Fasciation of sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus)
Squid liver sauce, a Japanese local traditional fermented seafood
Marsh sediment, Airport Marsh, Sapelo Island, GA, USA
Marsh sediment, Roger's Marsh, Sapelo Island, GA, USA
A moss, Pyrrhobryum dozyanum (Lac.) Manuel, Kasamorikannon, Chonancho, Chiba Pref., Japan
Mud sample collected at the bottom of a lake, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, China
Soil, Tsushima Island, Nagasaki Pref., Japan
Anaerobic sewage-sludge digester, Urbana, IL, USA
Base of 'white smoker' chimney on the East Pacific Rise
Leaf of Bischofia javanica, Japan
Leaf of Schima mertensiana, Japan
Dry, hot soil in the vicinity of Kawayu, Hokkaido, Japan
Seawater, Jogashima, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Seawater, Dogashima, Shizuoka Pref., Japan
Leaf of Syzygium buxifolium, Japan
Dried fish Punitus javanicus (carp), Kalibaru, Indonesia
Dried fish (Pseudoscianena sp.), Cokraminoto, Indonesia
Tree bark compost of biofilter for waste gas purification of animal rendering plant emissions
2,4,6-Trichlorophenol enrichment culture in a percolator inoculated with contaminated sludge and sediment samples
Mud from a spring pool, Noji-onsen, Fukushima, Japan
Hot spring water, Kawayu-onsen, Hokkaido, Japan
Hot spring water, Tamagawa-onsen, Akita, Japan
Decaying peduncle of Cocos nucifera, Kukusan beside the University of Indonesia, Depok, Java Isl., Indonesia
Geothermally heated sea sediment, Porto di Levante, Vulcano, Italy
Biofilter containing tree bark compost as the packing material
Wet-ground filter material (fiber bark compost) from a large scale biofilter
Blood culture of a patient who ingested hydrochloric acid, Inchon, South Korea
Sputum of a 92-year-old woman who suffered from pulmonary tuberculosis
Blood culture from a 62-year-old woman who had cardiac pacemaker implants
Fallen leaves of Machilus thunbergii
Soil, Kwanak Mountain, Seoul, South Korea
Alluvial paddy field soil, Aikawa, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Deep-sea hydrothermal vent in the Northern Fiji Basin
Marine sediment of a hydrothermal system at PaleohoriBay in Milos, Greece
Guaymas Basin hydrothermal vent, Gulf of California
Fruit body of a mushroom, Mt. Tonotake, Tanzawa Mountains, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Insect frass of a Japanese maple, Chigasaki, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Grassland soil, Patharia village near Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India
Decaying leaf of Luzula sylvatica, Exmoor, East Lyn River, Devon, England, UK
Decaying leaf of Ilex aquifolium, Mockley Wood, Banzey, Warwicksh., UK
Bog soil under Thuja plicata, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Soil in a peanut field, Terrell Co., GA, USA
Contaminant of Graphium cuneiferum CBS 779.85
Dead petiole of Phoenix canariensis, Amami Isl., Kagoshima Pref., Japan
Rotten wood, Utarube, Lake Towada, Aomori Pref., Japan
Bamboo leaf, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama Pref., Japan
Living leaves of Rhododendron indicum, 3 Midorigaoka, Ogawa-machi, Hiki-gun, Saitama Pref., Japan
Soil at the ground of Tenmanguh shrine, Katsuyama-cho, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Wheat field soil, Kiel-Kitzeberg, Germany
Hypoxylon coccineum, Preetzer Klosterforst, Germany
Bark of Picea abies, Kaltenhofen, Kr. Eckernförde, Germany
Activated sludge obtained from the Toba sewage-treatment plant, Kyoto, Japan
Marine sediment (6499 m depth, Izu-Bonin Trench)
Marine sediment (2485 m depth, Suruga Bay)
Marine sediment (5110 m depth, Ryukyu Trench)
Marine sediment (6356 m depth, Japan Trench)
Marine sediment (6269 m depth, Japan Trench)
Activated sludge from the municipal wastewater treatment plant, Narashino, Japan
Hypoxylon rubiginosum on Fraxinus excelsior, Ariège, 9420 Rimont, Las Muros, France
Finger nail lesion of man, Recife, Brazil
Clay in patch of Selaginella, Panama
Fermenting palm sap (Elaeis sp.), Kinshasa, Zaire
Xylem of Quercus mongolica var. grosseserrata infested by Platypus quercivorus, Yogo, Ika-gun, Shiga Pref., Japan
Xylem of Quercus mongolica var. grosseserrata, Yogo, Ika-gun, Shiga Pref., Japan
Leaf of Neyraudia reynaudiana, Southeast seacoast of Bangkok, Thailand
Leaf of Mangifera indica, Southeast seacoast of Bangkok, Thailand
Leaf of Imperata cylindrica, Southeast seacoast of Bangkok, Thailand
Leaf of Eucalyptus sp., Southeast seacoast of Bangkok, Thailand
Leaf of Ageratum conyzoides, Southeast seacoast of Bangkok, Thailand
Leaf of Blumea sp., Southeast seacoast of Bangkok, Thailand
Leaf of Oryza sativa, Suburb of Bangkok, Thailand
Leaf of Saccharum spontaneum, Suburb of Bangkok, Thailand
Leaf of Phragmites karka, Suburb of Bangkok, Thailand
Dead leaf of Pennisetum pediocellatum, Thailand
Dead leaf of Oryza sativa, Thailand
Leaf of Imperata cylindrica, Suburb of Bangkok, Thailand
Leaf of Pennisetum pediocellatum, Southeast seacoast of Bangkok, Thailand
Sediment at depth of 1200-1977 m, Suruga or Sagami Bay, Japan
Sediment at depth of 1143 m, Suruga Bay, Japan
Crab at depth of 1182 m, Suruga Bay, Japan
Calyptogena sp. at depth of 1156 m, Suruga Bay, Japan
Mud, the Mariana Trench Challenger Deep at a depth of 10897 m
Activated sludge reactor showing enhanced biological phosphorous removal activity
Deep sea sediment (6356 m depth, Japan Trench)
Tannin-gallic acid fermentation, Connecticut, USA
Dried fish (ikan bilis) imported from Hong Kong, Australia
Deep sea sediment of Mariana Trench, Challenger Deep (-10898 m)
Soil at a deciduous dipterocarp forest, Thailand
Wastewater of a sugar-beet factory, Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan
Cyanobacterial mat from an alkaline spring
Anaerobic digestor supplemented with contents from a wood fiber-to-alcohol fermentation plant, New Zealand
Intracellular symbiont of Ernobius mollis (beetle)
Mycetoma of larva of Ernobius abietis
Juncus roemerianus (black rush), Marsh, FL, USA
Rhizophora mangle (mangrove), Swamp, USA
Salt farm, Yashima on Seto Inland Sea, Japan
Acidic hot spring, Mt. Maquiling, the Philippines
Hot alkaline spring near Hveragerdi, Iceland
Aphid secretion on Solanum pseudocapsicum, Germany
Litter of Scirpus microcarpus, British Columbia, Canada
Fruit of Fragaria vesca (strawberry)
Erysiphe polygoni on leaf of Trifolium pratense, Ontario, Canada
Cauliflowers (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis)
Moldy leaf of Zea mays, Ontario, Canada
Dead leaves of Osmanthus inslaris, Chichi-jima, the Ogasawara Islands, Japan
Dead leaves of Schima mertensiana, Chichi-jima, the Ogasawara Islands, Japan
Dead leaves of Syzygium buxifolium, Chichi-jima, the Ogasawara Islands, Japan
Dead leaves of Syzygium buxifolium, Haha-jima, the Ogasawara Islands, Japan
Dead leaves of Bryophyllum pinnataum, Haha-jima, the Ogasawara Islands, Japan
Dead leaves of Rhaphiolepis wrightiana, Haha-jima, the Ogasawara Islands, Japan
Dead leaves of Bishofia javanica, Chichi-jima, the Ogasawara Islands, Japan
Nodule of Glycine max cultivated in soil collected in Nakazawa field at Niigata Agricultural Experiment Station, Niigata Pref., Japan
Nodule of Glycine max cultivated in soil collected in Nagakura field at Niigata Agricultural Experiment Station, Niigata Pref., Japan
Nodule of Glycine max cultivated in soil collected in Tokachi field at Tokachi Agricultural Station, Hokkaido, Japan
Blood culture (a 30 year-old man infected with the human immunodeficiency virus), Zurich, Switzerland
Patient with bacterial vaginosis, Germany
Blood culture (a 68 year-old man), Zurich, Switzerland
Human semen specimen, Strasbourg, France
Human nasopharynx of 5-month-old boy, Warsaw, Poland
Female with urinary tract infection, Switzerland
Throat of a patient hospitalized at the University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
Semen of a patient with prostatitis, Strasbourg, France
Soil (cellulose-amended) from a paddy field, Okinawa, Japan
A stem sample of rice plant (Oryza sativa L.), Yunnan, Province, China
Fruitbody of Flammulina velutipes infected by the pink mold damping-off disease, Nakano-shi, Nagano Pref., Japan
Decomposing basidiocarp of an unidentified species of Exidiopsis, Portugal
Deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney, Myojin Knoll, Okinawa Trough, Japan
Soil from a vegetable field, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Soil from a sugar cane field, Okinawa Pref., Japan
Soil and the surface of fine roots in rhizosphere of Bruguiera gymnorrhiza (mangrove), the Shiira River estuary, Iriomote Island, Japan
Potato tubers with erumpent scab lesions, Syari-cho, Hokkaido, Japan
Ulcer on leg of an 18-year-old youth, Cascais, Portugal
Sputum of a 35-year-old Turkish patient who received a renal transplant
Peat from a peat bog near Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany
Water of the Arakawa River, Saitama, Japan
Water, Severnyi Donets River, Ukraine, USSR
Soil in a poultry farm, Poona, Talegaon, Maharashtra, India
Agricultural soil, Oostelijk Flevoland, the Netherlands
Laboratory contaminant, Lansing, MI, USA
Soil in saline lake, South East Wyoming, WY, USA
Soil, Udaipur, Mount Abu, Rajasthan, India
Soil, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Peat soil, Lambton Co., Thedford, Ontario, Canada
Damp soil in a vineyard, Piedmont, Italy
Mangrove soil, Inhaca, Mozambique, East Africa
Copse soil, Sanrizuka, Narita, Chiba Pref., Japan
Dead male Papio papio (baboon), France
Pinus densiflora infested by a pine shoot beetle (Tomicus piniperda), Tsukuba, Ibaraki Pref., Japan
Pinus densiflora infested by a pine shoot beetle (Tomicus piniperda), Masuho, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Dianthus caryophyllus (carnation)
Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum), NC, USA
Contaminated demineralized water, Oeiras, Portugal
Deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney, Iheya Basin in the Okinawa area, Japan
Wood core of Populus nigra cv. 'italica' (tree no. 3), Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Wood core of Populus nigra cv. 'italica' (tree no. 5), Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Wood core of Populus nigra cv. 'italica' (tree no. 6), Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Wood core of Populus nigra cv. 'italica' (tree no. 9), Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas), Nanoose Bay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Cold current off the Monbetsu coast of the Okhotsk Sea, Hokkaido, Japan
Niviventer confuciamus captured in Sichuan province, China
Gut of the fungus-growing termite Odontotermes formosanus collected in Okinawa Pref., Japan
Gut of the dry-wood termite Glyptotermes fuscus collected in Okinawa Pref., Japan
Gut of the subterranean termite Reticulitermes speratus, collected in Saitama Pref., Japan
Gut of the dry-wood termite Glyptotermes fuscus, collected in Okinawa Pref., Japan
Gut of the dry-wood termite Cryptotermes domesticus, collected in Okinawa Pref., Japan
Botryocladia sp. at Denham, Shark Bay, Australia
Sands at Hamelin Pool, Shark Bay, Australia
Coastal seawater, Black Sea near Sebastopol/Crimea, Ukraine, USSR
Geothermally heated sea sediments, Naples, Italy
Geothermal vent in the tidal zone of Whale Island, New Zealand
Geothermally heated bottom deposits of the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
Thermal pool at Kuirau Park, Rotorua, New Zealand
Steppe herbaceous plant, Prioksko-terrasny reserve, Moscow region, Russia
Water sample from a deep subsurface geothermal water pool at a depth of 1500 m in the Hacchoubaru geothermal plant, Oita, Japan
Rice rhizosphere soil, Bình Thanh, Vietnam
Oxic water column (pH 8.4) overlaying the sulfide-bearing sediment of lake Silbersee, Nurnberg, Germany
Flower of a orchid tree (Bauhinia purpurea) in Bogor, Indonesia
Dead leaf of Osteomeles lanata, Chichi-jima, the Ogasawara Islands, Japan
Dead leaf of Schima mertensiana, Chichi-jima, the Ogasawara Islands, Japan
Dead leaf of Machilus kobu, Ani-jima, the Ogasawara Islands, Japan
Dead leaf of Syzygium buxifolium, Haha-jima, the Ogasawara Islands, Japan
Dead leaf of Callicarpa subpubescens, Haha-jima, the Ogasawara Islands, Japan
Horse manure (wheat straw mushroom compost), Gossäu, Zurich, Switzerland
Mushroom compost, after peak heating, Gossäu, Zurich, Switzerland
Terrestrial hot spring at Oguni-cho, Kumamoto, Japan
Aquifer sample collected from a TCE polluted site, Kururi, Chiba Pref., Japan
Hot spring water, Hakone, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Exudate of Quercus dentata, v. Rjazanovka, Khazansky District, Russia
Exudate of Quercus mongolica, Sikhote-Alinsky Reserve, Russia
Exudate of Quercus mongolica, Ternei, Russia
Exudate of Quercus mongolica, Cape Peschanyi, Vladivostok, Russia
Exudate of Quercus mongolica, Vladivostok, Russia
Leachate of waste disposal site, the port of Osaka, Japan
Seawater, coast of Rumoi, Hokkaido, Japan
Dead inflorescence of Yucca brevifolia, USA
Weathered leaf of Yucca brevifolia, USA
Sediment of the Bange salt-alkaline lake, Tibet
Dead leaf of Cratoxylum maingayi, Thailand
Dead leaf of Vitis vinifera, Thailand
Dead leaf of Xylia xylocarpa, Thailand
Dead leaf of Seteria pallide-fusca, Thailand
Dead leaf of Dendrolobium triangulare, Thailand
Dead leaf of Boesenbergia pandurata, Thailand
Dead leaf of Pennisetum polystachyon, Thailand
Grassland soil, Nanning, Guangxi Province, South China
Garden soil, Xishan Mountain, Beijing, China
Mud taken from a sewage ditch, Xishan mountain, Beijing, China
Mud from a sewage ditch, Zhanjiang City, Canton Province, China
Silica scale from the Otake geothermal power plant, Japan
Soil, Tasek Bera, Pahang Province, Malaysia
Foul water inside a deteriorated automobile tyre on a farmer's field, Münster, Germany
Non-water-damaged building material (gypsum liner wall) of a children's day care center
Tar- and phenol-contaminated soil of the former tar factory, Rositz, Germany
Decayed myxomycete, Yoku Island, Kagoshima Pref., Japan
Leaf of Phaseolus chrysanthus (= Vigna umbellata)
Semi-dried leaf of Sapindus delavayi (Franch.) Radlk., Yunnan, China
Leachate sample from a sea-based landfill site in Osaka, Japan
Jeotgal (Korean traditional fermented seafood)
Soil around a wastewater treatment plant, South Korea
Mine water containment dam at 3.2 km below land surface in the East Driefontein gold mine, near Carletonville, South Africa
Flower of crown flower (dok rak, Calotropis gigantea), Bangkok, Thailand
Flower of spider lily (krinum bakung, Crinum asiaticum), Bogor, Indonesia
Surface mud, the Great Salt Lake, UT, USA
Salt marsh sediment near Pawley's Island, SC, USA
Solfataric waterhole, Kerlingarfjöll, Iceland
Mushroom Spring, Yellowstone National Park, WY, USA
Muddy water of the rhizosphere of oyster grass growing in the salt marshes, Barataria Bay, LA, USA
Insect frass from a loblolly pine, Piney Woods, MS, USA
Ambrosia beetle (Trypodendron lineatum), Canada
Frass of Buprestidae larvae infesting Acacia nilotica var. kraussiana, South Africa
Frass of insects infesting Gymnocladus canadensis
Oyster grass (Spartina alterniflora Loisel) marshes, Barataria Bay, LA, USA
Industrial wastewater, Cheongju, South Korea
Bark, Mt. Sekido, Kajima, Kajima-gun, Ishikawa Pref., Japan
Soil, Kawagishi, Toda, Saitama Pref., Japan
Living plant leaf, Mt. Tenran, Hanno, Saitama Pref., Japan
Soil, Komakibashi, Nakano, Nagano Pref., Japan
Rotten leaf of cultivated orchid, Dendrobium sp., Chuo, Warabi, Saitama, Japan
Fruiting body of Tricholoma sp., Kashiwabara Shrine, Kashiwabara, Nara, Japan
Soil, Ohara, Taketomi, Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Japan
Soil, Shuzenji, Tagata-gun, Shizuoka, Japan
Fruitbody of Clitocybe sp., Higashi-yamato Park, Musashimurayama, Tokyo
Fruitbody of Lactarius sp., Yanagisawa ghat, Enzan, Yamanashi, Japan
Fruitbody of Gloeophyllum sp., Iiyama-kannon, Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
Dead branch of Larix leptolepis, Yunogoya hot spring, Numata, Gunma, Japan
Fruiting body of a polypore, Basidioradulum sp., Mt. Kobo, Soya, Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan
Fruitbody of a discomycete, Yoshida-guchi, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan
Soil, the primary rainforest of the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Singapore
Feces of patient with ulcerative colitis
Flower of Elaeocarpus decipiens, Iriomote Island, Japan
Leaf of Bruguiera conjugata, Iriomote Island, Japan
Leaf of Rhizophora mucronata, Iriomote Island, Japan
Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) infected by leaf mould, MOA farm, Ohito, Tagata-gun, Shizuoka, Japan
Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) infected by leaf mould, Nayoro, Hokkaido, Japan
Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) infected by leaf mould, Chiba, Japan
Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) infected by leaf mould, Ishikawa Agricultural Research Center, Saida, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) infected by leaf mould, Midorigaoka, Ogawa-machi, Saitama, Japan (36°04'17"N, 139°15'31"E)
Leaf lesions of cocco, Colocasia esculenta, Wako campus of RIKEN, Saitama, Japan
Leaf lesions of carnation, Dianthus caryophyllus, Maruyama-machi, Awa-gun, Chiba, Japan
Paddy field soil, Chikugo, Fukuoka, Japan
Sediment of Palaeochori Bay, Milos, Greece
Geothermally heated sediment at Palaeochori Bay, Milos, Greece
Angel Terrace Spring, Yellowstone National Park, WY, USA
Root nodules of Glycine max, NC, USA
Root nodules of Glycine max, FL, USA
Leaf of Anadendrum montanum Schott, Cuc Phuong National Park of Ninh Binh, Vietnam
Leaf of Phrygnum parviflorum, Vietnam
Leaf of Schimastoglottis calyptrata, Vietnam
Leaf of Bambusa schijostachyoides, Vietnam
Leaf of Calophyllum membranaceum, Vietnam
Leaf of Goniothalamus gbriacianus, Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
Leaf of Phrynium parviflorum, Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
Leaf of Smilax glabra, Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
Leaf of Calophyllum membranaceum, Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
Leaf of Polygonum chinense, Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
Soil of a conifer forest, Guangxi Province, China
Water sample of the Yellow Sea, Boryung City, Korea
Parmotrema zollingeri (lichen), Thailand
Soil in the rhizosphere of Casuarina sp., Seychelles
Clay from Chahannao soda lake, Inner Mongolia, China
Oil reservoir near the coast of the Sea of Japan, Niigata, Japan
The production fluid of the Kubiki oil reservoir, Niigata, Japan
Fermentor operating with formaldehyde as a sole carbon source
Soil from around the roots of Allium aflatunense
Deep sea environment, The northwest Pacific Ocean
Deep sea environment, The northwest Pacific Pcean
Lamellibrachia sp. (a tubeworm), Deep sea floor, Sagami Bay, Japan
Gut of the fungus-growing termite Odontotermes formosanus, collected in Okinawa Pref., Japan
Gut of the termite Coptotermes formosanus, Okinawa, Japan
Gut of the soil-feeding termite Sinocapritermes mushae, collected in Okinawa Pref., Japan
Soil, Nishigahara, Kita-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Marble statue (Wagmüller's monument) in the old Nordfriedhof cemetery, Munich, Germany
Poultry feces, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Sputa of a patient with chronic lung disease
Hot spring water at Mine Hot Spring, Shizuoka, Japan
Water sample obtained from the Okuhida hot spa area, Gifu Pref., Japan
Submerged decayed leaves of angiosperms and Taxodium ascendens, Steven Foster State Park, Okefenokee Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, GA, USA
Soil contaminated with ortho-cresol, The Netherlands
Methanogenic granular sludge in a thermophilic upflow anaerobic sludge branket reactor
Marine hydrothermal area of Vulcano Island, Italy
Soil at a gold mine cave, Kongju, South Korea
Soil at a gold-mine cave, Kongju, South Korea
1-Year-old sludge from a wastewater treatment plant near Jena, Germany
Soil from a bank of a duck pond at Kloster (the island of Hiddensee, Baltic Sea), Germany
