The 49th annual meeting of Japan Society of Protistology
Oral presentations
Morphological comparison of ectoplasmic nets of labyrinthulomycetes under various culture conditions withdifferent cellulase activity○Izumi Iwata1,2, Daiske Honda2,3
1
Grad. Sch. Natural Sci., Konan Univ., 2Inst. Integr. Neurobiol., Konan Univ., 3Fac. Sci. Engin., Konan Univ.
Distribution, ecology and phylogenetic relationship of large unicellular zooplankton in the Kuroshio Region○Yasuhide Nakamura1, Rei Somiya2, Akihiro Tuji1, Rie Hori S.3, Noritoshi Suzuki4
1
Dept. Botany, Natl. Museum of Nature and Science, 2Grad. Sch. Fish. Sci. Environ. Studies, Nagasaki Univ.,
3Grad. Sch. Sci. Engin., Ehime Univ., 4Grad. Sch. Sci., Tohoku Univ.
Evolution of algal-ciliate endosymbiosis in an experimental culture and the essential resources supplied fromoutside the symbiotic system required for its stable persistence
Kenta Nishikubo, ○Toshiyuki Nakajima
Dept. Biol., Ehime Univ.
A search for habitat distribution of Stentor pyriformis and development of its culture method○Yuuji Tsukii
Lab. Biol., SRC, Hosei Univ.
The regeneration of Spirostomum ambiguum○Maho Shimada, Masashi M. Hayakawa
Osaka Pref. Toyonaka High Sch.
Molecular genotyping and pathogenecity of Toxoplasma gondii isolated in Japan
Junpei Fukumoto1,2, Akinori Yamano1,2, Takaya Sakura1, Ryuma Matsubara1,2, ○Kisaburo Nagamune1,31
Dept. Parasitol., Natl. Inst. Infect. Dis., 2Grad. Sch. Life Environ. Sci., Univ. Tsukuba, 3Fac. Life Environ.
Sci., Univ. Tsukuba
Localization and function of peroxiredoxins in Entamoeba histolytica
Yoshida Kazuhiro1, Takashi Makiuchi1, Makoto Kazama1, Naoko Fukunishi2, ○Hiroshi Tachibana1
1
Dept. Infect. Dis., Tokai Univ. Sch. Med., 2Support Center for Med. Res. Educ., Tokai Univ.
Organelle transplant revealed a quality control system for mitosome in Entamoeba histolytica○Makoto Kazama1, Sanae Ogiwara2, Takashi Makiuchi1, Kazuhiro Yoshida1, Kumiko Tsukui3, Tomoyoshi
Nozaki3,4, Hiroshi Tachibana1
1
Dept. Infect. Dis., Tokai Univ. Sch. Med., 2Support Center for Med. Res. Educ., Tokai Univ., 3Dept.
Parasitol., Natl. Inst. Infect. Dis., 4Grad. Sch. Life Environ. Sci., Univ. Tsukuba.
Repeat unit variation in Plasmodium vivax merozoite surface protein-9 and immune responses from vivax
malaria patients in Thailand○Sunisa Songsaigath1,2, Takashi Makiushi1, Chaturong Putaporntip2, Somchai Jongwutiwes2, Hiroshi
Tachibana1
1
Dept. Infect. Dis., Tokai Univ. Sch. Med., 2Dept. Parasitol., Fac. Med., Chulalongkorn Univ., Thailand
Interspecies conjugation between different megakaryotypes in ciliate Blepharisma○Ayu Sugino1, Mayumi Sugiura2, Terue Harumoto2
1
Dept. Biol. Sci., Grad. Sch. Culture and Humanities, Nara Women’s Univ., 2Res. Group Biol. Sci., Div.
Natural Sci., Nara Women’s Univ.
Identification of a novel IDO involved in the biosynthesis of gamone 2 in the ciliate Blepharisma○Mayumi Sugiura1, Hajime J. Yuasa2, Terue Harumoto1
1
Res. Group Biol. Sci., Div. Natural Sci., Nara Women’s Univ., 2Lab. Biochem., Dept. Appl. Sci., Fac. Sci.,
Kochi Univ.

