with MPE developing after 0-212 months (median, 25). In 16 patients (88.9%), other coexistent distant metastases at the time of MPE diagnosis were found in the bone (n = 10), brain (n = 5), and skin (n = 2). All patients were treated conservatively with palliative thoracentesis or chest tube drainage with or without pleurodesis. Recurrent MPE after treatment was seen in 9 patients; discharge to home health care after treatment for MPE was possible for 14 patients. The overall survival after initial diagnosis varied considerably from 14 months to 37 years, but the median survival after appearance of MPE was 10 months (range, 1-28). Systemic therapy for iodine-resistant recurrent thyroid disease may need to be considered as a treatment option for patients with MPE.

著者

Koya YOSHIKAWA Wataru KITAGAWA Takaharu TAKESHITA Akihiro MASUDA Masahiro NAKASHIMA Akiko NAKATANI Hidenori NAKATANI

出版者

The Japan Society of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics

雑誌

日本AEM学会誌 (ISSN:09194452)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.23, no.3, pp.474-479, 2015 (Released:2015-12-04)

参考文献数

8

被引用文献数

1 3

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This paper presents a new structure of bone conduction speaker. It is smaller than the conventional structure by removing an extra space. The magnetic path of this structure is not wasteful because the coil case is attached a cover and this structure uses the magnetic material as the vibrating plate. This structure operates by flowing the audio current into the voice coil. That reason is the change of magnetic attractive force between the magnetic pole of yoke and magnet. The authors revealed various characteristics of this structure by the electromagnetic field analysis and structural analysis by using the 3-dimensional finite element method (3D-FEM). As the result of electromagnetic analysis, the leakage flux of this structure is lower than the conventional structure by 55.2 %. As the result of structural analysis, the sound pressure level (SPL) of this structure is higher than the conventional structure by 12.6 %. Consequently, the performance of this structure is improved.