Joint abscess of a 56-year-old male patient with a complete endoprosthesis in one of his knees
Freshwater hot spring in the Lake Taupo area of North Island, New Zealand
Water (6C, pH 7) from a drain pool of a fish-egg-processing plant
Sediment from a soda lake in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
Dead leaf of Barringtonia sp., Thailand
Dead leaf of Dichanthium caricosum, Thailand
Soil of vegetable field, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Contaminated culture of Lactococcus lactis IO-1 (=JCM 7638)
Dead leaf of Parthenocissus sp., Kunming, Yunnan, China
Brine water from Sebkha Gavish, Sourthern Sinai, Egypt
Saltern crystallizer pond, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
Sediment of the deepest cold-seep environment in the Japan Trench
Souring fruit of Ficus carica, family Moraceae, Fig orchard, Mitsuguchi, Yasuura-cho, Toyota-gun, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Feces of marten, Sugadaira Montane Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Sugadaira, Nagano, Japan
Leaf lesions of cocco, Colocasia esculenta, Ogawa-machi, Saitama, Japan
Decayed stem of Mirabilis jalapa, Midorigaoka, Ogawa-machi, Saitama, Japan (36°04'17"N, 139°15'31"E)
Bamboo column associated with Arthrinium sp. (JCM 11073), Akigase Park, Urawa, Saitama, Japan
Bamboo column associated with Trimorphomyces papilionaceus (JCM 11071 & 11072), Akigase Park, Urawa, Saitama, Japan
Nest of a termite, Odontotermes longignathus, Saraburi, Thailand
Nest of a termite, Microtermes sp., Prachinburi, Thailand
Nest of a termite, Hypotermes sp., Saraburi, Thailand
Nest of a termite, Odontotermes sp., Khao Kitchagoot, Thailand
Soil, Zijing Mountain, Yunnan Province, China
Dead leaf of Pasania edulis, Kobe Municipal Arboretum, Kobe, Japan
Bulking activated sludge of pickle manufacturing wastewater treatment plant of pickle manufacturing, Japan
A leaf of Lophaterum gracile Brongn., Fu-Shan Experimental Forest, Taiwan
A leaf of Pteris wallichiana Ag., Fu-Shan Experimental Forest, Taiwan
A leaf of Angelica sylvestris, Hungary
Nest of a termite, Macrotermes annandalei, Khao Kitchagoot, Thailand
Nest of a termite, Odontotermes sp., Prachinburi, Thailand
Nest of a termite, Macrotermes carbonarius, Saraburi Botanical Garden, Saraburi, Thailand
Nest of a termite, Odontotermes sp., Saraburi Botanical Garden, Saraburi, Thailand
Wastewater of a bean-curd farm, Beijing, China
Radioactive solution at pH 2, The Netherlands
Contamination of home-made sauerkraut, Portugal
Deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney at the Iheya Ridge, in the Okinawa Trough, Japan
Water sample collected at a coastal hot spring, Lutao, Taiwan
Cannna flower (Canna hybrida), Indonesia
Mountain soursop (Annona montanae), Indonesia
Fruit of Malay rose apple (Syzygium malaccense), Indonesia
Jeotgal, traditional Korean fermented seafood
Suspended water of a domestic wastewater treatment tank, Nakajima, Nishishirakawa, Fukushima, Japan
Hot spring water, Ohwakudani, Kanagawa, Japan
Solfataric soil, Okushiobara, Tochigi, Japan
Solfataric soil, Ohwakudani, Kanagawa, Japan
Hot spring water, Fukenoyu, Akita, Japan
Hot spring water, Tamagawa, Akita, Japan
Hot spring water, Sounzan, Kanagawa, Japan
Sand at Monkey Mia, Shark Bay, the west coast of Australia
Soil sample from Osaka University Campus, Japan
Unsterilized salt crystal from the Permian-aged Salado Formation in southeastern New Mexico, USA
Shallow marine hydrothermal vent in Tachibana Bay, Nagasaki, Japan
Nivea ointment, a cosmetic face cream, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Cosmetic face cream, Nivea, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Living leaves of Solanum melongena, Bettsui, Tondabayashi, Osaka, Japan
Hydrothermal vent chimney, the East-Pacific Ridge (13o N), at depth of 2630 m
Deep, continental oil reservoir in Western Siberia, Russia
Seawater collected in the Amursky Bay of the Gulf of Peter the Great, the Sea of Japan
Bacterial mat in Nakabusa hot spring, Nagano Pref., Japan
Wheat, Triticum aestivum, Minnesota, USA
Soil, São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal
Polipore fungus, Arrábida, Portugal
Traditional Korean fermented-vegetable food (Kimchi)
Airborne dust in a cattle barn, Southern Finland
Water sample of the hypersaline Ekho Lake, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica
Groundwater of a shallow aquifer under a glacial gravel ridge, Southern Finland
Floor dust of a hemp factory, Lucknow, India
Industrial wastewater, Taegu, South Korea
Soil from primary lowland dipterocarp forest, Pasoh, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Soil from steep hill dipterocarp forest at the Virgin Jungle Reserve, Gombak, Selangor, Malaysia
Sediment in the Gotland Deep of the Baltic Sea
Wilting leaf of Nerium indicum, China
Wilting leaf Sapindus delavayi, China
Wilting leaf of Sapindus delavayi, China
Wilting leaf of Oryza sativa, China
Wilting leaf of Parthenocissus sp., China
Abnormal foam on activated sludge, Bordentown Township, NJ, USA
Abnormal foam on activated sludge, Jamaica Bay, NY, USA
Dry Laminariales seaweed sample collected from a sandy beach (Aburatsubo-wan) of the Miura Peninsula, Japan
Sea grass sample collected from a sandy beach on the Miura Peninsula, Kanagawa, Japan
Bronchoscopic lavage of a 78-year-old man, Australia
Deep-sea mud sample collected at a depth of 1050 m on the Iheya Ridge of the Nansei Islands
Water sample collected from Baer Soda Lake, China
Hoaji soda lake in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
Frozen soil from the China No. 1 glacier (Xinjiang Province)
Suspended water of a domestic wastewater treatment tank, Komaba, Saku, Nagano Pref., Japan
Acidic hot spring of the Moutnovski volcano, Kamchatka, Russia
Hot spring at Pisciarelli Solfatara, Naples, Italy
Volcanic hot spring at Pisciarelli Solfatara, Italy
Skin lesions of an atopic patient, Tokyo, Japan
Bulking activated sludge of soy sauce factory wastewater treatment plant, Japan
Oxygen-sulfide interface water layer of stratified alkaline and saline Mono Lake, CA, USA
Soil, Wutaishan Mountain, Shanxi Province, China
Soil, Maanshan Mountain, Anhui Province, China
Sludge of a foul water sewer in Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Geothermal water at Toyoha Mine, Hokkaido, Japan
Seed of Beta vulgaris var. vulgaris (Fudan-sou), Japan
Root of cabbage, Goka, Miyota-machi, Kitasaku-gun, Nagano, Japan
Grayish filaments collected from a hot streamlet in Hveragerthi, Iceland
Bean-jam sweet, Matsubara, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Japan
Frass from fir (Abies firma), Japan
Decaying tissue infected by Cerambycid larvae, of specimens of Euphorbia ingens E. Mey., Groblersdal district, South Africa
Condensation water in the Russian space laboratory Mir
Condensation water sample from the Russian space station Mir
Air sample from the Russian space station Mir
Littoral sediments of Lake Oloidien (Little Lake Naivasha), Kenya
Activated sludge taken from sewage treatment plants, Japan
Laboratory-scale anaerobic-aerobic sequential batch reactor operated under EBPR conditions
Surface of roots of Sonneratia alba, mangrove in the estuary of the Shiira River, Iriomote Island, Japan
Soil of the rhizosphere of Sonneratia alba, mangrove in the estuary of the Shiira River, Iriomote Island, Japan
Soil of the rhizosphere of Bruguera gymnorrhiza, mangrove in the estuary of the Shiira River, Iriomote Island, Japan
Activated sludge of sewage treatment plant in Tokyo
The upper layer of deep Atlantic sediments at a depth of 2815 m off the West African coast
The upper layer of deep Atlantic sediments at a depth of 2770 m off the West African coast
Sputum of a patient with pulmonary disease, Sudan
Vulcanized natural rubber pipe rings, River Thames water, Medmenham, UK
Soil from the bank of the River Thames, Medmenham, UK
Untreated River Thames water, Medmenham, UK
Rhizosphere of the tropical legume, Paraserianthes falcataria, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Non-rhizosphere soil adjacent to a stand of the tropical legume, Paraserianthes falcataria, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Leaf of Antigonum leptopus, Indonesia
Chronic ulcerative skin lesion of man, Groningen, the Netherlands
Chemically contaminated freshwater sediment, Taejon, Korea
Natural mineral water, Taejon City, Korea
Drain pool of a textile company, Gunma Pref., Japan
Coastal seawater at the Aburatsubo Inlet of Sagami Bay, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Jeotgal (traditional Korean fermented seafood)
Sandy sediments from the beach off Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea
Soil and snow, Vestvold Hills, Davis Base, Antarctica
Freshwater river sediments, Ibaraki Pref., Japan
Deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney at the Suiyo Seamount in the Izu-Bonin Arc, Japan
Subsurface hot aquifer water in the Hishikari gold mine, Kagoshima, Japan
Soil between rocks, Reed Flute Cave, near Guilin Guangxi, China
Soda soil (pH 10), near Lake Bogoria in the Kenyan-Tanzanian Rift Valley
Unrefined solar salt, Noda, Chiba Pref., Japan
Kidney lesion of yearling Chinook salmon, Leaburg Hatchery, OR, USA
Blood from a 5-year-old girl with acute myelogenous leukemia
Cutaneous nodule (mycetoma) on the face of a dog (3-year-old male Doberman), Tokyo, Japan
A wilting leaf of Parthenocissus sp., Yunnan, China
Dead leaf of Nerium indicum, Yunnan, China
Dead leaf of Oryza sativa, Yunnan, China
The stock culture of B. funiculus NAF001 (type strain)
Soil from a wooded area, Gerenzano, Italy
Anaerobic sludge used to treat wastewaters from the manufacture of terephthalic acid
Cyanobacterial mat from a pond in Antarctica
Podsolic soil, New South Wales, Australia
Thuja tincture, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Soil, Yayoi Campus of the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Soil from a paddy field (using hemp seed as a bait), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Soil from a garden (using pine pollen as a bait), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Bean-jam sweet, Imaizumi, Fuji, Shizuoka, Japan
Microbial mat at Narugo hot spring, Miyagi Pref., Japan
Dry salted squid, Pichit Province, Thailand
Fermented soy beans, Nakornsawan Province, Thailand
Sludge of an anaerobic reactor treating the wastewater of a cheese factory, Mexico
Polluted urban soil, collected at the riverside of the Tamagawa River in the Tokyo metropolitan area, Japan
Discolored sapwood of dead Quercus mongolica var. grosseserrata, Asahi-mura, Higashi-tagawa-gun, Yamagata, Japan
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, Alvaneu (1230 m alt.), Graubünden, Switzerland
Standing withered residue of inflorescence of foo yong, Hibiscus mutabilis, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, Japan
Necrotic tissue of cacti, Opuntia stricta, Exuma Chain, the Bahamas
Necrotic tissue of Pachycereus pectin-aboriginum (hecho), Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico
Soil, the Reed Flute Cave near Guilin, Guangxi, China
Salt marsh around the junction of the Youngsan River and the Yellow Sea, Korea
Seawater of a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea, Korea
Hot spring in Calamba, Laguna, the Philippines
Pulmonary air sacs of the hyacinth macaw lung
Saury intestine, Pacific Ocean off Japan
Soil, the shore of Lake Inawashiro, Fukushima Pref., Japan
Brine-seawater interface of the Shaban Deep, Red Sea
Deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney at Suiyo Seamount in the Izu-Bonin Arc, Japan
Underground crude-oil storage cavity in Kuji, Iwate, Japan
Semi-dried sample of sea grass, Iriomote-jima Island, Japan
Rhizophora mangle (mangrove) swamp, USA
Hot marine sediment at the beach of Vulcano Island, Italy
Hot spring in the Waimangu thermal valley, New Zealand
Hot spring in Yellowstone National Park, WY, USA
Hot spring effluent at S. Pedro do Sul, Portugal
Acidic hot spring at Mt. Maquiling, the Philippines
Surface of Gruyère cheese, France
Femur of the remains in a medieval grave, Brno, Czech Republic
Picea glauca infested by Tetropium fuscum, McNabs Island, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Picea rubens infested by Tetropium fuscum, Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Dead and dried petals of Camellia sinensis, Minami, Fussa, Tokyo, Japan
Dead and dried petals of Camellia sinensis, Mt. Ishigaki, Iryuda, Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan
Dead and dried petals of Camellia sinensis, Kazamatsuri, Odawara, Kanagawa, Japan
Dead and dried petals of Camellia sinensis, Imokubo, Higashiyamato, Tokyo, Japan
Dead and dried petals of Camellia sinensis, Nakakiyoto, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan
Dead and dried petals of Camellia sinensis, Ohtsuka, Ogawa, Saitama, Japan
Dead and dried petals of Camellia sinensis, Miyahara, Fujieda, Shizuoka, Japan
Surface of hypersaline soil close to Aswan, Egypt
Activated sludge of a municipal wastewater treatment plant, Grosslappen, Germany
Flower of Lilium sp., Kunwi, Korea
Rhizosphere soil of Panax schinseng Nees, Yeongju, Korea
Basidiocarp of Myxarium nucleatum, Portugal
Leaf of Acer monspessulanum, Portugal
Leaf of Platanus acerifolia, Portugal
Fallen leaves in a level-land forest, Japan
Rhizosphere of narrow-leaved cattail (Typha angustifolia) from a floating mat in the Soroksár tributary of the River Danube, Hungary
Fruiting body of rotting cultivated mushroom Pleurotusostreatus, Gifu Pref., Japan
Fruiting body of rotting cultivated mushroom Pleurotusostreatus, Yamagata Pref., Japan
Milk of a sheep suffering from subclinical mastitis, Campo Real, Spain
Picea abies, Sjaelland, Horsholm, Skordtrikt, Denmark
Effluent from an anaerobic reactor digesting chicken faeces, Shan Xi Province, China
Municipal wastewater treatment plant in Beijing, China
Roots of Spartina anglica in Rudong Country, Jiangsu Province, P. R. China
Anaerobic digester for treating the wastewater of a bean curd farm in Beijin, China
The Hikichi River, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Nasal swab from a common seal (Phoca vitulina)
Spleen of Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides)
Genital hair nodule of a patient with white piedra
Eye of a patient suffering from a corneal ulcer, Sarrebourg, France
Human peritoneum during a foetal autopsy, Sweden
Soil in a botanical garden, Dalian, China
Soil sample obtained from Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Leaf lesions of cocco, Colocasia esculenta, Shimohara, Sanada-machi, Nagano, Japan
Wall of a wine cellar (Ushiku chateau Kamiya), Ushiku, Ibaraki, Japan
Pinus densiflora, Aoyama, Himeji, Hyogo, Japan
Pinus densiflora, Takasu, Gifu, Japan
Pinus densiflora, Tateyama, Toyama, Japan
Pinus densiflora, Takizawa, Iwate, Japan
Cryphalus montanus in Abies mariesii tree, North of Yusengatake, Oku-Nikko, border between Tochigi Pref. and Gunma Pref., Japan
Polygraphus proximus in Abies mariesii tree, North of Yusengatake, Oku-Nikko, border between Tochigi Pref. and Gunma Pref., Japan
Sapwood of Abies mariesii under galleries of Cryphalus montanus, West of Mt. Ohmanako, Nikko, Tochigi, Japan
Egg gallery of Polygraphus proximus in Abies mariesii tree, West of Mt. Ohmanako, Nikko, Tochigi Pref., Japan
Dryocoetes hectographus in Abies mariesii tree, North of Yusengatake, Oku-Nikko, border between Tochigi Pref. and Gunma Pref., Japan
Dryocoetes hectographus in Abies mariesii tree, West of Mt. Ohmanako, Nikko, Tochigi, Japan
Dryocoetes hectographus in Abies mariesii, North of Yusengatake, Nikko, border between Tochigi and Gunma, Japan
Dryocoetes hectographus in Abies mariesii, West of Mt. Ohmanako, Nikko, Tochigi, Japan
Dryocoetes autographus in Abies mariesii, Near Goshikinuma, Mt. Shirane, Nikko, Tochigi, Japan
Egg gallery of Polygraphus proximus in Abies mariesii, West of Mt. Ohmanako, Nikko, Tochigi, Japan
Polygraphus proximus in Abies homolepis, Yumihari Pass, Nikko, Tochigi, Japan
Cryphalus montanus in Abies mariesii, North of Yusengatake, Nikko, bodder between Tochigi and Gunma, Japan
Holothurian (Apostichopus japonicus) collected from Troitsa Bay in the Gulf of Peter the Great, the Sea of Japan
Green alga Ulva fenestrata in Posiet Bay, the Sea of Japan
Seawater collected in the Gulf of Peter the Great, the Sea of Japan
Bottom sediment from Troitsa Bay in the Gulf of Peter the Great, the Sea of Japan
Dry leaves of Artemisia sp., Uzbekistan
Leaves of Cystus ladanifer, Portugal
Xylem of a surface-sterilized twig of Pinus tabulaeformis, Dongling, Beijing, China
Air sample collected from the high atmosphere, Japan
Air dust collected in the stratosphere, Japan
Hindgut contents of Australian termite Mastotermes darwiniensis, Germany
Foul water inside a deteriorated tyre on a farmer's field, Westfalia, Germany
Indoor air of the basement of a water-damaged building
Salt marsh soil in a desert area, Al-Khiran, Kuwait
Bronchial secretion with chronic bronchitis
Abdominal swab of a patient with appendicitis with abscess formation
Bioaerosol in the surroundings of a composting facility, Kassel-Niederzwehren, Germany
Wet black mud at a shore facing Saroma-ko lagoon, Japan
Wet sand at a sandy shore of the Matsushima Islands, Japan
A piece of wet brown seaweed (Laminariales) at a sandy shore of the Matsushima Islands, Japan
A piece of semi-dry green seaweed (Ulvales) at a pebble beach of Kita-saka coast, Japan
Wet sand at a sandy shore of Araihama coast in Miura-hanto peninsula, Japan
Coastal sea-ice in Amursky Bay of the Sea of Japan, near Vladivostok, Russia
White-rot fungus Phanerochaete sordida
Leaf blade/stem of Triticum aestivum, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Spikelet of Triticum aestivum, Tanno-cho, Tokoro-gun, Hokkaido, Japan
Spikelet of Triticum aestivum, Shikaoi-cho, kato-gun, Hokkaido, Japan
Spikelet of Triticum aestivum, Ishigaki Isl., Okinawa, Japan
Leaf of Oryza sativa (paddy rice), Kita-ohta, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan
Inflorescence of Oryza sativa (paddy rice), Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki, Japan
Seawater, Baekryung Island, Yellow Sea, Korea
Marine solar saltern, Baekryung Island, Korea
Polyvinyl chloride doll made in China, Kariwano, Senboku-gun, Akita, Japan
Submarine hydrothermal sediments at an inlet of Kodakara-jima Island, Kagoshima, Japan
Leaf of Arundinaria pusilla, Rain forest in Sakaerat, Nakhon Rachasima Province, Thailand
Leaf of Panicum multinodes Stapf., Tropical rain forest in Sakaerat Environmental Research Station, Nakhon Rachasima Province, Thailand
Leaf of Urena lobata Linn. var. sinuata King., Tropical rain forest in Sakaerat Environmental Research Station, Nakhon Rachasima Province, Thailand
Leaf of Ageratum conyzoides Linn., Tropical rain forest in Sakaerat Environmental Research Station, Nakhon Rachasima Province, Thailand
Anaerobic sludge treating wastewater from the manufacturing of terephthalic acid
Chimney-wall from Snakepit hydrothermal site on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Chimney-wall from hydrothermal site in the Guaymas Basin
Chimney from a hydrothermal site in Guaymas Basin
Sediment collected from the bottom of the Japan Trench at a depth of 7542 m
Sediment collected from the bottom of a small canyon on the Japan Trench
Shallow submarine hydrothermal system at the Kolbeinsey ridge, Iceland
Seawater from the Monbetsu coast of the Okhotsk Sea in Hokkaido, Japan
Adult beetle of Tomicus piniperda in Pinus densiflora, Tennoudai,Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Breeding gallery of Tomicus piniperda in Pinus densiflora, Tennoudai,Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Abies veitchii infested by Cryphalus montatus, Mt. Asahi, Yamanashi, Japan
Abies veitchii infested by Cryphalus piceae, Mt. Shimagare, Nagano, Japan
Abies veitchii infested by Dryocoetes hectographus, Mt. Asahi, Yamanashi, Japan
Abies veitchii infested by Dryocoetes hectographus, Mt. Shimagare, Nagano, Japan
Cyanobacterial mat, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Soil, Beijiang, Xinjiang Province, China
Deep-sea hydrothermal chimney on the Central Indian Ridge at a depth of 2,420 m