Behavior of chromosomes at mitosis and meiosis in Tetrahymena thermophila○Toshiro Sugai, Osamu NumataLife Environ. Sci., Univ. Tsukuba
Immaturin-calcium ion hypothesis for life cycle phase transition in Paramecium○Nobuyuki HagaDept. Biol. Sci., Senshu Univ. Ishinomaki
Grl1 (Granule lattice protein 1) is a candidate protein for K antigens in Tetrahymena thermophila○Takahide Ota
Div. Tumor Biol., Dept. Life Sci., Med. Res. Inst., Kanazawa Med. Univ.
Investigation of factors related to contraction of the proboscis of Lacrymaria olor
○Ryuji Yanase, Tohru Yoshihisa, Seiji Sonobe
Grad. Sch. Life Sci., Univ. Hyogo
Study on oriented movement of Tetrahymena in response to a current of fluid○Yukinori Nishigami, Takuya Ohmura, Masatoshi Ichikawa
Grad. Sch. Sci., Kyoto Univ.
Investigation on the function of cortical granules in Blepharisma hyalinum○Nozomi Tamura1, Mayumi Sugiura2, Terue Harumoto2
1
Dept. Biol. Sci., Grad. Sch. Culture and Humanities, Nara Women’s Univ., 2Res. Group Biol. Sci., Div.
Natural Sci., Nara Women’s Univ.
Involvement of kinesin-14 in meiosis of ciliate Tetrahymena
Yasuharu Kushida1,2, Masak Takaine1,3, Kentaro Nakano1, Toshiro Sugai1, Krishna Kumar Vasudevan4,Mayukh Guha4, Yu-yang Jiang4, Jacek Gaertig4, ○Osamu Numata1
1Grad. Sch. Life Environ. Sci., Univ. Tsukuba, 2Lab. Mol. Traffic, Inst. Mol. Cell. Regulation, Gunma Univ.,
3Gunma Univ. Initiative Adv. Res., Gunma Univ., 4Dep. Cell Biol., Univ. Georgia, USA
Characterization of a putative EF-hand motif protein FAP85 of Chlamydomonas flagella○Junya Kirima1, Hiroaki Kojima2, Kazuhiro Oiwa1,2
1
Grad. Sch. Life Sci., Univ. Hyogo, 2Adv. ICT Res. Inst., Natl. Inst. Inform. Commun. Tech.
Poster presentations
Growth of Paramecium bursaria fed on free-living Chlorella○Sosuke Iwai, Kota Fukushi
Fac. Educ., Hirosaki Univ.
Rapid identification of bacteria from Paramecium bursaria culture medium by PCR analysis of 16S rRNA genes○Eiko Himi
Inst. Plant Sci. Resources, Okayama Univ.
Study of post-meiotic DNA double-strand breaks occurring in the haploid germline nuclei of Tetrahymena
thermophila○Yasuhiro Fukuda1, Takahiko Akematsu2, Ronald E. Pearlman3, Chika Tada1, Josef Loidl2, Yutaka Nakai1
1Div. Biol. Resour. Sci., Grad. Sch. Agric. Sci., Tohoku Univ., 2Dept. Chromosome Biol., Univ. Vienna,Austria, 3Dept. Biol., York Univ., CanadaIf an important parameter of thermodynamics reaction considers to be temperature, then that of enzymatic
reaction is substrate concentration○Hiroshi Asai
Inst. Sci. Engin., Waseda Univ.