Deep-sea hydrothermal vent site at the Kairei vent field on the Central Indian Ridge
Lake Zabuye, on the Tibetan Plateau, China
Sputum of a patient with nocardiosis, Japan
Deep-sea sediments at the Hatoma Knoll in the Mid-Okinawa Trough hydrothermal field
Leaf of Saurauia oldhamii Hemsl., Fu-Shan Experimental Forest, Taiwan
Sediment collected on the deep-sea floor, Suruga Bay (depth of 2,406 m), Japan
Mesophilic granular sludge treating artificial wastewater
Black smoker chimney at the Kairei field in the Central Indian Ridge
Plant residue in irrigated rice-field, Yamagata Pref., Japan
Plant-residue sample, Fujishima-machi, Yamagata, Japan
Soil at a gold mine cave, near Kongju City, South Korea
Rhizoplane of Brassica napus, France
Patient with ear infection, Zurich, Switzerland
Blood culture (a 4 year-old boy suffering from acute lymphatic leukaemia)
Sputum of an 82-year-old female with pulmonary disease
Poa annua root galls induced by the grass root gall nematode Subanguina radicicola, Moscow Region, Russia
23 m water sample of the hypersaline Ekho Lake, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica
Thermally polluted runoff (temperature, 50C) from a carpet factory in Wilton, Wiltshire, UK
Rainbow hydrothermal vent field of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Deep-sea hydrothermal chimney at the Rainbow vent field on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Deep-sea hydrothermal vent site on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Skin (left forearm) of a healthy Japanese, Japan
Water sample from a small stream, Ohwakudani, Hakone, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Black smoker at the Kairei Field on the Central Indian Ridgem Indian Ocean
Blue-stained sapwood under egg gallery wall of Ips cembrae Heer in larch tree, Utsunomiya Univ. Forests, Nikko, Tochigi, Japan
Dryocoetes baicalicus Reitter in larch tree, Yumihari Pass, Nikko, Tochigi, Japan
Ashiu, Miyama-cho, Kita-kuwata-gun, Kyoto, Japan
Dead basidiomata of Hirschioporus sp., Kasuga-yama, Nara, Japan
Rotten wood, Asakawa, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
Okuno-in Temple, Mt. Mitsumine, Tokyo, Japan
Mt. Ohtakine, Tamura-gun, Fukushima, Japan
Sugiga-goe, Ume-cho, Minami-amabe-gun, Oita, Japan
Kashihara-keikoku, Ayakami-cho, Ayashiki-gun, Kagawa, Japan
Kashihara-keikoku, Ayakami Cho, Ayashiki-gun, Kagawa, Japan
Dead branch of Castanopsis cuspidata, Kawada-no-sawa, Mikura-jima, Izu Isls., Tokyo, Japan
Nango, Mikura-jima, Izu Isls., Tokyo, Japan
Histiopteris elongatus, IseJingu, Ise, Mie, Japan
Dead stem of bamboo, Mt. Kyusho, Tottori, Japan
Osumi-Shizen-Kyuyo-rin, Osumi, Kagoshima, Japan
Inst. for Nature Study, Shirogane-dai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Tsukuba Botanical Garden, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Fukiage Imperial Palace Ground, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Kotonami-cho, Ayashiki-gun, Kagawa, Japan
Mt. Kotohira, Nakatado-gun, Kagawa, Japan
Kurosawa 3-cho-me (Shin-nyo-no-mori), Oume, Tokyo, Japan
Kashihara Valley, Ayakami-cho, Ayashiki-gun, Kagawa, Japan
Mt. Takao (nothern foot), Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
Rankoshi-cho, Isoya-gun, Hokkaido, Japan
Kido River, Naraha-cho, Futaba-gun, Fukushima, Japan
Danabari-Sukhane (ca. 300-350m alt), Ilam District, Eastern Nepal
Harkate (ca. 1720-1870m alt), South of Ilam, Eastern Nepal
Sediment from the Sea of Japan at a depth of 289 m
Surface of a smear-ripened cheese, Ireland
Kalahari soil, Waterberg area of Central Namibia
Mangrove rhizosphere, Okinawa Pref., Japan
Deep marine sediment at the Nankai Trough, off the coast of Japan in the Pacific Ocean
Cow (otitis externa), Minas Gerais, Brazil
Cow (normal ear canal), Minas Gerais, Brazil
Deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney, the Suiyo Seamount in the Izu-Bonin Arc, Japan
Sludge from a thermophilic digester decomposing municipal solid waste
Sludge from a thermophilic digester decomposing sewage sludge
Skin scrapings from infected head of a sheep, UK
Dead Scottish wild cat (Felis sylvestris)
Nasal cavity of a common seal (Phoca vitulina)
Necrotic lesions in the mouth of a tortoise, UK
Pleural fluid of a 56-year-old man, Nordhausen, Germany
Walls of an active deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney on the East Pacific Rise
Water sample from the Voinovskie Hot Springs in Kamchatka, Russia
Soil obtained from Tagata-gun, Shizuoka, Japan
Soil from a primeval forest, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China
Soil from rhizosphere of Chinese hemlock (Tsuga chinensis), Lushan Mountain, Jiangxi Province, China
Red soil of suburb of Kunming, Yunnan, China
Pollen collected in Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Gas-bubbling sediment at the Iheya hydrothermal system in the mid-Okinawa Trough, Japan
Sputum of a patient with rheumatoid arthritis, Japan
Tidal flat sediment, Ganghwa Island, South Korea
Deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney at the East Pacific Rise
Deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney at the Guaymas Basin
Sputum of a 74-year-old Japanese male patient with kidney dysfunction
Sputum of a 48-year-old male Japanese patient with bacterial pneumonia
Air in the chapel 'Virgikapelle', Vienna, Austria
Medieval wall painting in the church of St. Georgen, Styria, Austria
Blood specimen from a patient with endocarditis, Germany
Microbial biofilm damaging the mural painting at the Saint-Catherine chapel of Castle Herberstein, Austria
Soil contaminated with fluoranthene and benzopyrene, near Jülich, Germany
Middle ear fluid from a patient with otitis media treated, Zurich, Switzerland
Fish sauce (nam-pla) produced in Thailand
A leaf of Melastoma candidum D. Don, Fu-Shan Experimental Forest, Taiwan
Leaf of Diospyros morrisiana Hance, Fu-Shan Experimental Forest, Taiwan
Leaf of Lophatherum gracile Brongn., Fu-Shan Experimental Forest, Taiwan
Leaf of Pyrrosia lingua (Thunb.) Farw., Fu-Shan Experimental Forest, Taiwan
Garden soil in Matsuyama, Ehime Pref., Japan
Forest soil in Kaya, Kagoshima Pref., Japan
Seawater at a site located 110 km south-west of the Kerguelen Island, Antarctica
Penguin rookery soil, Dakshin Gangotri, Antarctica
Sand of an arsenic-contaminated aquifer in West Bengal, India
Coastal seawater collected from Ushuaia, Argentina (sub-Antarctica)
Water collected from the Hamta Glacier, Himalayan mountain, India
Moraine sample, the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Coastal hot spring in Ibusuki, Kagoshima, Japan
Ice core sample of permafrost from Fox Tunnel, Alaska, USA
Guano of the Magellanic penguin in Chilean Patagonia
Guano of Magellanic penguins collected in Chilean Patagonia
Sediments of a hypersaline coastal lagoon, Lagoa Vermelha, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Intestine of a cow affected with catarrhal enteritis
Muddy sediment of Ulsan Bay, Republic of Korea
Anaerobic sediments of a marine canyon located near La Jolla, CA, USA
Shallow marine hydrothermal system at Vulcano, Italy
Intertidal sediment from the Yellow Sea, Korea
Intertidal sediment, Daepo Beach, Yellow sea of Korea
A sample of moist humus around roots, Sierra Nevada de Santa Maria, Colombia
Gut of larva of scarabaeid beetle (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae), South Africa
Forest soil supplied with some xylan, Louvain, Belgium
Skin lesion on the face of a pet shop employee, Gifu, Japan
Single-ascospore derived from the mating RV 26678 x KMU 4169 (= JCM 12202) cf.
Soil of potato-cultivationg field, Jeju, South Korea
Potato tuber with scab lesions, Jeju, South Korea
Narrow reed grass (Calamagrostis neglecta) infected by the gall-forming nematode Heteroanguina graminophila, Moscow Region, Russia
Soil, Linnaeus Terrace (1,600 m) of Asgard Range (Transantarctic Mountains), Antarctica
Inner tissues of healthy cotton plants (Gossypium sp.), Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Volcanic soil on Candlemas Island, South Sandwich archipelago
Sediment of a shallow hydrothermal vent at Vulcano Island, Italy
Sputum of a patient with nontuberculous mycobacterial infection, Japan
Sputum of a patient with acute myeloid leukemia, Japan
Pristine sediments of Lake Stechlin, Germany
Digitaria decumbens roots, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Stool specimens of children with late-onset autism
Cynodon dactylon, Riverside, CA, USA
Baerhu Soda Lake in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
Soda lake in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
Gingival crevices of humans with healthy gingiva and periodontitis
Digitaria, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Flower of Ervatamia coronaria, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand
Soil, Sithep Historical Park, Petchabun Province, Thailand
Choana of a gorden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), La-Mancha, Spain
Cloaca of a wild penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus)
Cloaca of a wild penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus), Peninsula Valdés, Argentina
Water from the Llobregat River, Barcelona, Spain
Decayed tree (Ulmus nigra), Salamanca, Spain
Rhizosphere soil (pH 4.4-4.5) of wild tea plants, Jiangxi Province, China
Soil from willow woods, Nanning, Guangxi Province, China
Cypress forest soil, Jietaisi, Beijing, China
Polygonum indigo (Polygonum tinctorium Lour.) fermentation liquor obtained from Date, Hokkaido, Japan
Seed of Fritillaria ruthenica in Prioksko-Terrasny Biosphere Park, Moscow Region, Russia
Seawater collected in Port Shelter, Hong Kong SAR, China
Beach sediment from Palaeochori Bay, Milos, Greece
Dry Permina rock salt from the salt mine in Bad Ischl, Austria
Lake Tebenquiche, situated in the northern part of the Atacama Saltern, Chile
Alkaline serpentine mud at the South Chamorro Seamount in the Mariana Forearc
Flooded oil stratum of the Apsheron peninsula
Water phase of a North Sea oil tank in Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Alkaline, highly saline mud from Wadi Natrun, Egypt
Solar evaporation pond (saltern), Berre l'étang, France
Seawater samples collected in Nanwan Bay, Kenting National Park, Taiwan
Anaerobic sludge from a wastewater treatment plant
Flower of Indian cork tree (Millingtonia hortensis) collected in Bangkok, Thailand
Flower of glossy ixora (Ixora lobbii), Thailand
A soil sample collected from a salt farm, Taean peninsula in Korea
Hot springs at Kawarayu, Gunma Pref., Japan
Squid jeotgal, a traditional Korean fermented seafood
Tidal flat sediment collected from Daepo Beach, Yellow Sea, Korea
Abnormally spoiled oriental melon (Cucumis melo), South Korea
Nursery tank used for the forced cultivation of kelp (L. japonica)
Microbial mat at Zodletone Spring in sourthwestern Okulahoma, USA
Water of Tianchi Lake, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
Acidic tar sludge-contaminated soil, Digboi Refinery, Assam, India
Deep sub-seafloor sediment core collected at Nankai Trough, off the coast of Japan
Anaerobic mud sample from a creek near Lake Kasumigaura, Ibaraki, Japan
Peat swamp forest soil, Pattaloong Province, Thailand
Soil from peat swamp forest, Lankwai, Yala Province, Thailand
Clinical specimen, Aoba-cho, Chiba Pref., Japan
Sputum of a 63-year-old male patient, Japan
Ear discharge of a Japanese patient with external otitis
Soil in a peat swamp forest, Thatien, Pattalung, Thailand
Wastewater sludge of the Xinanzhang paper mill, Beijing, China
Seawater, Amursky Bay of the Gulf of Peter the Great, Russia
Litter layers in a spruce forest, Hamsterley Forest, County Durham, UK
Reclaimed acid coal mine waste at East Cramlington, Northumberland, UK
Peritoneal fluid of a patient undergoing dialysis
Ear of a dog suffering from bilateral otitis
Blood of a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Solfatara at a wharf on Kodakara Island, Kagoshima, Japan
Soil of penguin habitats near the King Sejong Station on King George Island, Antarctia
Moss of penguin habitats near the King Sejong Station on King George Island, Antarctia
Soil sample from the Weaver Peninsula, King George Island, Antarctica
Soil sample of a penguin habitat near the King Sejong Station, King George Island, Antarctica
Salt field near Taean-Gun on the Yellow Sea, Korea
Neutral saline lake (Ai-Ding Lake), Xin-Jiang, China
Mashes of shouchu (traditional Japanese distilled spirits)
Rhizosphere of Putterlickia verrucosa, South Africa
Peat swamp forest soil, Narathiwat, Thailand
in situ colonization device deploying in the hydrothermal diffusing flow at the TOTO caldera in the Mariana Arc, Western Pacific
Medieval wall painting of the chapel of the castle Herberstein, Styria, Austria
Intrauterine device of a human suspected endometritis or pyosalpingitis
Sphagnum (Sphagnum falcatulum), New Zealand
Cerebrospinal fluid of an AIDS patient, Italy
Alkaline slag dump associated with metallurgical processing, Germany
Microaerobic waste-water biofilm at a waste-water treatment plant at Sapporo, Japan
Hydrothermal vent system of the Axial Seamount, Juan de Fuca Ridge
in situ colonization system deployed in a hydrothermal diffusing flow at the TOTO caldera in the Marina Arc
Subsurface geothermal aquifer water in the Hishikari gold mine, Kagoshima, Japan
Leaf of Melastoma candidum D. Don, Fu-Shan Experimental Forest, Taiwan
Fruit body of a myxomycete Trichia favoginea var. persimilis, Nopporo Forest Park, Nishi-nopporo, Ebetsu, Hokkaido, Japan
Bark and sapwood of diseased Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) var. lanceolata, Dongshi Town, Taichung County, Taiwan
Bark and sapwood of diseased Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) var. lanceolata, Puli Town, Nantou County, Taiwan
Blood of a human, Mae Sot Hospital, Thailand
Hydrothermal sediments at Iheya North in the Mid-Okinawa Trough, Japan
Deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney structures at the Iheya North hydrothermal field in the Mid-Okinawa Trough, Japan
Water sample from oil-producing well of Daqing oilfield, China
Coastal sediment, Jiao-Dong Peninsula near Tsingdao City, Shandong Province, China
Sediment of Taihu Lake, Jiangsu Province, China
Mesophilic methanogenic sludge digesting municipal sewage sludge
Marine sediment fuel cell constructed with sediments collected from Boston Harbor, MA
Soil from the Lahaul-Spiti Valley, cold desert of Himalayas, India
Insect frass, Kao-Yai, Nakhonratchasima Province, Thailand
Insect frass, Nong Laung, Amnat Charoen, Thailand
Insect frass, Nong Bo Mhu, Yasothon Prov., Thailand
Insect frass, Khao-Yaow, Pattani Province, Thailand
Soil, a cold desert of the Himalayas, India
Tidal flat sediment of Byunsan, Republic of Korea
Surface seawater sample collected off Jeju Island, Republic of Korea
Sediment of getbol, the Korean tidal flat
Seawater, Ganghwa Island, Republic of Korea
Seawater sample collected near Ganghwa Island, the Republic of Korea
Wines undergoing sluggish/stuck alcoholic fermentation
Leaves of herbaceous plant, Phleum pratense, Moscow region, Russia
Bark beetle Dryocoetes baicalicus Reitter in Larix kaempferi (Lamb.) Carr., Yumihari Pass, Nikko, Tochigi, Japan
Bark beetle Ips cembrae Heer in Larix kaempferi (Lamb.) Carr., Utsunomiya University Forests, Nikko, Tochigi, Japan
Basidiocarp of Daedaleopsis styracina (P. Henn. & Shirai) Imazeki, Noyama-kita Park, Musashi-murayama, Tokyo, Japan
Basidiocarp of Stereum ostrea (Bl. & Nees) Fr., Hatori, Ten-ei-mura, Iwase-gun, Fukushima, Japan
Basidiocarp of Stereum ostrea (Bl. & Nees) Fr., Hikawa-keikoku, Tano, Yamato-mura, Higashi-yamanashi-gun, Yamanashi, Japan
Hyperthermal compost, Motobu, Okinawa, Japan
Late fermentation sample from a malt whiskey distillery
Damp humus sample from the campus of Yokohama National Univ., Hodogaya, Yokohama, Japan
Seawater off the subantarctic, the Kerguelen Islands
Coastal seawater collected from the subantarctic Kerguelen Island
Deep sea sediment of the Ayu Trough (4000 m below sea level) in the western Pacific Ocean
Hypersaline water from a solar saltern located in Seosin, Korea
MA-packaged, tomato-marinated broiler meat strips
Hydrothermal fluid from Suiyo Seamount, Izu-Bonin Arc
Sawdust medium for indoor mushroom cultivation of Lentinula edodes (Shiitake), Sadowara-cho, Miyazaki-gun, Miyazaki, Japan
Sawdust medium for indoor mushroom cultivation of Lentinula edodes (Shiitake), Kitaura-cho, Higashi-usuki-gun, Miyazaki, Japan
Coastal sediment, Fujian Province, China
Insect fras, a tropical rain forest, Nong Kratone, Nakhonratchasima Province, Thailand
Insect frass, Laem Tachee, Amphoe Yaring, Pattani Province, Thailand
Berries of grape (Vitis vinifera), Hungary
Berries of wild grape (Vitis coignetiae), Japan
Sediment from the oligotrophic Lake Stechlin, north of Berlin, Germany
Oilfield well head in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin
Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.), Farm field for tomato, Imaichi, Tochigi, Japan
Insect frass, Nong Kratone, Nakhonratchasima province, Thailand
Granular sludge collected from a UASB reactor operated under a thermophilic condition (55C)
Granular sludge collected from a UASB reactor operated under a mesophilic condition (37C)
Fermented shrimp paste ('ka-pi') produced in Thailand
Seawater of a marine solar saltern of the Yellow Sea, Korea
Marine solar saltern in the Yellow Sea, Korea
Seawater collected from the South Sea, Korea
Marine sponge (Halichondria bowerbanki)
Brown hypermagnesian ultramafic soil, New Caledonia, France
Activated sludge foam, near Nottingham, UK
Jeotgal (Korean traditional fermented seafood), South Korea
Metal coupon in corrosion monitoring reactor in a district heating plant, Jutland Denmark
Activated sludge from a wastewater treatment plant in Odder, Denmark
Soil with decaying plant material, Holbrook, AZ, USA
Soil with rotting wood and other plant material, South Africa
Soil with decaying plant material, the Sonoran savanna west of Tucson, AZ, USA
Wood dust and other plant material with lttle soil, Spain
Soil with plant residues with faeces of goat, India
Soil with raw humus, Rotting wood, bark and white marl from swampy region, India
Lateritic soil sample collected near the Iguaçu waterfalls, Brazil
Soil with decaying plant material, the island of Crete, Greece
Deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Swollen scleromata of a dermatosis patient
Fruiting body of an unidentified polypore, Lake Hatori, Hatori, Ten-ei, Iwase-gun, Fukushima, Japan
Fruiting body of a polypore, Daedaleopsis styracina, Higashi-Yamato Park, Kohan, Higashi-Yamato, Tokyo, Japan
Conidia of the Cladobotryum anamorph growing on Xylobolus spectabilis, Mt. Kobo, Soya, Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan
Granulomatous lesions in splenic tissue from striped bass (Morone saxatilis), Chesapeake Bay, USA
Blood culture of an immunocompetent patient with fatal pneumonia, USA
Mycetoma on foot of a 20-year-old male, Somalia
Skin of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) living in freshwater, Japan
Contaminated culture in alkali broth, Japan
Soil of pine forest, Nam Nao National Park, Phetchabun province, Thailand
Soil of dry dipterocarp forest, Nam Nao National Park, Phetchabun province, Thailand
Soil of mixed deciduous forest, Nam Nao National Park, Phetchabun province, Thailand
Bronchoalveolar lavage of a immunocompromised patient with lung abscess, Chiba, Japan
Equine placentas, Pretoria, South Africa
Soil in an arid region near Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
Laboratory enrichment from a soil sample, Seattle, WA, USA
Soil in a hypersaline habitat, Xinjiang Province, China
Soil at a sugar-cane field, Morelos, Mexico
Female urogenital tract, Marshfield, WI, USA
Radioactive environment at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, SC, USA
Sputum of a patient with pulmonary disease
Soil, Tenerife (the Canary Islands), Spain
Enrichment culture from soil, Bitterfeld, Germany
Cyanobacterial mat from a lake near the McMurdo Ice Shelf, Antarctica
Basidiocarp on an unidentified fallen tree, Mt. Odaigahara, Nara, Japan
Submerged wood, Sattebetsu River, Ootakita, Akkeshi, Hokkaido, Japan (43°08.13'N, 144°49.03'E)
Submerged wood, Bekanbeushi River, Oota, Akkeshi, Hokkaido, Japan (43°07.5'N, 144°51.3'E)
Crystallizer pond water from the Cheetham Salt Works, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Activated sludge in a wastewater treatment plant, Munich, Germany
Soil with plant residues, Rhodos Island, Greece
Catfish eel Paraplotosus sp., Bendungan Hilir Market, Indonesia
Soil in maple woods, Spring Grove Township, Green Co., WI, USA
Soil (Peorian loess) at 2 m depth, Nebraska, USA
Dried fish (Puntius javanicus), Kalibanu, Indonesia
Renal transplant patient, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Phenol-contaminated soil, near Chandigarh, India
Biofilm growing in a high-pH district heating system in Denmark
Cyanobacterial mat from a pond, Wright Valley, McMurdo, Antarctica
Soil, Lahaul-Spiti Valley, the Indian Himalayas
Soil collected from peat swamp forest, Pattaloong Province, Thailand
Sediment of a neutral salt lake in Xin-Jiang, China
Aiding salt lake in Xinjiang region, China
Daban salt lake in Xinjiang region, China
Calcite Hot Spring in Yellowstone National Park, WY, USA
Compost produced in a composting machine utilizing soil from Motobu-town, Okinawa, Japan
Rice paddy soil by enrichment culture with phenol
Damp ground soil by enrichment culture with toluene
Rice paddy soil by enrichment culture with benzoate
Human skin ulcer on foot of a systemic lupus erythematosus patient, Shimizu, Shizuoka, Japan
Human skin ulcer on chest of a leukemia patient, Tokyo, Japan
Conidia from synnema on larva of cicada, Meimuna opalifera, Kyomizu, Kyoto, Japan
Leycett coal spoil tips, Staffordshire, UK
Tomato field soil, Shihezi, Xinjiang Uighur Zizhigu (Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region), China
Pasteurized strawberries, The Netherlands
Nesting material of Leipoa ocellata, New South Wales, Australia
Wood of Zollernia ilicifolia and Protium heptaphyllum, "Pausanto", Brazil
Dispersion of phenylacetate and dibutylmaleate, South Europe
Fruit juice, Wädenswil, Switzerland
Dry soil under Pseudotsuga menziesii, Horse Rock Canyon, OR, USA
Coal spoil tip soil, Leycett, Staffordshire, England, UK
Heat processed fruit beverage, Tokyo, Japan
Sawdust, in lumber yard, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Decaying Parthenium argentatum, Salinas, CA, USA
Blood culture from a patient with acute myelocytic leukemia
Fermented shrimp paste (ka-pi) produced, Thailand
Tube of the hydrothermal annelid polychaete Paralvinella sulfincola from the Juan de Fuca Ridge
Deep-sea hydrothermal chimney collected at the Rainbow field on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Dead branches of a tree (probably Cornus controversa), Sugadaira Montane Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Sugadaira, Nagano, Japan
Ascospores obtained from perithecia occurring along gallery walls of Ips subelongatus on Larix kaempferi, Foot of Mt. Fuji, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan
Activated sludge of a municipal wastewater treatment plant
Soil from mangrove forest, Pattaloong Province, Thailand
Soil from a paddy field, Saitama Pref., Japan
Stems of Paeonia suffruticosa, Kirida, Towada, Aomori, Japan
Twig blight disease lesion of Rhododendron brachycarpum, Tsuta spa, Mt. Hakkoda, Aomori, Japan
Twigs of Swida controversa, Iwate Univ., Ueda, Morioka, Iwate, Japan (39°42'N, 141°08'E)
Twigs of Swida controversa, Tsukuba Botanical Garden, Amakubo, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan (36°05.5'N, 140°06.5'E)
Dead twigs of Betula verrucosa, Tomita, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan (40°35.3'N, 140°28.3'E)
Twigs of Magnolia praecocissima var. borealis, Hirosaki Univ., Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan (40°35'N, 140°28'E)
Dead twigs of an unknown woody plant, Sakaiminami, Musashino, Tokyo, Japan (35°41'N, 139°32'E)
Twigs of Prunus x yedoensis, Jyonan, Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan (37°29'N, 139°55.6'E)
Vines of Berchemia racemosa, Tenno Sawa, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan (40°32'N, 140°28'E)
Twigs of Morus australis, Hokkaido Univ. Botanical Garden, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan (43°03.4'N, 141°20.4'E)
Dead twigs of Betula platyphylla var. japonica, Biratori, Hokkaido, Japan
Unknown plant (not submerged), Riverbank of Toyohira River, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan (43°02.2'N, 141°21.5'E)
Submerged twigs, Mohei Pond, Aoki, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan (40°34.12'N, 140°26.25'E)
Submerged twigs, Serisawa Park, Matsukitai, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan (40°33.06'N, 140°29.43'E)
Culms of Phyllostachys bambusoides, Near Ooashi River, Aburada, Kanuma, Tochigi, Japan (36°30.2'N, 139°43.4'E)
Culms of Sasa kurilensis, Mt. Kudoji, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan (40°31'N, 140°25'E)
Culms of Pleioblastus chino, Asamizu, Gonohe, Sannohe-gun, Aomori, Japan (40°28.1'N, 141°18'E)
Blighted leaves of Rodgersia podophylla, Kudoji, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan (40°31'N, 140°25'E)
Anaerobic sediment of alkaline, hypersaline Owen Lake, CA, USA
Mud sediments of Owens Lake, a soda lake in California, USA
Rock fragments of a hydrothermal vent flange formation, located along the East Pacific Rise of the Juan de Fuca Ridge
Black smoker chimney material from the Rainbow hydrothermal vent site on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Pine-forest soil (about pH 5.5), Miyun County, Beijing, China
Rhizosphere soil (about pH 3.5) of goose-grass (Eleusine indica) growing next to a copper mine, Wushan, Jiangxi Province, China
Estuarine sediment of Gwangyang Bay, Yeosu City, Korea
Forest soil, Amami Island, Kagoshima Pref., Japan
Sand collected along the sea shore in Hua-Hin, Prajuabkirikhun Province, Thailand
Mountain soil, Chaiyaphume Province, Thailand
A leaf of Lagerstroemia calyculata Kurz., Tropical rain forest in Sakaerat Environmental Research Station, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand
A leaf of Calamus viminalis Wild., Tropical rain forest in Sakaerat Environmental Research Station, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand
Surface of the sponge Mycale adhaerens in Hong Kong waters
Surface of the sponge Lissodendoryx isodictyalis, the Bahamas
Microbial mat in an estuary, the Bahamas
Soil from the near-edge floor of Aibi salt lake in Xinjiang, China
Ayakekum salt lake in Altun Mountain, Xinjiang, China
Granule sludge of a UASB reactor treating brewery wastewater
Stromalites of Shark Bay, Hamelin Pool, Western Australia
Mud from the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench (10,897 m depth)
Salt-saturated crystallizer ponds of a solar saltern in Brac del Port, Alicante, Spain
Stem of Sasa sp., Nozori-ko, Kuni-mura, Agatsuma-gun, Gunma, Japan
Unidentified wood, Kodai-ji Temple, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Unidentified wood, Mito Forest Park, Mito, Ibaraki, Japan
Deciduous wood, Mt. Morap, Shikotsu-ko, Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan (42°45'N, 141°25'E)
Unidentified wood, Minoto, Chino, Nagano, Japan
Rhizome of Anemone sp., Kuju, Kusu-gun, Oita, Japan
Inner side of cortex of Astraeus hygrometricus (gasteromycete), Kiyozumi, Amatsu Kominato-machi, Awa-gun, Chiba, Japan (35°09'N, 140°08'E)
Deciduous tree trunk, Tonebetsu primary forest, Iwamizawa, Hokkaido, Japan (43°10'N, 141°46'E)
Unidentified wood, Izumi-machi Forest Park, Ryugasaki, Ibaraki, Japan
Unidentified wood, Japan Mushroom Park, Hirai-machi, Kiryu, Gunma, Japan
Branch of Larix leptolepis, Minoto, Chino, Nagano, Japan (35°59'N, 138°18'E)
Leaf of Livistona chinensis var. subglobosa, Suzaki, Shimoda, Shizuoka, Japan
Needle of Larix leptolepis, Wako-hara, Kuni-mura, Agatsuma-gun, Gunma, Japan
Leaves of Ginkgo biloba, Fuchizawa honyo, Towada-ko machi, Aomori, Japan
Leaves of Alnus sp., Tomakomai, Hokkaido, Japan (42°42'N, 141°30'E)
Unidentified wood, Haruna-ko Lake, Agatsuma-gun, Gunma, Japan
Trunk of Pinus sp., Jogasaki, Ito, Shizuoka, Japan
Decaying leaves, Amakubo, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Wood of Pinus sp., probably, Suzaki, Shimoda, Shizuoka, Japan
Living leaves of Camellia sasanqua, Ogawa-machi, Saitama, Japan (36°04'17"N, 139°15'31"E)
Lichenized stone surface, Tsugane-otoshi Waterfall, Ohseto-cho, Nishi-sonogi-gun, Nagasaki, Japan
Soil, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand
Palm sugar on the floor of a storage room in a rum distillery, Mandalay, Myanmar
Arctic fjord sediment at the west coast of Svalbard
Marine solar saltern of the Yellow Sea in Korea
Tidal flat sediment at Saemankum, Pyunsan, Korea
Salt-crust sample collected from Gharsa salt lake (Chott el Gharsa), Tunisia
Deep-sea sediments (1,450 m), Edison seamount, Western Pacific area
Sandy soil at a forest-side waterfall, Chokoria, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Subgingival plaque of a patient with chronic periodontitis
Advanced periodontitis lesions of patient with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus
Probably from a case of purulent pleurisy
Deep-sea hydrothermal core sample collected at the Rainbow vent field on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Soil of the roots of Maytenus aquifolia, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
Soil in Lianhua Shan Reservation, Gansu Province, China
Rhizosphere soil of Maytenus ilicifolia, Contenda, Parana State, Brazil
Sugar-cane field soil, Sampli Village, Punjab State, India
Cold desert of the Himalayas (Lahaul-Spiti Valley), India
Sputum of a patient with bronchiectasis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Sediment in an oil-contaminated site in Redfish Bay, TX, USA
Hypersaline soil, Xinjang Province, China
Soil from hypersaline habitats, Xinjang Province, China
Burrow of the epigeic earthworm Lumbricus rubellus in agricultural soil, Athens, GA, USA
Production water of oil field in Northern Germany near Hamburg
Black mud from the east shore of San Francisco Bay
Sediment on the bank of the Latham River, near Jekyll Island, GA, USA
Patient with lung nocardiosis, Okayama, Japan
Hypersaline water of a solar saltern located in Seosin, Korea
Hypersaline water from a solar saltern in Seosin, Korea
Hypersaline water from a solar saltern, Korea
Biofilm in a coastal fish farm in Tongyeong, Korea
Saltpan in the vicinity of Port Okha, India
Vines of Vitis coignetiae, Oosawa River, Komukai, Miyagi, Japan (38°47.4'N, 140°39.2'E)
Stems of Oenothera parvaiflora, Chitose-farm of Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan (40°34.1'N, 140°28.1'E)
Twigs of woody plant, Akaiwa, Funadomari, Isl.Rebun, Hokkaido, Japan (45°23'N,141°03'E)
Stems of Astemisia sp., Mansuke River, riverbank, Sanpinai, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan (40°34.5'N, 140°30.1'E)
Stems of Astemisia sp., Oowasawa River, riverbank (Horikoshi-bridge), Kadoke, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan (40°34.304'N, 140°31.181'E)
Submerged twigs of woody plant, Mohei-pond, Aoki, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan (40°34.1'N, 140°26.3'E)
Leaves of Typha latifolia, Oowasawa River, riverbank (Horikoshi-bridge), Kadoke, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan (40°34.304'N, 140°31.181'E)
Culms of graminaceous plant, Nakatsu River, riverbank, Nakanohashi, Morioka, Iwate, Japan (39°41.50'N, 141°09.25'E)
Endocarp of Prunus persica var. vulgaris, Fujisaki-farm (Hirosaki Univ.), Fujisaki, Minamitsugaru, Aomori, Japan (40°39.1'N, 140°29.2'E)
Culms of Phyllostachys bambusoides, Simosakai, Karasuyama, Nasu, Tochigi, Japan (36°36.5'N, 140°10.1'E)
Culms of Phragmites australis, Yokohama River, Kamikita, Aomori, Japan (40°58'N, 141°13'E)
Stems of herbaceous plant, Sanpinai, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan (40°34.51'N, 140°30.13'E)
Culms of Sasa veitchii var.veitchii, Sankei-garden, Nakaku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan (35°24.5'N, 139°39.4'E)
Culms of Sasa kurilensis, Maruyama, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan (43°02.42'N, 141°18.35'E)
Culms of bamboo, Motomachi, Isl Ooshima, Tokyo, Japan (34°44.5'N, 139°21.2'E)
Culms of Sasa kurilensis, Mt. Iwate, near Yakebashiri, Hirakasa, Nishine, Iwate, Japan (39°52'N, 141°02'E)
Culms of Sasa kurilensis, Akaiwa, Funadomari, Rebun Island, Hokkaido, Japan (45°23'N, 141°03'E)
Leaves of Typha latifolia, Hirakawa, riverbank (Hirosaki-oohashi), Hiraka, Minamitsugaru, Aomori, Japan (40°34.005'N, 140°32.030'E)
Culms of Miscanthus sinensis var. sinensis, Mt. Iwaki, Yayoi, Aomori, Japan
Culms of Phragmites australis, Oowasawa River, riverbank (Chitose-bridge), Kadoke, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan (40°34.276'N, 140°30.532'E)
Twigs of Betula sp., Arishima, Niseko, Abuta, Hokkaido, Japan (40°48.27'N, 140°42.27'E)
Twigs of Betula ermanii, Hakkoda, Aomori, Japan (40°42.2'N, 140°52.4'E)
Stems of an unknown herbaceous plant, Shizukuishi-river (Oota Bridge), Jyousei, Morioka, Iwate, Japan (39°41.6'N, 141°07.4'E)
Culms of Sasa senanensis, Sawamachi, Yoichi, Hokkaido, Japan (43°11'N, 140°46'E)
Culms of Bamboo, Nagasaki Siebold University, Nagayo, Nagasaki, Japan (32°48.2'N, 129°52.4'E)
Culms of Sasa kurilensis, Jinbadake, Souma, Aomori, Japan
Submerged culms of bamboo (Sasa nipponica?), Small stream, Ariake, Akkeshi, Hokkaido, Japan (43°01.2',144°52.0'E)
Culms of Sasa kurilensis, Nishimeya, Ookawa, Aomori, Japan
Culms of Phyllostachys bambusoides, Simosawa, Kanuma, Tochigi, Japan (36°34.4'N, 139°42.2'E)
Culms of Pleioblastus chinovar. (chino), Asamizu, Gonohe, Aomori, Japan (40°28.1'N, 141°18.0'E)
Culms of Chimonobambusa marmororea, Fuji bamboo garden, Minami-ishiki, Nagaizumi, Syuntou, Shizuoka, Japan (35°09.3'N, 138°53.1'E)
Toxic Microcystis blooming lake, Lake Suwa, Japan
Warm spring water sample from Assam, India
Intestines of Pacific mackerel (Pneumatophorus japonicus)
Tissue of the marine sponge Lissodendoryx isodictyalis, the Bahamas
Tidal flat sediment from Ganghwa Island, Republic of Korea
Tidal flat on Ganghwa Island, Republic of Korea
Coastal hydrothermal field on the Satsuma Peninsula, Kagoshima, Japan
Nest of hydrothermal vent polychaetes (Paralvinella sp.) at the Iheya North field in the Mid-Okinawa Trough
Thermophilic methanogenic sludge granules treating organic wastewater
Thermophilic methanogenic sludge treating pulp industry wastewater
Thermophilic sewage sludge decomposing organic solid wastes
Cattle with pyelonephritis, New York, USA
Rhizosphere of a flooded paddy field near Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India
Soil sample immersed in hot spring water containing hydrocarbons, Toyotomi, Hokkaido, Japan
Water of a pond located on a former uranium mine, Ciudad Rodrigo, Spain
Saharan soil at a palm grove, Adrar, Algeria
Suburban garden soil, Cape Town, South Africa
Sandy soil near a waterfall, Chokoria, Bangladesh
Apothecium produced on sclerotia collected from infected Gentiana triflora var. japonica f. japonica, Hokkaido Pref. Cent. Agr. Exp. Sta., Naganuma, Hokkaido, Japan
Compost consisting of cow dung and rice straw, near Daejeon City, Korea
Rice plant residue in anoxic rice-field soil, Japan
Dry salted shrimp in the market, Siem Reap province, Cambodia
Sewage at the factory where salted fish used in fish-sauce and paste (Prahoc) is produced, Siem Reap province, Cambodia
Leaf lesions of cocco, Colocasia esculenta, Taipei, Taiwan
Pesticide-contaminated soil, Punjab State, India
Rice-field soil, Nontaburi Province, Thailand
Dashao pine-forest soil, Guandu, Yunnan Province, China
Pine-forest soil, Yanglin, Yunnan Province, China
Soil from a natural cave, Jeju Island, South Korea
Soil inside a natural cave, Jeju Island, South Korea
Dried bat dung inside a natural cave, Jeju Island, South Korea
Freshwater sediment of Taihu Lake, China
Sediment of Lake Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Influent of a drinking water treatment plant in Macau, China
Lake sediment of Schirmacher Oasis, Antarctica
Arctic soil, The vicinity of Providenya, Russian Far East
Deep-sea hydrothermal field at the Yonaguni Knoll IV, Southern Okinawa Trough
Deep-sea hydrothermal field in Yonaguni Knoll IV, Southern Okinawa Trough
Deep-sea hydrothermal field at the Yonaguni Knoll IV in the Southern Okinawa Trough
Anaerobic sludge of a lab-scale UASB reactor
Experimental biofilter supplied with the waste gas of an animal-rendering plant
Mangrove soil along the Shiira River, Iriomote Island, Okinawa Pref., Japan
Sediment from the moat surrounding Takeda Shrine, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Decayed stump of an elm tree (Ulmus nigra), Spain
1.8- to 3-Million-year-old ancient permafrost sediments, the Kolyma Lowland, East Siberia, Russia
Salt-contaminated soil, Berezniki, the Perm region, Russia
Damaged mural painting at the Saint-Catherine chapel of Castle Herberstein, Austria
Mixture of contaminated soil and water from a site of effluent discharge of a molinate-producing chemical plant, Portugal
Activated sludge of a treatment plant receiving chromium-contaminated wastewater from the tannery industry
Pond water near a uranium mine, Salamanca, Spain
Soil of a cold desert, the Indian Himalayas
Leaf of Litsea sp., Hubei Province, China
Freshwater sediment of Taihu Lake in central China
Marine sponge Tedania ignis, the Bahamas
Oil-brine in Yabase oil field in Akita Pref., Japan
Cryogenic tubes used for collecting air samples from high altitudes
Fungus comb of a fungus-growing termite, Macrotermes gilvus, Pathum Thani Province, Thailand
Hot spring mixture of water and mud of the Changbai Mountains, China
Drosophila occidentalis, The Yosemite region of the Sierra Nevada, CA, USA
Drosophila pinicola, The Yosemite region of the Sierra Nevada, CA, USA
Anoxic marine sediment from a highly eutrophic area of Tokyo Bay, Japan
Seawater at the shallow coastal region of An-Ping Harbour, Tainan, Taiwan
Plant (Hibiscus rosa-sinennsis), India
Leaf spot of Cissus japonica, Japan
Marine sediment from the Troitsa Bay of the Gulf of Peter the Great, Siberian Sea
Sputum of a patient with a pulmonary infection
Activated sludge foam from Stoke Bardolph Water Reclamation Works near Nottingham, UK
The Bermuda Atlantic Time Series Station in the western Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean
Shallow coastal water from An-Ping Harbour, Tainan, Taiwan
Seawater sample collected in a shallow-water region of An-Ping Harbour, Taiwan
Oil-brine in Yabase oil-field in Akita Pref., Japan
Sediment sample collected from the estuarine mangrove ecosystem of Chungkang, Miaoli Country, Taiwan
Sediment sample collected from the estuarine mangrove ecosystem of Kuantu, Taipei, Taiwan
Hot spring of the Uzon caldera, Kamchatka, Russia
Shallow geothermal well (Pozzo Istmo) near the Baia di Levante on Vulcano, Italy
Lake sediment containing mine waste, Boliden, Sweden
Blood culture of a patient with human immunodeficiency virus
Penis of Caspian seal (Phoca caspica)
Trachea of a black stork (Ciconia nigra)
Resected lung tissue, Malmö, Sweden
Water-damaged indoor building material of a children's day care center, Finland
Post-surgical facial abscess, Switzerland
Compost pile undergoing a hyperthermal composting process in Okinawa, Japan
Soil from Greenville Agr. Exp. Farm, Logan, UT, USA
Culm of a big bamboo, Liliuokalani Garden, Hilo, Hawaii Island, USA
Culm of a small bamboo, Liliuokalani Garden, Hilo, Hawaii Island, USA
Terrestrial, near-neutral hot spring in Kuirau Park, Rotorua, New Zealand
Mature marine biofilm formed on a rock-bed in Jungdongjin, Korea
Young biofilm formed on an acrylic surface in Gangneung, Korea
Rice paddy soil in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan
Wet hard wood without bark, Taraigoya-sawa research plot No. T4, Mt. Tanzawa, Susugatani, Kiyokawa-mura, Aiko-gun, Kanagawa, Japan (35 26 46.5 N, 139 11 58.5 E)
Wet soft wood without bark, Taraigoya-sawa research plot No. T4, Mt. Tanzawa, Susugatani, Kiyokawa-mura, Aiko-gun, Kanagawa, Japan (35 26 46.5 N, 139 11 58.5 E)