Mass Culturing of Paramecium bursaria ~ For Bioethanol Production ~○Wakako Endo, Miho Morishita
Konko Gakuen Junior & Senior High Sch.
Regulation of maltose synthesis and characteristics of the maltose transport system in the endosymbiont
Chlorella variabilis of Paramecium bursaria○Aika Shibata1, Fumio Takahashi2, Masahiro Kasahara2, Nobutaka Imamura3
1Grad. Sch. Life Sci., Ritsumeikan Univ., 2Dept. Biotechnol., Coll. Life Sci., Ritsumeikan Univ., 3Dept.
Pharm., Coll. Pharm. Sci., Ritsumeikan Univ.
Cospeciation between parabasalian symbiont Teranympha and host termite.
○Daichi Shimizu1, Osamu Kitade2, Masahiro Yuki3, Moriya Ohkuma3,4, Satoko Noda1
1Univ. Yamanashi, 2Ibaraki Univ., 3BMEP/ RIKEN, 4JCM/RIKEN
Theoretical study about evolution of stalk/spore differentiation and recognition of other strain in Dictyostelium
discoideum○Kouki Uchinomiya
RIKEN, iTHES
Changes in ultrastructure and chemical composition of the cell wall of Chlorella in relation to endosymbiosis inParamecium bursaria○Rina Higuchi1, Chihong Song1,2, Toshinobu Suzaki1
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Dept. Biol., Grad. Sch. Sci., Kobe Univ., Japan, 2Natl. Inst. Physiol. Sci.
Morphogenetic and molecular analyses of cyst wall components in the ciliated protozoan Colpoda cucullus○Ryoji Funadani1, Yoichiro Sogame1, Katsuhiko Kojima2, Toshikazu Takeshita2, Keisuke Yamamoto1,Tomoya Tsujizono1, Futoshi Suizu3, Seiji Miyata4, Ken-Ichi Yagyu5, Tomohiko Suzuki6, Mikihiko Arikawa1,Tatsuomi Matsuoka1
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Dept. Biol. Sci., Fac. Sci., Kochi Univ., 2Dept. Microbiol. Immunol., Shinshu Univ. Sch. Med., 3Div. CancerBiol., Inst. Genetic Med., Hokkaido Univ., 4Dept. Appl. Biol., Kyoto Inst. Technol, 5The Facility for ResearchInstruments, Kochi Univ., 6Lab. Biochem., Fac. Sci., Kochi Univ.
Identification of possible molecules involved in β-1,3-glucan-mediated food recognition in the centrohelid
heliozoan Raphidiophrys contractilis○Mayumi Kobayashi, Mousumi Bhadra, Toshinobu Suzaki
Dept. Biol., Grad. Sch. Sci., Kobe Univ.
Association of distribution of protists with environmental factors in Lake Shinji and Lake Nakaumi, WesternJapan.
○Yukari Gobara1, Yuuki Kodama2, Hideki Ishida2
1Biol. Sci. Biotechnol., Grad. Sch. Life Environ. Sci., Shimane Univ., 2Dept. Biol. Sci., Fac. Life Environ.
Sci., Shimane Univ.
Evaluation of sensitivity for antimitotic agents in Actinophrys sol○Shogo Matsui1, Risa Ikeda2, Motonori Ando1,21
Lab. Cell Physiol., Grad. Sch. Edu., Okayama Univ., 2Lab. Animal Physiol. Pharmacol., Grad. Sch. Env. Life
Sci., Okayama Univ.
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Principle of life disclosed by researches of cell motility○Seiji Sonobe1, Yukinori Nishigami2, Atsushi Taniguchi3, Nozomi Yamaoka1, Go Kobashigawa1
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Grad. Life Sci., Univ. Hyogo, 2Grad. Sci. Kyoto Univ., 3Lab. Spatiotemporal Regulations, NIBBDrawing a perspective on teaching/learning materials of protists: from the viewpoint of history of scienceeducation○Hiroki Fujii
Dept. Sci. Edu., Grad. Sch. Edu., Okayama Univ.
Teaching materials of protists on secondary school science: focus on protozoa○Tadashi Maruoka
Biology educator, Kagawa Pref. High Sch.
Protists as a material for life science education in a combined junior and senior high school: use and futureprospects○Fukuto Tanaka
Seishin Girls’ High Sch.
Close relationship between research subjects in Japan Society of Protistology and science education contents:from the viewpoint of the contents map of the life science domain in the course of study○Risa Ikeda1, Motonori Ando1,21Lab. Animal Physiol. Pharmacol., Grad. Sch. Env. Life Sci., Okayama Univ., 2Lab. Cell Physiol., Grad. Sch.
Edu., Okayama Univ.
Let's bring up amateur protistologists○Yuuji Tsukii
Lab. Biol., SRC, Hosei Univ.

Special lecture by a winner for the Award of the Japan Society of Protistology in the Field ofProtistological Research
Immunity to malaria: protection and exacerbation○Fumie Kobayashi
Dept. Infect. Dis., Kyorin Univ. Sch. Med.

Special lecture by a winner for the Award of the Japan Society of Protistology in the Fields ofEducation and Social Contribution
Enjoy the fascinating world of microorganisms at the Lake Biwa Museum.
○Yasushi Kusuoka
Lake Biwa Museum

Special lecture by a winner for the Encouragement Award for Young Protistologists
Contribution to increasing awareness of protists in general society and to actively utilizing protists in the field ofschool education.
○Yasutaka Suetomo
Iwakuni City Micro-life Museum