Wet old rotten wood, Ichinosawa-toge, Mt. Tanzawa, Susugatani, Kiyokawa-mura, Aiko-gun, Kanagawa, Japan (35 28 17 N, 139 13 6 E)
Rotten wood, Iden-zawa, Nakagawa, Yamakita, Ashigara-kami-gun, Kanagawa, Japan (35 27 17.8 N, 138 59 31.5 E)
Culm of a dead bamboo, Lake Tanzawa visitor center, Kurokura, Yamakita-machi, Ashigara-kami-gun, Kanagawa, Japan
Wetwood core from a western cottonwood tree in the University of Wisconsin Arboretum, USA
Dead petiole of Cocos nucifera, Hilo, Hawaii Island, Hawaii, USA
Wastewater-treatment bioreactor, the lake of Sihwa, South Korea
Marine sponge (Hymeniacidon perleve), Dalian, China
Microbial mat sample from a shallow hydrothermal system occurring in coral reefs off Taketomi Island, Okinawa, Japan
Hydrothermal fluid sample from a shallow hydrothermal system occurring in coral reefs off Taketomi Island, Okinawa, Japan
Marine sediment sample from Ny-Ålesund, the Spitsbergen Islands, Norway
Human clinical specimens of intestinal origin
Sputum of a 57-year-old Japanese woman with abnormal shadow by indirect X-ray
Drinking water distribution system of Seville, Spain
Sediment of a saline lake (Lake Xilinhot) in Inner Mongolia, China
Peel of orange (Japanese mandarin orange), Fukuoka, Japan
Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)
Dental plaque of golden hamster fed with a high-carbohydrate diet
Dental plaque from hamster fed with a high-carbohydrate diet
Green alga Acrosiphonia sonderi in Troitsa Bay (Gulf of Peter the Great, the Sea of Japan)
Sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius collected in Troitsa Bay, Gulf of Peter the Great, the Sea of Japan
Green alga, Ulva fenestrata, collected in Troitsa Bay, Gulf of Peter the Great, the Sea of Japan
Green alga, Ulva fenestrata, collected in Pallada Bay, the Sea of Japan
Sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius, collected in Troitsa Bay, Gulf of Peter the Great, the Sea of Japan
Green alga Ulva fenestrata collected in Pallada Bay, Gulf of Peter the Great, the Sea of Japan
Deep-sea hydrothermal vent area (depth, 1650 m) within the Papua New Guinea-Australia-Canada-Manus (PACMANUS) field
Soil from the root system of Tagetes minuta
Saperda carcharias Linnaeus (Coleoptera), Mikulov, Czechoslovakia
Soil from the root ball of Allium aflatunense
Degraded thallus of the brown alga (Fucus evanescens)
Activated sludge biomass, Hayman Island, Queensland, Australia
Anaerobic, trichlorobenzene-dechlorinating consortium enriched from sediment of the River Saale, near Jena, Germany
Hindgut of larvae of the scarab beetle (Pachnoda marginata)
The surface of a marine sponge associated with Posidonia sea-grass in the Bay of Villefranche, Mediterranean Sea
Activated sludge sample collected in 2003 at Qianpu sewage treatment plant, Xiamen, Fujian, China
Marine surface and tidal waters exposed to light
Twigs of Vitis coignetiae, Kudoji, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan (40°31'N, 140°25'E)
Twigs of an unknown woody plant, Hirakawa, riverbank, Matsuzaki, Hiraka, Aomori, Japan (40°35.266'N, 140°31.524'E)
Twigs of woody plant, Hirakawa, riverbank, Matuzaki, Hiraka, Aomori, Japan (40°35.266'N, 140°31.524'E)
Twigs of an unknown woody plant, Toyohira River, riverbank, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan (43°02.229'N, 141°21.489'E)
Twigs of an unknown woody plant, Oowasawa River, riverbank (Chitose-bridge), Kadoke, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan (40°34.276'N, 140°30.532'E)
Stems of an unknown polygonaceous plant, Oowasawa River, riverbank (Chitose-bridge), Kadoke, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan (40°34.276'N, 140°30.532'E)
Submerged stems of herbaceous plant, Small stream, Ariake, Akkeshi, Hokkaido, Japan (43°01',144°52'E)
Dead twigs of Morus australis, Campus of Hirosaki Univ., Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan (40°35'N, 140°28'E)
Submerged dead twigs of an unknown woody plant, Shibayachi Moor, Oodate, Akita, Japan (40°19.1'N, 140°34.5'E)
Culms of Sasa sp., Ose Pond, Minamiaizu, Fukushima, Japan (36°55.3'N, 139°19.4'E)
Twigs of Morus bombycis, Campus of Hirosaki Univ., Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan (40°35'N, 140°28'E)
Stems of herbaceous plant, Sanpinai, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan (40°34.51'N,140°30.13'E)
Stems of an unknown plant, Oowasawa-riv., riverbank (Chitose-bridge), Kadoke, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan (40°34.276'N, 140°30.532'E)
Culms of Phragmites australis, Hirakawa, riverbank, Hiraka, Minamitsugaru, Aomori, Japan (40°34.01'N, 140°32.03'E)
Culms of graminaceous plant, Oowasawa-riv., riverbank (Chitose-bridge), Kadoke, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan (40°34.276'N, 140°30.532'E)
Stems of herbaceous plant, Oowasawa-riv., riverbank (Nakachitose-bridge), Shimizumori, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan (40°34.18'N, 140°30.16'E)
Culms of Phragmites australis, Oowasawa-riv., riverbank (Chitose-bridge), Kadoke, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan (40°34.276'N, 140°30.532'E)
Sediment of Aibi salt lake, Xin-Jiang, China
Jilantai salt lake in Inner Mongolia, China
Surface of the marine sponge Myxilla incrustans at Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA, USA
Plant sample (Androsace sp.), the Central-Chernozem Biosphere Park, Belgorod region, Russia
Alpine ice cave, Werfen (Salzburg), Austria
Sputum from a patient with pulmonary disease
Sphagnum (Sphagnum obtusiusculum), Madagascar
Infected thyroglossal duct cyst, TX, USA
Phyllosphere of Carex sp. in the Central Chernozem Nature Park, Belgorod Region, Russia
Leaf gall induced by the fescue leaf gall nematode Anguina graminis on Festuca rubra L., Moscow Region, Russia
Muddy saline-alkaline soil near Chaka salt lake, Qinghai Province, China
Solfataric soil collected from Ohwaku-dani, Hakone, Japan
Rhizosphere of Allium victorialis var. platyphyllum (a type of wild edible greens), Ulleung Island, South Korea
Tidal flat sediment, Kwangyang, South Korea
Crude sea-salt sample collected near Quigdao, China
Naval oily wastewater-storage facility, VA, USA
Biofilm from a membrane bioreactor for wastewater treatment
Decaying leaf litter of a slash pine forest, southeast Queensland, Australia
Tidal flat at Daepo Beach (Yellow Sea), Korea
Fallen tree, Sugadaira Montane Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Sugadaira, Nagano, Japan
Fallen tree, Kakuma, Sanada, Nagano, Japan
Decaying wood, Ohkawatai-Wainai, Towada, Akita, Japan
Decaying wood, Fall Shiraito, Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan
Dung of an unknown small animal, Chinese fir forest, Da-Shei San Forestry Park, Heping, Taichung County, Taiwan
Hydrothermal vent at Suiyo Seamount, Izu-Bonin Arc, Western Pacific Ocean
Fallen tree of an unknown broad-leaved tree, Trail to Frog Rock, Hui-Sun Forest Station, Nantou County, Taiwan
Leaf lesions of cocco, Colocasia esculenta, Wulai, Taipei, Taiwan
Fallen fruit of an unidentified persimmon, Yangmingshan National Park, Taipei County, Taiwan
Sediment of the Pacific Ocean floor near Chatham Rise
Stubble and roots of rice-plant residue in anoxic rice-field soil (Japan)
Rice plant residue in flooded rice-field soil
Perianal swab of a human with a bone marrow transplant
Solfatara on Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea
Industrial mineral sulphide bioleach heap in Myanmar
Thermophilic sludge digested sewage sludge and domestic garbage
Pearl-oyster culture pond of HKUST-CAS Joint Laboratory, Sanya, Hainan Province, China
Leaf of Caryola mitis, Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
Leaf of Panicum cf. maximum, Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
Leaf of Musa coccinea, Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
Leaf of Zebrina maysorensis, Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
Leaf of Lindera assamica, Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
Leaf of Eranthemum pulchellum, Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
Leaf of Litsea euosma, Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
Leaf of Schimastoglottis calyptrata, Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
Leaf of Anadendrum montanum, Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
Leaf of Helicteres angustifolia, Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
Leaf of Dryopteris palasea, Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
Leaf of Ipomoea purpurea, Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
Leaf of Calamus pseudoscutellaris, Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
Leaf of Pometia pinnata, Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
Alimentary tract of imperial moth (Eacles imperialis)
Leaf of Bambusa schijzostachyoides, Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
Leaf of Polygonum chiense, Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam
Dried seaweed collected from Samyang beach, Jeju Island, South Korea
Sandy sediment of Samyang Beach, Jeju Island, South Korea
Black sand around Samyang Beach, Jeju Island, South Korea
Cold-seep sediments of Kagoshima Bay, Japan
Sand-filtered seawater sample from Port Shelter, Hong Kong SAR, China
Marine red alga at Marian Cove, King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Rhizosphere of the marine alga Ecklonia kurome
Horsebean, 'Maruka' soy sauce factory, Mimaki-mura, Kuse-gun, Kyoto, Japan
Surface of the marine sponge Halichondria panicea collected from Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA, USA
Geothermally active underground mine, Japan
Cryogenic tube used for collecting an air sample from an altitude of 27-30 km
Cryogenic tube used for collecting an air sample from an altitude of 40-41.4 km
Cultivated soil, Napier, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Patient with submandibular mycetoma, Czechoslovakia
Marine sediment of Abu Qir Bay on the western seashore of Alexandria, Egypt
1,4-Dioxane-contaminated industrial sludge, Darlington, SC, USA
Soil, Worcester, the Western Cape Province, South Africa
Human soft tissue abscess, Bergen, Norway
Soil of a rice field, Kanagi-machi, Kita-tsugaru-gun, Aomori, Japan
Papaya fruit (Carica papaya L.), Hyderabad, India
Guano of Adélie penguins, Antarctica
Shallow coastal water from Keelung, Taiwan
Soil, Mt. Halla, Jeju Island, South Korea
Sediments of a saltern beside Lake Ejinor, Inner Mongolia, China
Salt lake Xilinhot in Inner Mongolia, China
Saline Lake Xilinhot, in Inner Mongolia, China
Mineral pool located in Malvizza, Campania, southern Italy
Water sample collected at the estuary of the Er-Jen River, Tainan, Taiwan
Low-salt, sulfide- and sulfur-rich spring (Zodletone Spring) in south-western Oklahoma, USA
Ginseng root, Fusong country, Jilin Province, China
Surface-sterilized root of Oroxylum indicum in the rainforest around the Liusha River, southwest of Jinghong City, Yunnan Province, China
The top layer of Lake Washington sediment, USA
Ayakekum salt lake on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Solar saltern in Zhe-Jiang Province, China
Petroleum-contaminated groundwater in an underground crude oil storage cavity at Kuji, Iwate, Japan
Saline lake, Spepherd Bath, in Slanic, Prahova, Romania
Saline lake, Red Bath, in Slanic, Prahova, Romania
Saline lake, Bride Cave, in Slanic, Prahova, Romania
Saline lake, Green Bath, in Slanic, Prahova, Romania
Surface water from Telega Lake, Prahova, Romania
Frozen soil collected from the China No. 1 glacier, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
The China No. 1 glacier, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
Terrestrial hot spring at Arima, Hyogo Pref., Japan
Geothermally active underground mine, Hokkaido, Japan
Muddy soil at a mangrove forest, Maheshkhaki, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Sandy soil, Chokoria, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Muddy rhizosphere soil of Maheshkhali mangrove forest, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Water sample collected from an arsenic-contaminated bore well, West Bengal, India
PCDD/F- and PAH-contaminated soil and sediment
Sea ice collected from the Canadian Basin in the Arctic Ocean
China No.1 glacier in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Sea-ice samples collected from high latitude Arctic locations
Hindgut contents of the lower drywood termite Incisitermes tabogae
Groundwater sample near the athalassic saline alkaline Texcoco lake in Mexico
Terrestrial hot spring, Hamam Essalhine, Tunisia
Fermented tea leaves (miang) in Thailand
Activated sludge foam from Tamworth Sewage Treatment Plant, New South Wales, Australia
Activated sludge of a bioreactor treating wastewater, Beijing, China
Tidal flat sediment of Dongmak on Ganghwa Island, South Korea
Sediment of getbol (the Korean tidal flat) in Ganghwa island, South Korea
Sludge of an up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor treating brewery wastewater
Dried seaweed, Gwakji Beach in Jeju, South Korea
Sediment from the Xijiang oilfield in the South China Sea
Activated sludge of a wastewater-treatment bioreactor
Marine sediment from the South China Sea, China
Sediment of Xijiang oilfield in the South China Sea
Sediment from the South China Sea, China
Sediment of the Xijiang oilfield in the South China Sea, China
Sulfidogenic fluidized-bed reactor treating acidic metal- and sulfate-containing water, Finland
Fluidized-bed-reactor treating acidic water containing metal and sulfate
Seawater collected from Samyang Beach in Jeju, Republic of Korea
Beach sediment on the coast in Jeju, Korea
Saline lake Erliannor in Inner Mongolia, China
Sediment of saline Lake Shangmatala in Inner Mongolia, China
Well-water from a deep aquifer at a depth of 800 m in the Paris Basin, France
Deep artesian well in the Paris Basin, France
Upflow anaerobic sludge bed reactor treating brewery wastewater in Bogotá, Colombia
Surface soil at a landfill site in Chandigarh, India
Estuarine sediment in the Sea of Japan around the Japanese Islands
Estuarine sediment in the Sea of Japan of the Japanese Islands
Unidentified marine sponge near the tropical Weno Island, Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia
Rice field mud in Jiangxi Province, China
Littoral sediment of Lake Constance, Germany
Experimental mesocosm filled with a mixture of water from the Dead Sea and the Red Sea, Israel
Bird's nest on the bank of the Qiongtailan River in the region of Tuomuer Peak of Tianshan Mountain, the Xin-jiang Uygur Autobomous Region, north-western China
Digestive tract of a sea polychaete (Periserrula leucophryna) inhabiting a tidal flat of Donggum Island, Korea
Crude sea-salt sample collected near Qingdao in eastern China
Acidic and ombrotrophic bog located near Ithaca, NY, USA
Living leaves of Rhododendron indicum, 1 Midorigaoka, Ogawa-machi, Hiki-gun, Saitama, Japan
Living leaves of Rhododendron indicum, RIKEN, Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, Japan
Pleural fluid of a patient with suppurative pleuritis
Rhizosphere soil of wild tea plants (Camellia oleifera) growing on Jiangxi Agric. Univ., Jiangxi Province, China
Pasture near an alkaline salt marsh soil, Qinghai Province, western China
Air in the 'Virgilkapelle' chapel, Vienna, Austria
Ophiuroid specimen collected from the Fiji Sea at a depth of 480 m
Marine bivalve (Anadara broughtoni), collected from Peter the Great Bay, the Sea of Japan, Russia
Heavy-metal-contaminated sediments of Lake Coeur d'Alene, ID, USA
Submarine hydrothermal system at the Kolbeinsey Ridge, to the north of Iceland
Litter of Quercus ilex (Fagaceae), Scaglieri, Island Elba, Italy
Leaf of a palm (Palmae), Pinar del Rio, Viñales, Cuba
Decaying wood of Quercus petraea (Fagaceae), Kootwijker Veld, the Netherlands
Soil in native grassland of Artemisia tridentata, Rock Springs, WY, USA
Bark of twigs of Fagus sylvatica (Fagaceae), Camporgiano, Italy
Acer platanoides (Aceraceae), Uppsala esker, Bondkyrka par., Uppland, Sweden
Acer platanoides (Aceraceae), Dalby par., Uppland, Sweden
Shrub, 5 km E of Limassol, Agios Tychon, Cyprus
Dryas octopetala (Rosaceae), Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway
Fagus sylvatica (Fagaceae), Forsaker, Degerberga par., Skåne, Sweden
Fraxinus excelsior (Oleaceae), Hammaren, Västeråker par., Uppland, Sweden
Epilobium angustifolium (Onagraceae), Dalby par., Uppland, Sweden
Wood, Sai Kung, Highland Reservoir, Hong Kong, China
Cistus albidus (Cistaceae), Plan d'Aups, Var, France
Twig of Tilia platyphylla (Tiliaceae), Aachen, Germany
Leaf of bamboo, alt. 2100 m, near guesthouse, Myola, Owen Stanley Range, Northern Prov., Papua New Guinea
Lavandula stoechas (Labiatae), Biot, Alpes Maritimes, France
Grass, Phragmites (Gramineae), Lantau Island, Tai O, Hong Kong, China
Bark of Juglans regia (Juglandaceae), Fort Rhijnauwen, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Wood, N.T., Lam Tsuen River, Hong Kong, China
Marine aquaculture pond, Bheemli, Visakhapatnam, India
Beach of Kakinada, near a fishing harbour, Bay of Bengal, eastern coast of India
Deep-sea carbonate rock at a methane cold seep in Kuroshima Knoll, Japan
Surface seawater collected off Jeju Island, Republic of Korea
Leaf of Prunus amygdalus (Rosaceae), Cassibile, Prov. di Sircusa, Italy
Water samples from a fishing harbour at Visakhapatnam, a city which faces into the Bay of Bengal and is on the East coast of India
Sediment samples from a marine saltern, Goa, facing the Arabian sea on the West coast of India
Non-saline surface soil from a garden in Niiza, Saitama, Japan
Non-saline surface soil from a forest in Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan
Leaf lesions of cocco, Colocasia esculenta, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Urine of a patient with chronic renal failure, Furano Kyokai Hospital, Hokkaido, Japan
Oil-contaminated tidal flat sediment, Kwangyang, South Korea
Soil collected from Wutaishan Mountain, Shanxi Province, China
Sediment from Hwasun Beach, Jeju, South Korea
Beach sedinment on the coast of Jeju Island, Republic of Korea
Soil, Horseshoe Ridge, Estes Park, CO, USA
Polygonum indigo (Polygonum tinctorium Lour.) fermentation liquor obtained from Tokushima City, Japan
Terrestrial hot spring in Waiotapu, New Zealand
Lindane manufacturing industrial site, Lucknow, India
Leaves of Cercidiphyllum japonicum, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
Leaves of Cornus controversa, Tsuta hot spring, Hakkoda, Aomori, Japan
Leaves of Acer negundo, Tomakomai Experimental Forest of Hokkaido Univ, Hokkaido, Japan
Leaves of Prunus mume, Gonohe, Aomori, Japan
Leaves of Acer japonicum, Jyougakura, Hakkoda, Aomori, Japan
Dried seaweed around Samyang Beach in Jeju, South Korea
Acer platanoides (Aceraceae), Viggeby, Dalby par., Uppland, Sweden
Spartium junceum (Leguminosae-papilionoideae), Plan d'Aups, Var, France
Brackish water body at Chollangi, Kakinada, India
Ariake sea, a bay located in Kyusyu region, Japan
Water from Lake Ejinor in Inner Mongolia, China
Deep-sea sediment off Torishima Island, Japan
Sawdust from a decade tree Ulmus nigra
Soil, El Baril, Chihuahua Desert, Mexico
Soil collected from the campus of National Chung Hsing Univ., Taichung, Taiwan
Soil from the banks of the Gamka River in the Swartberg Nature Reserve, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Black mud from San Francisco Bay, CA, USA
Predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis
Soil below an ice glacier in Lahaul Valley, Himachal Pradesh, India
Root nodules of Lupinus angustifolius growing near a former uranium mine in Salamanca, Spain
Soil from the base of Aloe pillansii in the Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden, Worcester, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Soil from the banks of the River Gamka, Die Hel in Groot Swartberg mountain range, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Soiled feather sample collected on the shore of Lake Abjata, Ethiopia
Wall of a tomb located in the Little Apostle cubicle, Domitilla Catacombs, Rome, Italy
Stone wall of a tomb, Domitilla Catacombs, Rome, Italy
Soil sample inside the cave, Grotta dei Cervi, Porto Badisco, Italy
Top soil sample collected a few meters from the entrance of Grotta dei Cervi, Porto Badisco, Italy
Blue-gray cyanobacterial biofilm covering the walls of the Cave of Bats, Zuheros, Cordoba, Spain
Tufa from the catacomb of Domitilla, Rome, Italy
Sediment sample of tidal flat, Ganghwa Island, Korea
Snow sample from Changla Pass in the Indian Himalayas
Sediment sample collected from the Challenger Deep of the Mariana Trench
Oil storage cavern 126 near Etzel, Germany
Crude oil sample from the oilfield Oerrel of the Gifhorn Trough, Germany
Petrochemical biotreater sludge in Deer Park, TX, USA
Ferralitic, oxidic, ultramafic soil, the southern part of the main island of New Caledonia, France
Wastewater treatment plant of a dye works
Olive mill wastewater evaporation pond located in Marrakesh, Morocco
Solar saltern crystallizer, Cheetham Salt Works, Geelong, Australia
Marine solar saltern crystallizer at Moolap, Victoria, Australia
Wastewater of a textile dye works in Daegu, Korea
Freshwater sample collected at Misasa, Tottori, Japan
Granular sludge of an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor treating palm oil mill effluent
Deep-sea sediment sample collected from the Chagos-Laccadive ridge system (111060 S, 721310 E), Indian Ocean
Moraine sample from the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Selenium-contaminated sediment obtained from an effluent drain of a glass-manufacturing plant, Japan
Soil, Rincon Colorado, Chihuahua Desert, Mexico
Dead culms of Rhapis excelsa, Hirauchi, Yakushima Isl., Kagoshima, Japan
Dead wood, Senpiro-waterfall, Yakushima Isl., Kagoshima, Japan
Dead culm of a grass (Gramineae), Forest path near Sarugawa Gajyumaru Park, Yakushima Isl., Kagoshima, Japan
Dead wood, Nunobiki Waterfall Park, Yakushima Isl., Kagoshima, Japan
Dead wood, Yudomari forest path, Yakushima Isl., Kagoshima, Japan
Dead branch of a beech, Campus of the University of Wales, Swansea, Wales, UK
Dead wood, Forest path near Sarugawa Gajyumaru Park, Yakushima Isl., Kagoshima, Japan (The location data in the following paper is wrong:)
Dead clum of bamboo, Nagasaki Siebold University, Nagayo, Nagasaki, Japan (32°48.2'N, 129°52.4'E)
Culm of Sasa kurilensis, Mt.Iwaki, Iwaki, Aomori, Japan
Sash window of a house, Takadono, Osaka, Japan
Hot spring water, Okushiobara, Tochigi, Japan
Solfataric soil collected from Mt. Chausu-dake, Tochigi, Japan
Hot spring water collected from Sohunzan-Onsen, Kanagawa, Japan
Hot spring water, Sounzan-Onsen, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Solfataric soil, Gosyoukake, Akita, Japan
Brackish sediment of a wastewater decantation facility of an oil refinery in Berre lagoon, France
Upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor treating paper-mill wastewater, the Netherlands
Brine-sediment interface of the Shaban Deep in the northern Red Sea
Fermented fish (pla-ra) in Thailand
Soil, 158 km S of Antofagasta, Atacama Desert, Chile
Wet decaying wood, Botanical garden, Sugadaira Montane Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Ueda, Nagano, Japan
Wet decaying wood of Betula platyphylla var. japonica, Botanical garden, Sugadaira Montane Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Ueda, Nagano, Japan
Wet decaying wood, Sugadaira Montane Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Ueda, Nagano, Japan
Dead woody calyx of flowers of Rhododendron japonicum, Botanical garden, Sugadaira Montane Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Ueda, Nagano, Japan
The Singareni coal mines, Yellandu village, Andhra Pradesh State, India
Larval pabulum of Xylocopa scioensis
Semi-arid soil of Godumakunta-village near Hyderabad, Andhra Paradesh, India
Beach sediment of the coast of Jeju Island, South Korea
Sediment of the coast of Jeju, South Korea
Beach sand on the coast of Jeju Island, South Korea
Soil of a radish field, Cheonan, South Korea
Subgingival area associated with periodontitis
9-m-deep permafrost sample from the Canadian high Arctic
Healthy skin of the ear of a goat, Barcelona, Spain
Healthy skin of the anus of a horse, Barcelona, Spain
Submerged wood, Ogamizawa, Zatouishi, Hirosaki, Aomori Pref., Japan
Mesophilic hydrogen-producing granular sludge used to treat food industry wastewater
Hypersaline brine-sediment interface of the Shaban Deep, Red Sea
Coastal marine sediment from the eutrophic Tokyo Bay, Japan
Petroleum-contaminated seawater in a beach-simulation tank during a bioremediation experiment
Exudate of Taxus baccata, Hamburg, Germany
Shrimp jeotgal (traditional Korean fermented seafood)
Shrimp jeotgal, a traditional salt-fermented food from Korea
Black smoker chimney in the TAG field in the Mid Atlantic Ridge
Pus samples of Mexican patients with mycetomas, Mexico
Sediment adjacent to a sperm whale carcass off Kagoshima, Japan
Acidic and heavy-metal-containing rock surfaces in a medieval alum slate mine, Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany
Feces of a thoroughbred racehorse, Japan
Indigo balls obtained from Ibaraki, Japan
Seawater at the outlet of a sandfilter in Port Shelter, Hong Kong SAR, China
Water sample taken from a salt lake on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China
Water sample taken from a salt lake located in Altun Mountain on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China
Hypersaline waters taken from a subterranean saline well on the Si-Chuan Basin, China
Stem of Ludwigia adscendens inhabiting acidic swamps in actual acid sulfate soil areas, Vietnam
Stem of Eleocharis dulcis inhabiting acidic swamps in actual acid sulfate soil areas, Vietnam
Soil from a field of grass, Jiangxi Province, China
Wheat-field soil in Shandong Province, China
Hydrothermal pool on Vulcano Island, Italy
Sea sand from King George Island, Antarctica
Sediment of the saline Lake Ejinor, Inner Mongolia, China
Iron-reducing aquifer contaminated by benzene, toluene, ethylbenzen and xylene containing landfill leachate, the Netherlands
Bryozoan Schizobrachiella sanguinea from the Adriatic Sea, near Rovinj, Croatia
Biofilm in a cooling tower in Tokyo, Japan
Sulfidogenic synthesis-gas-fed bioreactor for remediation of wastewater from a zinc smelter in Budel-Dorplein, the Netherlands
Sea-ice samples collected off the Canadian Basin of the Arctic Ocean (78° 23' 14" N 149° 06' 55" W)
Marine sediment of the Arctic Ocean (75° 00' 24" N 169° 59' 37" W) at a depth of 167 m
Soil samples collected off King George Island, west Antarctica (62° 13' 31" S 58° 57' 08" W)
Seawater sample collected from Mokpo, Republic of Korea
Leaf of Platanus orientalis tree at Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
Rice-straw residue from a methanogenic reactor treating waste from cattle farms
Anaerobic sewage digester in Marburg, Germany
Mixture of sewage sludge and river sediment
Digested sludge from a thermophilic anaerobic digestor
Salt-fermented fish product (pla-ra) of Thailand
Anchovy fish sauce (nam-pla) produced in Thailand
Soil from an oil spring, Nishiyama-cho, Niigata Pref., Japan
Bronchial aspirate from a 53-year-old patient with an asthma attack, Clichy, France
Stem of cultivated rice, Oryza sativa SC-41
Stem of wild rice, Oryza rufipogon W1964
Stem of wild rice, Oryza ridleyi W0001
Stem of cultivated rice, Oryza sativa Bu-24
Stem of wild rice, Oryza alta W0017
Stem of wild rice, Oryza rufipogon W1989
Stem of wild rice (Oryza meridionalis) W1627
Seed of wild rice (Oryza alta) W0017
Seed of wild rice (Oryza sativa) Bu-24
Stem of wild rice (Oryza barthii) W1407
Stem of wild rice (Oryza officinalis) W0012
Stem of wild rice (Oryza sativa) SC41
Stem of wild rice (Oryza rufipogon) W1989
Stem of wild rice, Oryza officinalis W0012
Stem of wild rice, Oryza punctata W1564
Sediment in Sagami Bay, Japan, at a depth of 1,174 m
Sediment in Suruga Bay, Japan, at a depth of 2,406 m
Sandy soil at a forest waterfall, Chokoria, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
Estuarine intertidal sediments, Adour, France
Crystallizer pond at the Cargill Solar Salt Plant, Newark, CA, USA
Black rust formed on the steel surface of a borehole observatory (ODP CORK 1026B) on the eastern flank of Juan de Fuca Ridge, eastern Pacific Ocean
Wall of the hypogean Roman catacomb of St. Callistus, Italy
Acidic and heavy metal-containing rocks in the 'Barbara Grotto' of the Feengrotten medieval alum slate mine, Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany
High-temperature compost in the city of Kagoshima, Japan
Estuarine sediment in Sakata Harbor, Japan
Stem of wild rice, Oryza alta W0018
Deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney in the Iheya North field, Okinawa Trough, Japan
Infected toe of a 17-year-old female, LA, USA
Water-cooling system from an oxygen-producing plant, Gwangyang, Republic of Korea
Soil of a ginseng field, Daejeon, South Korea
Midgut of Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes originating from Kenya
Crushed infective juveniles of the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema thermophilum collected from soil, New Delhi, India
Blood of a patient with disseminated infection
Granulomatous lesion of a female patient, Caracas, Venezuela
Excised lymph node of a 6-year-old girl with lymphadenopathy, Italy
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-contaminated soil from a former coal gas plant, Saarbruecken-Burbach, Germany
Cervical lymph node from a 3-year-old girl with a local swelling of the left submandibular region, Parma, Italy
Catheter tip of centrally located Hickman catheter, Melbourne, Australia
Sludge from a wastewater treatment plant, Göttingen, Germany
Water-cooling system in Gwangyang, Republic of Korea
Surface seawater off the near shore of Kongsfjorden in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway
Sponge specimen (Pachastrella sp.) collected from the Philippine Sea at a water depth of 750 m
Ophiuran specimen collected from the Fiji Sea at a depth of 480 m
Soil of a ginseng field near Daejeon city, Korea
Urinary-bladder epithelium of leech (Hirudo)
Surface soil of a ginseng field, South Korea
Dead culms of Pleioblastus chino, Asamizu, Gonohe, Aomori, Japan (40°28.1'N, 141°18.0'E)
Root nodules of Albizia julibrissin, growing on Shandong Province, China
Root nodules of Kummerowia stipulacea grown in Shandong provice, China
Marine aquaculture pond near Bheemli, Visakhapatnam, India
Sediment on the seabed adjacent to a sperm whale carcass off Kagoshima, Japan
Marine sediment sample collected at Ny-Ålesund, the Spitsbergen Islands, Norway
Smooth microbial mat from Hemelin Pool, Shark Bay, Western Australia
Pustular microbial mat from Hemelin Pool, Shark Bay, Western Australia
Samples of a sediment collected from the seashore of Cochin, Kerala State, India
Epilithic biofilm sample from a cold sulfur spring at Gulmarg, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Soil sample from a salt lake on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China
Seawater samples collected from the Zhoushan Archipelago, Zhejiang Province, China
Sediment of a hot sulfur spring, Atri, Bhubaneswar, India
Methanogenic reactor treating cattle waste
Laboratory-scale H2-producing upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor
Anaerobic digester of a wastewater treatment plant in Evry, France
Effective nodules of Vicia faba in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China
Effective nodules of Vicia faba in Taihu, Anhui Province, China
Gut of the higher termite Macrotermes carbonarius collected in the Universiti Sains Malaysia campus, Malaysia
Seawater in Semarang Port, Java, Indonesia
Permafrost core of 9 m depth collected near Eureka, Ellesmere Island, in the Canadian high Arctic
Deep-sea sediment from a polymetallic nodule region in the East Pacific Ocean
Cervical lymph node, Heidelberg, Germany
Soil of a ginseng field in Daejeon, South Korea
Specimen of Laminaria saccharina collected from the Baltic sea in the Kiel Bight (Germany)
Deep sea sediment sample collected from a polymetallic nodule region in the East Pacific Ocean
Zodletone Spring, a sulfide- and sulfur-rich spring in south-western Oklahoma, USA
Oil-polluted saline soil from Xianhe, Shangdong Province, China
Saline soil contaminated by crude oil, Xianhe, Shangdong Province, China
Dried seaweed sample collected from Kimnyeong Beach in Jeju, Republic of Korea
Soil sample from a pear orchard in Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Soil sample taken from the Yuncheng Salt Lake in the Shanxi Province, PR China
Desert soil sample collected from Xinjiang Province, China
Farm soil sample from Jiangsu Province, PR China
Cloacal swab of herring gull (Larus argentatus)
Soil at the river bank, Pretoria, South Africa
Sludge of a wastewater treatment plant in Taichung Industrial Park, Taichung City, Taiwan
Soil in a sugar-cane field, Amami Island, Japan
Soil, Jinan City, Shandong Province, northern China
Soil at a natural cave, Jeju Island, South Korea
Soil from an oil-contaminated site, Chyai County, Taiwan
Brown-colored microbial mat from brackish water
Mud sample from Bhitarkanika mangrove forest, Khola, Orissa State, India
Mud sample from Bhitarkanika mangrove forest of Orissa, India
Compost from a cattle farm near Daejeon, South Korea
Soil form a cemetery in Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan
Soil surrounding mangrove roots at the mouth of the River Shiira, Iriomote Island, Okinawa Pref., Japan
Soil on the road side, Nassau, the Bahamas
Soil in a suburb of Kunming, Yunnan Province, south-west China
Acidic and heavy-metal-containing rocks in the central grotto of the medieval alum slate mine Feengrotten, Saalfeld, Thuringia, Germany
Soil from a kangaroo rat (Dipodomys sp.) burrow, AZ, USA
Soil from a corn field, Greensburg, PA, USA
Johnson Space Center graywater bioprocessor, USA
Soil in a radish field, Koyang, South Korea
Biofilm overgrowing a mural painting in the Servilia tomb, Carmona, Spain
Chlorosolvent-contaminated anaerobic groundwater, LA, USA
Activated sludge from a chromium polluted watewater treatment plant, Alcanena, Portugal
Root nodules of Coriaria myrtifolia, Salamanca, Spain
Chlorosolvent-contaminated groundwater, the Brooklawn site, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Water sample from freshwater reservoir at Mudasarlova, Visakhapatnam, India
Black sand collected from Soesoggak beach, Jeju Island, South Korea
Black sand from Soesoggak, Jeju Island, South Korea
Adult beetle of Tomicus piniperda in Pinus densiflora, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Single ascospore isolate from an ascocarp resulted from mating between MCC-95 (JCM 14938) and MCC-96 (JCM 11873), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Black sand, Soesoggak, Jeju island, Korea
Boreal soil collected from the Koni Peninsula, Magadan Nature Reserve, Oblast Magadan, Russian Far East, Russia
Sterile-filtered gut homogenate of humus-feeding scarab beetle larva
Soil isolated from a cliff on Mara Island, Republic of Korea
Black sand collected from Soesoggak, Jeju Island, South Korea
Roman catacombs of St Callistus, Rome, Italy
Tufacean surfaces in the Roman catacombs of St Callistus, Rome, Italy
Soil from Kitahiroshima city, Hokkaido, Japan
Roots of living rice plants (Oryza sativa cv. Haenuki, type japonica), Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan
Seawater taken from Kimnyeong Beach on the coast of Jeju, Republic of Korea
Seawater taken from Kymnyeng Beach on the island of Jeju, Republic of Korea
Marine sediment from the Atlantic Ocean near Halifax Harbor, Canada
Saline Lake Bagaejinnor in Inner Mongolia, China
Beetle gallery of the ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus in Quercus laurifolia, Kamigamo Experimental Station of Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Beetle vertical gallery of the ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus in Quercus laurifolia, Kamigamo Experimental Station of Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Body surface of ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus, Kyoto, Kyoto Pref., Japan
Entrance of gallery of the ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus in Quercus laurifolia, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Fruiting body of Astraeus hygrometricus
Vertical gallery of the ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus in Quercus laurifolia, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Larval cradle of gallery of the ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus in Quercus laurifolia, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Beetle gallery of the ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus in Castanopsis cuspidata, Mt. Kohdaiji, Kyoto, Japan
Pond water of Nomori no Ike in Shizuoka, Japan
Sludge of a thermophilic anaerobic digester treating municipal solid and sewage in Beijing, China
Sputum in a patient with pneumonia, Japan
Monosodium glutamate manufacturing plant
Tar oil-contaminated aquifer at a former gaswork site in Dusseldolf-Flingern, Germany
Black smoker fluid of the Kairei hydrothermal field
Hypersaline surface sediment of El-Djerid Chott, Tunisia
Forest soil collected from the Mt. Baekwoon, Republic of Korea
Nasal smear from a captive Queensland koala in Kobe Oji Zoo, Kobe, Japan
Coastal hot spring on Green Island (Lutao), located off Taituang, Taiwan
Coastal hot spring of Green Island (Lutao), located in the Pacific Ocean off the east coast of Taiwan
Frass, Combretum apiculatum Sond.
Capsosiphon fulvescens, a green alga collected from the South Sea, Republic of Korea
Water-cooling system at an oxygen-producing plant in Gwangyang, Republic of Korea
Seawater collected from the South Sea near Gwangyang (34° 51' N 128° 47' E), Republic of Korea
Veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa) collected from the South Sea, Republic of Korea
Exhaust water of a Tunisian oil refinery
Microbial mat sample from the outflow of a Great Artesian Basin bore in Queensland, Australia
Waste water sample, Radiation Centre of Guangxi Universty, China
Shallow coastal seawater of An-Ping Harbour, Tainan, Taiwan
China No.1 glacier (Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China)
China No.1 glacier (Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regeon, China)
Biofilm attached to anode graphite of a cellulose-fed microbial fuel cell
Frass, Acacia nilotica var. kraussiana L.
Solfataric soil of Tengchong county, Yunnan, China
Methanogenic reactor treating waste from cattle farms
Rice-straw residue in a methanogenic reacter treating waste from cattle farms
Hypersaline pond in Death Valley, CA, USA
Dead twigs of Machilus japonica, Yakusugi land, Anbou forest path, Isl. Yakushima, Kagoshima, Japan
Culm of Pleioblastus sp., Shiratani-unsuikyou, Yakushima Isl., Kagoshima Pref., Japan
Bore core sample of Permian rock salt from the salt mine in Altaussee, Austria
Lotus field mud in Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan
Produced water from Redwash petroleum reservoir, UT, USA
Microbial mats colonizing a runoff channel formed by free-flowing thermal water from a Great Artesian Basin, Australia, bore well
Chemocline of Lake Cadagno, a crenogenic meromictic lake, Switzerland
Soil at an altitude of approximately 3,500 m near the Pindari glacier of the Indian Himalayas
Sea-ice sample collected from Peter the Great Bay of the Sea of Japan, Russia
Tidal flat sediment in Yeosu (34°47'26'' N 127°34'01'' E), Republic of Korea
Tidal flat sediment in Yeosu (34° 47' 26" N 127° 34' 01" E), South Korea
Forest soil collected from a forest (of evergreen broadleaved trees) on Wuzhi Mountain, Hainan Province, China
Soil at the periphery of the glacial Lake Roopkund in the Himalayan mountain range, India
Soil at an altitude of approximately 3,500 m near the Pindari glacier of the Indian Himalayas, India
Water-sludge mixture of a bioreactor treating saline wastewater from pickled vegetable production
Coastal surface seawater near Tianjin city, China
Sediment sample collected from the East China Sea
Marine sediment sample from Zhejiang, China
Exudate of Quercus serrata THUNB.
Oil-contaminated coastal sand, Pingtung County, Taiwan
Deep subsurface in sandstone in Chelungpu fault near Dai-Keng, Taiwan
Peat swamp forest soil at Phu Sang National Park, Phayao Province, Thailand
Blood culture from a patient with infective endocarditis
Blood culture from a patient with signs of septicaemia
Blood of a patient with febrile syndrome, the Canary Islands, Spain
Sputum of a patient with hemoptoic pneumonia
Soil from a ginseng field, Pocheon, South Korea
Hwasun beach on the coast of Jeju Island, South Korea
Soil of a ginseng field, Pocheon Province, South Korea
Skin of an immunocompetent patient with confluent and reticulated papillomatosis
Fermented fish (pla-ra) from a market in Roi Et, Thailand
Black viscous gels behind the west wall in the stone chamber, The Kitora tumulus stone chamber in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
Yeast-like white colonies under the tortoise and the snake on the north wall in the stone chamber, The Kitora tumulus stone chamber in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
Air from northeast area in the stone chamber, The Kitora tumulus stone chamber in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
Air from northwest area in the stone chamber, The Kitora tumulus stone chamber in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
Air from southwest area in the stone chamber, The Kitora tumulus stone chamber in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
A piece of the plaster falled in the west area in the stone chamber, The Kitora tumulus stone chamber in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
White cottony colonies on the lower center part of the south wall in the adjacent space, The Takamatsuzuka tumulus adjacent space in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
Brown spots in the lower part of the forefoot of white tiger on the west wall in the stone chamber, The Kitora tumulus stone chamber in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
Under the tail of the tortoise and the snake on the north wall in the stone chamber, The Takamatsuzuka tumulus stone chamber in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
Part of the south wall in the stone chamber, The Takamatsuzuka tumulus stone chamber in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
Black stain near the blue dragon on the east wall in the stone chamber, The Takamatsuzuka tumulus adjacent space in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
Pink colonies on soil in the adjacent small room, The Kitora tumulus adjacent small room in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
Purple colonies in the adjacent small room, The Kitora tumulus adjacent small room in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
White colonies on the left part of the south wall in the adjacent space, The Takamatsuzuka tumulus adjacent space in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
Green colonies on the plastic cover under the part of the hole dug by grave robbers in the adjacent space, The Takamatsuzuka tumulus adjacent space in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
White colonies on the floor in the stone chamber, The Takamatsuzuka tumulus stone chamber in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
White colonies on gauze on the floor in the stone chamber, The Takamatsuzuka tumulus stone chamber in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
Green colonies on the floor in the stone chamber, The Takamatsuzuka tumulus stone chamber in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
East wall in the stone chamber, The Takamatsuzuka tumulus stone chamber in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
Plaster near the west wall in the stone chamber, The Takamatsuzuka tumulus stone chamber in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
Black colonies near the blue dragon on the east wall in the stone chamber, The Takamatsuzuka tumulus stone chamber in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
Body surface of an Isopoda on the wall in the stone chamber, The Takamatsuzuka tumulus stone chamber in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
Viscous gels in the back part of the blue dragon on the east wall in the stone chamber, The Takamatsuzuka tumulus stone chamber in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
White moldy area on soil where resin was applied in the adjacent small room, The Kitora tumulus adjacent small room in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
Near the tortoise and the snake on the north wall in the stone chamber, The Takamatsuzuka tumulus stone chamber in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
White floc of mold on soil of the central part of the adjacent small room, The Kitora tumulus adjacent small room in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
White colonies on soil in the adjacent small room, The Kitora tumulus adjacent small room in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
Yeast-like white colonies under the lower part of the tortoise and the snake on the north wall in the stone chamber, The Kitora tumulus stone chamber in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
Decayed root in the adjacent small room, The Kitora tumulus adjacent small room in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
Decayed root in the west area in the adjacent small room, The Kitora tumulus adjacent small room in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
Green colonies on the lower part of the south wall in the adjacent space, The Takamatsuzuka tumulus adjacent space in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
Green molds on the west wall in the stone chamber, The Kitora tumulus stone chamber in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
Green molds on inflowed soil in the stone chamber, The Kitora tumulus stone chamber in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
Molds on soil mound in the adjacent space, The Takamatsuzuka tumulus adjacent space in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
The upper part of the hole dug by grave robbers in the adjacent space, The Takamatsuzuka tumulus adjacent space in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
Air from west area in the adjacent small room, The Kitora tumulus adjacent small room in the village of Asuka, Nara, Japan
Active deep-sea hydrothermal chimney on the East Pacific Rise
Deep-sea hydrothermal vent at the Rainbow site on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Fermented fish (pla-ra) from a market in Mahasarakram, Thailand
Viscous gel (biofilm), Lower section near the rightmost of the four women on the east wall, Takamatsu-zuka tumulus, Asuka-mura, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Viscous gel (biofilm), Lower section near the four women on the east wall, Takamatsu-zuka tumulus, Asuka-mura, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Brownish viscous gel (biofilm), Left part near the four women on the west wall, Takamatsu-zuka tumulus, Asuka-mura, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Brownish viscous gel (biofilm), Near the hind legs of the blue dragon on the east wall, Takamatsu-zuka tumulus, Asuka-mura, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Part of the mural that had turned black, Back part of the head of the leftmost of the four women on the west wall, Takamatsu-zuka tumulus, Asuka-mura, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Part of the mural that had turned black, Upper part near the head of the white tiger on the west wall, Takamatsu-zuka tumulus, Asuka-mura, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Part of the mural that had turned white, Above the rightmost of the four women on the east wall, Takamatsu-zuka tumulus, Asuka-mura, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Viscous gel (biofilm), Lower part near the feet of the rightmost of the four women on the east wall, Takamatsu-zuka tumulus, Asuka-mura, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Black mould, viscous gel (biofilm), Foreheads of the group of women on the west wall, Takamatsu-zuka tumulus, Asuka-mura, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Part of the mural that had turned white, Upper part near the rightmost of the four women on the east wall, Takamatsu-zuka tumulus, Asuka-mura, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Viscous gel (biofilm), Right part near the ceiling on the north wall, Takamatsu-zuka tumulus, Asuka-mura, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Springtail (Collembola), The floor in the middle west, Takamatsu-zuka tumulus, Asuka-mura, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Air in the stone chamber, Takamatsu-zuka tumulus, Asuka-mura, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Viscous gel (biofilm), Lower part near the hind legs of the white tiger on the west wall, Takamatsu-zuka tumulus, Asuka-mura, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Part of the mural that had turned black, Back part of the heads of the leftmost of the four women on the west wall, Takamatsu-zuka tumulus, Asuka-mura, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Sediments of Tuosu lake in the Qaidam basin, Qinghai, China
Sediments of Gahai lake in the Qaidam basin, Qinghai, China
Forest soil from Jeju Island, South Korea
Soil cultivated with Citrus species, Jeju Island, South Korea
Coastal seawater off the east coast of Korea
Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, collected from Wan Island, Jeonnam Province, Korea
Bathroom of a patient with pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) disease
Sputum of a patient with pulmonary Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) disease
Paralithodes camtschatica collected from Peter the Great Bay, the Sea of Japan, Russia
Faeces of a healthy infant (1.5 years old), Kashiha, Chiba, Japan
Soil from Jeju Island, Republic of Korea
Soil cultivated with Korean ginseng (Panax ginseng Meyer) in Yeongju region, Republic of Korea
Culture of the Antarctic green alga Pyramimonas gelidicola
Coastal seawater of the east coast of Korea
Culture of the marine phytoplankton Cryptomonas sp.
External ear canal an inpatient, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Oak tree (Quercus sp.) sap, Awashima Island, Kagawa, Japan
Airag, a traditional fermented mare's milk product from Mongolia
Granulomatous lesions in splenic tissue from a striped bass (Morone saxatilis), Chesapeake Bay, USA
Sediments along the Qijiang River, Zhongshan City, China
Surface-sterilized stem of Sambucus adnata collected in the rainforest of Jinghong Natural Reserve, Yunnan Province, China
Radiation-polluted soil, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China
Carbendazim-contaminated soil from a vegetable field, Jiangsu Province, China
Highly mineralized stratal waters of the oil field, Perm, Oblast, Russia
Soil from Emei Mountain, Sichuan Province, China
Radiation-contaminated soil, the Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region of north-west China
Subsurface soil (10 cm depth) from the side of a busy road at Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
Sewage sludge of the municipal sewage treatment plant at Konstanz, Germany
Wood falls at a depth of 1693 m in the Mediterranean Sea
Hydrocarbon-polluted soil surrounding a deep petroleum environment located in south Tunisia
Seawater to which sea weeds and a starfishwere added
Soil in association with the rhizosphere of a perennial grass
Subsurface sediments of a uranium-contaminated site in Shiprock, New Mexico, USA
Diffuse-flow hydrothermal vent fluid collected from the East Pacific Rise
Groundwater sampled from a subsurface Miocene formation located in Horonobe, Hokkaido, Japan
Anaerobic sewage sludge digester in Yokohama, Japan
Anaerobic sewage sludge digester in Tsuruoka, Japan
Sediment of the estuarine wetland of the Han River, South Korea
Marine sediment sample of Zhejiang, China
Specimen of the marine crustacean Paralithodes camtschatica, collected from Peter the Great Bay, the Sea of Japan
Marine sediment sample collected from Peter the Great Bay, the Sea of Japan
Saline spring, Salado de Consotá, situated in the Colombian Andes
Coastal seawater sample collected from the East China Sea, China
Korean traditional fermented food (jeotgal), South Korea
Gajami sikhae (jeotgal), a traditional Korean fermented seafood
Culture of the Antarctic green alga, Pyramimonas gelidicola
Crude-oil-contaminated seawater from the west coast of Korea
Leaves of Quercus dentata, Bense-marsh, Kidukuri, Aomori, Japan
Marine sediment of the East Sea, South Korea
Aerobic granules, bioremidation of phenolic wastewater; Singapore
Hard coral (Acropora gemmifera) at the depth of 3。 m in Angauru Coral Garden, Palau
Soil, Kenilworth Racecourse, Cape Town, South Africa
Nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, Stanford, CA, USA
Ascidian (Didemnum moseleyi), Nomozaki at the tips of Nagasaki Peninsula, Nagasaki Pref., Japan
Sediment at the mouth of the Hiratafuna River to Lake Shinjiko, Shimane Pref., Japan
Sediment collected from the mouth of the Samambula River, Fiji
Biological soil crust, the Colorado Plateau, USA
Tidal flat sediment of Yeocha, Ganghwa Island, South Korea
Oil-producing well heads at Bombay High, Western India
Coastal thermal spring on Île Saint-Paul in the Southern Indian Ocean
Tufa from a burial chamber in the catacomb of Domitilla, Rome, Italy
Green, fermenting Sevillano variety olives
Activated sludge plant, Carrum, Victoria, Australia
Soil immersed in hot-spring water containing hydrocarbons in Toyotomi hot spring in northern Hokkaido, Japan
Beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris)
Sand sediment from Gwakji beach, Jeju Island, South Korea
Dried seaweed on Gwakji beach, Jeju Island, South Korea
Seawater, Hwasun Beach, Jeju, South Korea
Soil from a natural cave, Jeju, South Korea
Small stone from an agricultural field, Jeju, South Korea
Soil from an agricultural area in Bigeum Island, South Korea
Soil from the rhizosphere of Taxus chinensis, Kunming, China
Muddy soil, Gulbarga, Karnataka Province, India
Small stone from an agricultural field in Jeju, South Korea
Saline soil from Qinghai Province, north-west China
Jeotgal, a traditional Korean fermented seafood
Garden soil in Okibe City, Saitama, Japan
Freshwater lake at Chung-Ang University, Anseong, South Korea
Respiratory tract of an immunocompetent women, Berlin, Germany
Synovial tissue from a 68-year-old female with bursitis of her right elbow, Canada
Excised skin and soft tissue specimen, Sète, France
Adult female toad, Xenopus laevis
Regenerative Enclosed Life Support Module Simulator air
Deep marine sediment, the South China Sea
Tropical forest soil near a hot spring, Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand
Temperate peat swamp forest soil, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand
Rhizosphere soil of natural teak (Tectona grandis Linn.) from Field No. 37, Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India
Rhizoplane of neem (Azadirachta indica) seedlings at Tamilnadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India
Seaside soil sample obtained from Shandong Province, China
Hybrid derived from the ascospres of Arthroderma simii (KMU4810) and A. vanbreuseghemii (RV27961)
Rice field soil in Guangxi Province, China
Saline-alkaline soil in Minfeng, Xinjiang, China
Mushroom compost from Yalova, located in the Marmara region of Turkey
Water from the hypersaline lake Howz-Soltan in Iran
Marine sandy sample from the Sea of Japan, Russia
Southern coast of the Sea of Japan, Russia
Wall of an active deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney on the East Pacific Rise
Marine ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi, collected off the coast of Gangneung, Korea
Szutsao, a discarded salt field located in southern Taiwan
Salt-fermented seafood, shrimp jeotgal, Korea
Salt in a fish sauce sample from Thailand
Sludge of a monitoring well at a tar-oil-contaminated aquifer near Stuttgart, Germany
Soil of a former coal-gasification site in Gliwice, Poland
Sulfuric hot spring in Tengchong, Yunnan, China
Seawater sample collected from the East China Sea
Activated sludge of a bioreactor treating salt-containing wastewater
Hydrothermal vent core sample from Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California, at a depth of 2003 m
Deep-sea hydrothermal chimney sample collected on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge at a depth of 3000 m
Deep-sea sediment in the western Mediterranean Sea
Crude oil storage tank near the coastal town of Vung Tau in southern Vietnam
Tubes of the deep-sea hydrothermal vent polychaete Alvinella pompejana, collected on the East Pacific Rise
Taketomi submarine hot spring shallow hydrothermal field located at southern part of the Yaeyama Archipelago, Japan
Surface of soy sauce production equipment, Japan
Inflamed skin of a male patient, Asahi General Hospital, Chiba, Japan
Crabs preserved in soy sauce: a traditional Korean fermented seafood
Activated sludge of a sequencing batch reactor for the treatment of malachite green effluent
Oil-contaminated tidal flat sediment, Gaemock Harbor in the Yellow Sea coastal region of Tae-An, Republic of Korea
Oil-contaminated tidal flat sediment, Malipo beach in Tae-An, a coastal region of the Yellow Sea, Republic of Korea
Rice-straw residue in a methanogenic reactor treating waste from cattle farms
Contaminated subsurface of Oak Ridge Field Research Center, US Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
Basidiocarp of Tylopilus valens, Kamikawauchi, Kawauchi-mura, Hutaba-gun, Fukushima, Japan
Basidiocarp of a boletaceous fungus, Hikawa valley, Tano, Yamato-cho, Koshu, Yamanashi, Japan
Basidiocarp of a boletaceous fungus, Tama Forest Science Garden, Todori-machi, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
Basidiocarp of Clitocybe gibba, Genjiyama Park, Ougigayatsu, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
Basidiocarp of a boletaceous fungus, Rokudoyama Park, Noyamakita, Hon-machi, Musashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan
Basidiocarp of a boletaceous fungus, Sannosawa, Daisen-cho, Saihaku-gun, Tottori, Japan
Basidiocarp of a boletaceous fungus, Higashiyamato Park, Kohan, Higashiyamato, Tokyo, Japan
Basidiocarp of Phylloporus bellus, Torihara, Hakushu-cho, Hokuto, Yamanashi, Japan
Basidiocarp of Xerocomus subtomentosus, Nishizawa Valley, Kamikamaguchi, Mitomi, Yamanashi, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Mexican UASB digester treating cheese factory wastewater
'Thiodendoron' bacterial sulfur mats of mineral springs of the Staraja Russa health resort in Russia
'Thiodendoron' bacterial sulfur mats in the littoral zone at Kandalaksha Bay, Russia
Tiopaq bioreactor, removing H2S from biogas, in Eerbeek, the Netherlands
Great Artesian Basin bore, Mitchell, Queensland, Australia
Astilbe (Astilbe thunbergii var. congesta), Yamanashi, Japan
Marine sandy sample collected off shore of the Sea of Japan, Russia at a depth of 3 m
Hypersaline habitat of the Tarim basin, north-west China
Sediment sample from a salt lake, Xinjiang Province, China
Seawater sample collected from the Yangtze River estuary near the East China Sea
Gingival crevicular fluids obtained from beagle
Landfill site, Pohang, Republic of Korea
Soil taken from a landfill, Pohang, Republic of Korea
Black sand taken from Soesoggak Beach on Jeju, Republic of Korea
Korean traditional fermented seafood, Korea
Soil at the Aoyama Cemetery, Tokyo, Japan
Contaminated soil of a former coking plant, Übach-Palenberg, Germany
Activated sludge plant in Sunchon, South Korea
Soil from Maewong National Park, Nakhon Sawan Province, Thailand
Bathroom of a house, Asahi-ku, Osaka, Osaka Pref., Japan
Bathroom of a house, Tennoji-ku, Osaka, Osaka Pref., Japan
Bathroom of a house, Tsurumi-ku, Osaka, Osaka Pref., Japan
Chimney collected from a deep-sea hydrothermal field at a depth of 2634 m on the East Pacific Rise
Water sample collected at a depth of 4.5 m from Lonar Lake, Lonar, Buldhana district, Maharashtra, India
Frozen salmon-stick, Market, Kawasaki, Japan
Freshwater creek in North-central Pennsylvania, USA
Wall of an active white smoker chimney collected in the Soria Moria vent field in the Norwegian-Greenland Sea
Fruiting body of Auricularia auricula-judae
Oxygen minimum zone water column off the Peru at 400 and 500 m water depth
Roots of Gynura pseudochina var. hispida collected from Bangkok, Thailand
Seawater off the coast of Jeju Island, Korea
Sediment of the hypersaline lake Chagannor in Inner Mongolia, China
Soft-tissue infections and normal gingival margins from cats
Mouldy spots on the floor of the stone chamber of Takamatsuzuka Tumulus, Asuka, Nara, Japan
Surface of an insect body (Isopoda) from the wall in the stone chamber of Takamatsuzuka Tumulus, Asuka, Nara, Japan
Viscous gels below the paintings of the group of women on the east wall 3 in the stone chamber of Takamatsuzuka Tumulus, Asuka, Nara, Japan
Black spots on the paintings of the group of women on the west wall 3 in the stone chamber of Takamatsuzuka Tumulus, Asuka, Nara, Japan
Black spots on western area of the adjacent space of Takamatsuzuka Tumulus (during excavation), Asuka, Nara, Japan
Black substances from the top surface of east wall stone 3 of Takamatsuzuka Tumulus (during relocation of the stone chamber), Asuka, Nara, Japan
Pieces of side plaster from the northern side of west wall stone 2 of Takamatsuzuka Tumulus (during relocation of the stone chamber), Asuka, Nara, Japan
Plastic cover over the thieving hole (stone chamber interior side) of Takamatsuzuka Tumulus, Asuka, Nara, Japan
Southern area of the ceiling plaster of ceiling stone 2 of Takamatsuzuka Tumulus (during relocation), Asuka, Nara, Japan
Dark-greenish viscous gels below the paintings of the tortoise and snake on the north wall in the stone chamber of Kitora Tumulus, Asuka, Nara, Japan
Black viscous substance in a hole on the east wall in the stone chamber of Kitora Tumulus, Asuka, Nara, Japan
Soil collected from a tropical rainforest, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Soil near to the Marmore Waterfalls, Terni, Italy
Surface-sterilized root of Carex baccans from a tropical rainforest, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China
Surface-sterilized root of Cercidiphyllum japonicum from Yunnan Province, China
Surface-sterilized stem of Schima sp. from Yunnan Province, China
Salt lake, Xinjiang Province, north-west China
Evergreen broadleaved forest soil, Menghai, Yunnan Province, China
Aerobic granules from a laboratory-scale sequencing batch reactor
Soil at the Durmitor National Park, Serbia and Montenegro
Paddy-field soil, Iriomote Island, Okinawa Pref., Japan
Forest soil, Yoro Valley, Chiba Pref., Japan
Soil from a ginseng field, Pocheon Province, South Korea
Sputum of a 52-year-old female with symptomatic pulmonary infection, Seoul, South Korea
Rock from the peak of Darangshi Oreum, Jeju, South Korea
Sediment from Samyang Beach, Jeju, South Korea
Phyllosphere of potato plants, Dahnsdorf, Germany
Creosote-contaminated soil, Epirus, Greece
Liver of a female agamid lizard Agama impalearis with dermatitis
Surface-sterilized nitrogen-fixing nodule of Lupinus angustifolius, Salamanca, Spain
Peony and bietou flowers, the Stellenbosch and Hermanus area, Western Cape, South Africa
Crude oil-contaminated seawater in the Taean area of Korea
Two ammonium-enriched mesophilic methanogenic processes
Seawater of Bitou Harbour, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Disused marine solar saltern in Jiangsu, China
Abalone (Haliotis discus) under aquaculture in seawater off the Wando coast, Southern Korea
Hot spring in Graendalur, south-west Iceland
Commercially available salt imported from Australia into Japan
Solar saltern sample imported into Japan from the Philippines
Gut of hairy long-horned toad beetles (Moechotypa diphysis)
Deep hot aquifer in the Aquitaine Basin, France
Deep-ocean sediment, the South China Sea
Root of Alnus nepalensis in the rainforest of Nannuo Mountain, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China
Mangrove sediment from the national mangrove reserve, Fujian Province, China
Sediments of Xiaokule salt lake in Xinjiang Province, China
Blood of a diabetic patient with a foot ulcer
Deep-sea hydrothermal vent on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Haematite ore sample collected from Barbil mining area, District Keonjhar, state of Orissa, India
Tropical lowland rainforest soil near a hot spring, Krabi Province, Thailand
Mud sample from mangrove forests at Gesashi Bay in Okinawa, Japan
Sediment from a soda lake in Jilin province, China
Sandy sediment sample collected offshore from the Sea of Japan, Russia
Coastal seawater sample collected from the Sea of Japan, Russia
Mucosal jejunumof a pig, Berlin, Germany
Red colored microbial mat that colonizes a Great Artesian Basin bore well in Queensland, Australia
Soil, Ukima Park, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Soil near a river, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Soil near a fish farm, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Raw fermented sausage, Versmold, Germany
Modified-atmosphere-packaged poultry products
Traditional fermented vegetables 'Suan cai', Harbin, China
Hot spring at Chaudes-Aigues in the Massif Central, France
Acid mining effluent decantation pond sediment at Chessy-Les-Mines, France
Seawater from a mussel farm in a lagoon of Nha Trang Bay, South China Sea, Vietnam
Bathroom, Miyakojima-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, Japan
Bathroom, Tsurumi-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka, Japan
Rhizosphere soil of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) in Pusa, New Delhi, India
Offshore sediment of the Sea of Japan, Russia
Coastal sediment collected off Xiamen, China
Hot spring of Hammam Sidi, Jdidi, Nabeul, Tunisia
Marine ascidian, Halocynthia roretzi, off the coast of Gangneung, Korea {8998]
Roots of Maytenus austroyunnanensis from a tropical rainforest, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China
Roots of Scoparia dulcis from a tropical rainforest, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, China
Healthy inner tissue of the traditional Chinese medicinal plant Lobelia clavata, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, south-western China
Marine sand sediment at a depth of about 500 m, the northern South China Sea
Pinus-associated soil, Anmyeon, near the coastal areas of Tae-An, Chungnam, South Korea
Pinus-associated soil, Sambong, near the coastal areas of Tae-An, Chungnam, South Korea
Deep-sea sediment from the sea area of the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea
Sewage sludge from a wastewater treatment plant, Ciudad Real, Spain
Blood of an HIV-positive patient, Colombia, South America
Pure water distribution system of a haemodialysis unit in the Hospital Son Llzer, Mallorca, Spain
Wastewater of a sequential batch reactor treating wastewater taken from a leather plant
Sludge of the aerobic treatment tanks of a municipal leachate treatment plant, Daejeon, South Korea
Sludge of a leachate treatment plant, Daejeon, South Korea
Soil of a GS-Caltex, Daejeon Oil reservoir, Daejeon City, Korea
Soil near an oil reservoir, Daejeon, South Korea
Soil from a roadside at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Sediment sample collected from a ballast water tank
A soil sample, Minamihama marsh area of Rishiri Island, Japan
Soil of the Zoige wetland on the Tibetan plateau, China
Upflow anaerobic filter treating abattoir wastewaters in Tunisia
Submarine hydrothermal system at the Kolbeinsei RIdgeissn
Oral cavities of Japanese black bears, Akita, Japan
Commercial salt made from seawater in Yonaguni island, Okinawa, Japan
Commercial salt made from Japanese seawater in Niigata prefecture
Extract of chestnut Castanea vesca, Germany
Sigmoid region of the colon of a patient suffering from active Crohn's disease
Hot spring water samples in Shizuoka, Japan
Freshwater of the Woopo wetland, Republic of Korea
Fresh water sample collected from Woopo wetland, Korea
Freshwater collected from the Woopo wetland, Republic of Korea
Deep subsurface oil-bearing sandstone core from an onshore oil reservoir in Gabon at a depth of 1,153 m
Traditional salt-fermented seafood made of clam jeotgal, Sokcho, Gangwon-do, Province, Korea
Traditional salt-fermented seafood, Korea
Jeotga (a Korean salt-fermented food containing tiny shrimps)
Salted turban shell (traditional fermented seafood), Korea
Tidal flat sediment from Deukryang Bay, Republic of Korea
Sputum of a patient with pleural effusion, Varese, Italy
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-contaminated soil of a former oil-gasification company site, Hilo, HI, USA
Non-contaminated soil from Wahiawa, HI, USA
Soil from an urban park in Honolulu, HI, USA
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-contaminated soil of a former oil-gasification company site in Hilo, HI, USA
Mediterranean sponge Axinella polypoides, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France
Acid orthic ferralsol under cerrado vegetation, central Brazil
Seawater at Hwasun Beach on the coast of Jeju Island, South Korea
Moss, Mt. Tanzawa, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Soil in a natural park, northern Thailand
Exudates of Nothofagus dombeyi (Coihue, Nothofagaceae), Pathway to Frias Glacier, Mount Tronador, NHNP, Patagonia, Argentina
Hot spring of Uzon, Caldera, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
Cotton-waste composts used as oyster mushroom cultivation, South Korea
Outer leaves of Chinese cabbages (Brassica rapa L. var. glabra Regel), Fujinomiya, Shizuoka, Japan
Cotton-waste composts for mushroom cultivation, Suwon, Korea
Stem tissues of rice (Oryza sativa L. 'Nam-Pyeoung')
Air sample in Suwon city, Republic of Korea
Leaf tissues of rice (Oryza sativa L. 'Dong-Jin')
Rusticle sample obtained from the RMS Titanic
Rhizosphere samples of ferns collected from Mt. Geyjok in Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Rhizosphere of a pine tree in Daejeon, Korea
Rhizosphere of a pne tree collected from Mt. Geyjok in Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Garden soil in National Chubu Hospital, Obu, Aichi Pref., Japan
Mature compost produced by a field-scale composter, Japan
Cavity within white rock collected in the Skallen region of Antarctica
Tainan marine solar saltern near Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China
Taibei marine solar saltern near Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China
Tainan marine solar saltern near Lianyungang city, Jiangsu, China
Taibei marine solar saltern in Jiangsu, China
Extraction process of water-soluble substances of defatted soybean flakes, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Salt-fermented food made of tiny shrimp, Korea
Leaf-and branch compost at EXPO Park, Osaka, Japan
A milk powder manufacturing facility in 2004
A dried milk production facility in 2003
Cold-smoked tuna involved in an outbreak of histamine poisoning, Denmark
The river Torsa, northern West Bengal, India
Submerged twigs of woody plant, Oomijya River, Iriomote, Okinawa, Japan
Moss, Polytrichum commune L., Mt. Tanzawa, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Submerged woody plant, Geta River, Iriomote, Okinawa, Japan
Submerged twigs of woody plant, Mohei-tutumi, Aoki, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
Submerged woody plant, Nijinoko, Nisyounai, Kuroisi, Aomori, Japan
Submerged woody plant, Mohei-tutumi, Aoki, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
Submerged twigs of Salix sp., Fujimiko, Tsuruta, Aomori, Japan
Submerged culms of Phragmites australis, Himenuma, Rishiri, Hokkaido, Japan
Shallow sediments of the Sea of Japan, Russia
Internal tissues of a marine snail specimen (Umbonium costatum) collected from shallow sediments of the Sea of Japan, Russia
Seawater aquarium at the Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Japan
Dead twigs of woody plant, Tropical Plant Park, Iriomote, Okinawa, Japan
Sediment sample from the South Sea, China
Sediment sample collected from the South China Sea
Biofilm formation on the mural paintings of the Servilia tomb, necropolis of Carmona, Spain
Saline mud from the Keke salt lake in the Qaidam basin, Qinghai Province, north-west China
Hot spring water streams from Yumata, Nagano, Japan
Flower, buttercup (Caltha palustris), Oze National Park, Japan
Flower, plumed thistle (Cirsium japonicum), Oze National Park, Japan
Flower, chrysanthemum (Aster ageratoides subsp. ovatus), Oze National Park, Japan
Flower, chrysanthemum (Aster glehnii subsp. hondoensis), Oze National Park, Japan
Flower (Caltha palustris), Oze National Park, Japan
Cultured larvae of the ornate spiny lobster P. ornatus in Queensland, Australia
Paddy field soil, Tsukubamirai, Ibaraki Pref., Japan
Sediment of the Kinugawa River, Ibaraki Pref., Japan
The foreshore soil in the Buan area, Jeonbuk, Korea
Seawater collected off Boryeong Province, Chungnam
Soil in Yunnan Province, south-west China
Air at the campus of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
Stable foam on the surface of the aerobic reactor in an activated sludge plant treating mainly wastewater from an orange-juice-processing plant, Mildura, Victoria, Australia
Rhizosphere soil of a cliff-associated plant (Peucedanum japonicum Thunb.), Mara Island, Jeju, South Korea
Hindgut of Tipula abdominalis (aquatic crane fly) larvae, MI, USA
Surface seawater at the Kesennuma ferry port, Miyagi Pref., Japan
Sediment (at a depth of 20 cm) of the shore of Yura, Awaji Island, Hyogo Pref., Japan
Driftwood collected at the estuary of the Maera River, Iriomote Island, Okinawa Pref., Japan
Unidentified hydroid collected from the Sano Marine Lake, Palau
Roots of Polyspora axillaris, Yunnan Province, south-west China
Rhizosphere soil, Yunnan Province, China
Black liquor treatment system of a cotton pulp mill, Wuhan, China
Biological soil crust from the Colorado Plateau, USA
Sediment collected from the Baltic Sea, Germany
Semi-coke sample collected from north-eastern Estonia
Hydrothermal field 'Ashadze' located on the Mid Atlantic Ridge
Coastal sediment at Qingdao, China, on the coast of the Yellow Sea
Soil from Central Experimental farm in Ottawa, Canada
Activated sludge obtained from sewage disposal plants in Fukuoka, Japan
Thermal pool in the Washburn hot spring group of Yellowstone National Park, USA
Soil from a desert region, Xinjiang Uigur Autonomous Region, north-western China
Commercial rock salt imported from Hubei province, China
Cold spring from Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China
The rhizosphere of Platycodon grandiflorum collected at Chungcheongnam-do, Korea
Soil near a pond on the campus of KAIST in Daejeon, South Korea
Soil, Sichuan Province, south-west China
Soil, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, north-west China
Water flea Daphnia cucullata originating from Lake Balaton, Hungary
Wall of an indoor environment colonized with moulds, Stuttgart, Germany
Soil from the Temple of Heaven, Beijing, China
Assumed F1 progeny (Asb57) between Arthroderma simii KMU4810 and A. benhamiae RV26680
F2 progeny (Asbv1) between hybrid F1 (Asb57) and Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii RV27961
F2 progeny (Asbv5) between hybrid F1 (Asb57) and Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii RV27961
F2 progeny (Asbv6) between hybrid F1 (Asb57) and Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii RV27961
F2 progeny (Asbv7) between hybrid F1 (Asb57) and Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii RV27961
F2 progeny (Asbv13) between hybrid F1 (Asb57) and Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii RV27961
F2 progeny (Asbv16) between hybrid F1 (Asb57) and Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii RV27961
F2 progeny (Asbv28) between hybrid F1 (Asb57) and Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii RV27961
F2 progeny (Asbv35) between hybrid F1 (Asb57) and Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii RV27961
Assumed F2 progeny (Asvlv 1) between hybrid F1 (Asv1) and Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii RV27961
Assumed F2 progeny (Asvlv 10) between hybrid F1 (Asv1) and Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii RV27961
Assumed F2 progeny (Asvl4v 1) between hybrid F1 (Asv14) and Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii RV27960
Assumed F2 progeny (Asvl4v 2) between hybrid F1 (Asv14) and Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii RV27960
Assumed F2 progeny (Asvl4v 6) between hybrid F1 (Asv14) and Arthroderma vanbreuseghemii RV27960
Assumed F2 progeny (Asvbf-5) between hybrid F1 (Asv11) and Arthroderma benhamiae RV30001
Assumed F2 progeny (Asvbf-8) between hybrid F1 (Asv11) and Arthroderma benhamiae RV30001
Assumed F2 progeny (Asvbf-9) between hybrid F1 (Asv11) and Arthroderma benhamiae RV30001
Assumed F2 progeny (Asbbf 7) between hybrid F1 (Asb57) and Arthroderma benhamiae RV30001
Assumed F2 progeny (Asbbf 10) between hybrid F1 (Asb57) and Arthroderma benhamiae RV30001
Assumed F2 progeny (Asbbf 13) between hybrid F1 (Asb57) and Arthroderma benhamiae RV30001
Assumed F2 progeny (Asbbf 15) between hybrid F1 (Asb57) and Arthroderma benhamiae RV30001
Diseased yearling rainbow trout, Hood River, OR, USA
Soil from a rice paddy in Deok-So, South Korea by enrichment with corn oil as the sole carbon
Sludge from an upflow anaerobic filtering wastewater from a fishmeal factory
Nasturtium flower, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
Sand sample of the Gobi desert inxinjiang Autonomous Region, China
Gypsy moth Portheria dispar larvae
Roots of Acacia auriculiformis A. Cunn. ex Benth. collected from Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
Rhizospheric soil of a rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis), Phatthalung Province, Thailand
Soil of a Rhus vernicifera-cultivated field in Okcheon province, South Korea
Soil of a ginseng filed in Pocheon province, South Korea
Lateral gallery of the ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus in Quercus laurifolia, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Larval cradle of gallery of the ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus in Quercus serrata, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Entrance of gallery of the ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus in Castanopsis cuspidata, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Forest soil from the Changbai Mountains, Heilongjiang Province, China
Channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
Soil from an alkali lake, Xinjiang, China
Rhizosphere of the mangrove plant Avicennia mariana from Fujian Province, south China
Mustard kimchi, a traditional Korean fermented food
Sediments from a hypersaline lake, Ratba Lake, near Dakar, Senegal
Solar saltern of Chula Vista, San Diego area, California, USA
Medicinal mud (fango) of Abano Terme, Italy
Fallen leaves on geothermal soil at Onikobe hot springs, Miyagi Pref., Japan
Raw honey of the Asian cavity-nesting honey bee (Apis cerana), Suthep, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Raw honey of the stingless bee (Homotrigona fimbriata), Chiang Mai, Thailand
Honey, Apis mellifera, Chantaburi, Thailand
Honey, Apis mellifera, Chumphon, Thailand
Honey, Apis dorsata, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Honey, Tetragonula pagdeni, Chiang Mai, Thailand
Obsidian Pool, Yellowstone National Park, WY, USA
Intertidal sediment, inner harbor of Tampa Bay, FL, USA
Shallow sediment collected from the Sea of Japan, Russia
Soil from a cliff on Mara Island, Jeju, South Korea
Surface-sterilized leaves of Maytenus austroyunnanensis from a tropical rainforest, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, south-west China
Rhizosphere of a cliff-associated plant, Peucedanum japonicum Thunb., Mara Island, Jeju, South Korea
Soil from a hypersaline habitat, Xinjiang Province, north-west China
Frass, Dombeya rotundifolia Hochst. Harv.
Surface-sterilized tissue of Osyris wightiana Wall. ex Wight, Yunnan Province, south-west China
Surface-sterilized stems of Maytenus austroyunnanensis from a tropical rainforest, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, south-west China
Surface-sterilized stem of Tripterygium wilfordii, Yunnan Province, south-west China
Deep-sea sediment (black soft mud at 3,865 m depth), the northern South China Sea
Surface-sterilized roots of Maytenus austroyunnanensis from a tropical rainforest, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province, south-west China
Sludge of a carbendazim wastewater treatment facility, Jiangsu Province, China
Soil from virgin forest at Tianzi Mountain, Hunan Province, China
Soil from virgin forest at Jinbian Rivulet, Hunan Province, China
Surface-sterilized tissue of Sedum sp., from Yunnan Province, south-west China
Tidal flat of the Taean coast, South Korea
Beach sand from the Taean coast in South Korea
Lead-contaminated soil, Huixian, Gansu Province, north-west China
Compost at a cattle farm near Daejeon, Republic of Korea
The liquid phase of a tea fungus beverage (Kombucha)
Submerged cider vinegar fermentation at a factory, Germany
Drosophila melanogaster captured in an apple orchard
Soil around a wastewater treatment plant, Taejon, Korea
Sediment of a polluted stream, Gumi, Korea
Surface-sterilized roots of Aquilaria sinensis from a tropical rainforest, Yunnan Province, south-west China
Homogenates of a sea anemone from a tidal flat on Naozhou Island in the South China Sea, near Zhanjiang City, southern China
Soil from the Gulbarga region, Karnataka Province, India
Roots of Maytenus austroyunnanensis, a traditional Chinese medicinal plant, from the tropical rainforest of Yunnan Province, south-west China
Marine sediment from Xinghai Bay, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China
Sediment from Shenzhen Futian Mangrove and Birds Nature Reserve, Guangdong Province, southern China
Leaves of Drymoglossum pilloselloides Presl.
Contaminated agar plate in the laboratory of Yunnan Institute of Microbiology, China
Saline soil from Ganjiahu Suosuo Forest National Nature Reserve, Xinjiang Province, north-west China
Fagus crenata, Oirase, Towada, Aomori, Japan
Fagus crenata, Ishino-to, Owani, Aomori, Japan
Betula platyphylla var. japonica, Campus of Hirosaki Univ., Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
Betula verrucosa, Tomita, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan (40° 35.3'N, 140° 28.3'E)
Betula ermanii, Ohanabe moutain pass, Hakkoda, Aomori, Japan
Jeotgal, a traditional Korean fermented seafood, South Korea
Jeotgal, a traditional salt-fermented seafood made of gizzard shad in Korea
Groundwater sediment polluted with copper, Tucumán, Argentina
Mucus of the coral Fungia granulosa, Gulf of Eilat, northern Red Sea, Israel
Permafrost soil in the Adventdalen Valley, Spitsbergen, northern Norway
Sediment from the Antarctic Ocean, near the Larsemann Hill area, Antarctica
The Kafni glacier in the Himalayan mountain ranges of India
Chironomid egg mass in Tivon waste stabilization pond, northern Israel
Homemade compost produced by thermal digestion of kitchen refuse, Portugal
Root nodule of Pisum sativum, Zamora, Spain
Rhizosphere soil of the argan tree (Argania spinosa L.) in the south of Morocco
Cheese in cold store, Aburi, Gold Coast, Australia
Rotten leaf, Joao Pessoa, Mata Atlautica, Brazil
Dead leaf of Fragaria vesca in a garden, Ottignies, Belgium
Decaying leaf of Cocos nucifera, Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka
Sewage treatment plant in Gwangju, Republic of Korea
Soil of a ginseng cultivaring field of Pocheon province, South Korea
Sandy sediment sample collected from the Sea of Japan seashore, Russia
Activated sludge foam, Cheonan, Republic of Korea
A seashore sand from Dokdo Island, Korea
A tidal flat sediment from Ganghwa Island, Korea
Apple juice in South Tyrol region, Italy
Soil of a ginseng farm, Pocheon Province, South Korea
Intestinal tract of Armadillidium vulgare, Chiba City, Japan
Subgingival plaque of a patient with periodontitis
Nuruk, an alchohol fermentation starter of traditional Korean rice wine
White moldy colonies on the floor of the stone chamber of Takamatsuzuka Tumulus, Asuka, Nara, Japan
Black spots on the paintings of the group of women on west wall 3 in the stone chamber of Takamatsuzuka Tumulus, Asuka, Nara, Japan
Black spots above the painting of the white tiger on west wall 2 in the stone chamber of Takamatsuzuka Tumulus, Asuka, Nara, Japan
White moldy colonies on the paintings of the group of women on east wall 3 in the stone chamber of Takamatsuzuka Tumulus, Asuka, Nara, Japan
Black moldy colonies and viscous gels on the paintings of the group of women on west wall 3 in the stone chamber of Takamatsuzuka Tumulus, Asuka, Nara, Japan
Viscous gels above the painting of the white tiger on east wall 2 in the stone chamber of Takamatsuzuka Tumulus, Asuka, Nara, Japan
Black moldy colonies on northwest area of the ceiling (stone 3) in the stone chamber of Takamatsuzuka Tumulus, Asuka, Nara, Japan
Black powdered molds on the east wall in the stone chamber of Kitora Tumulus, Asuka, Nara, Japan
Black moldy colonies above the group of men on west wall 1 in the stone chamber of Takamatsuzuka Tumulus, Asuka, Nara, Japan
Black needle-like molds on the east wall in the stone chamber of Kitora Tumulus, Asuka, Nara, Japan
Black moldy colonies on the ceiling in the stone chamber of Kitora Tumulus, Asuka, Nara, Japan
Black powdered molds on the north wall in the stone chamber of Kitora Tumulus, Asuka, Nara, Japan
Black sooty molds on the south wall in the stone chamber of Kitora Tumulus, Asuka, Nara, Japan
Black sooty molds in the east area of the north wall in the stone chamber of Kitora Tumulus, Asuka, Nara, Japan
Soil from the space between the west wall and soil flowing into the stone chamber in area B of the stone chamber of Kitora Tumulus, Asuka, Nara, Japan
Air in adjacent room B of Takamatsuzuka Tumulus, Asuka, Nara, Japan
Air from the north area in the adjacent small room of Kitora Tumulus, Asuka, Nara, Japan
Viscous substances on the stone wall in the adjacent small room of Kitora Tumulus, Asuka, Nara, Japan
Moldy colonies on the floor in the stone chamber of Kitora Tumulus, Asuka, Nara, Japan
White salt-like masses on the central part of the paintings of the vermillion bird (Suzaku) on the south wall in the stone chamber of Kitora Tumulus, Asuka, Nara, Japan
River sand, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Pref., Japan
Lotus field soil, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Pref., Japan
A sandy sediment collected from the Sea of Japan seashore, Russia
Mountain flowers, Oze National Park, Japan
Marine sediment sample from Yueqing Bay, Zhejiang Province, China
Vicroria Upper Glacier, Antarctica, basal ice
Basal ice, Vicroria Upper Glacier, Antarctica
Soil of experimental field in the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
HCH-contaminated soil, Miyagi Pref., Japan
Soil near an oil refinery in Tokyo, Japan
Root of Acacia auriculiformis A. Cunn. ex Benth. collected in Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
Roots of Thai glutinous rice plants (Oryza sativa L. 'RD6') from Pathum Thani Rice Research Center, Pathum Thani Province, Thailand
Soil in the Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve, Nakhonratchasima, Thailand
Surface of an unknown flower, La Chaumiere, Guyana
Gum produced by an unknown tree, Khao Thalu, Thailand
Salted brown alga Laminaria produced at Dalian, Liaoning, China
Culture of the diatom Skeletonema costatum
Root of a Mondo grass, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Clonal isolate obtained from the JCM 7811 culture originating in the Matsuo sulfur and iron sulfide mine, Japan
"Suguki" (a kind of traditional Japanese pickles), Kyoto, Japan
soil of the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea
Bovine hoof keratin baited into composting bovine manure, southern Alberta, Canada
Activated sludge from a wastewater treatment plant, Yeongdeuk-gun, Republic of Korea
Necropsy lung tissue of a ferret with lethal sepsis
Human ankle aspirate from a 54-year-old man probably with gout, Pilbara, West Australia
Groin abscess specimen taken at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Sylma, CA, USA
Rhizosphere soil at a depth of 10 cm, Isfahan City, Iran
Stool specimen of a diarrhoeal child in Bangladesh
Hydrothermally heated black smoker wall at the TAG site at the Mid Atlantic Ridge (3650 m depth)
Forty-year-old coal refuse, Bevier coal seam, Calloway county, Missouri, USA
Rabbit dung, Frameston, Victoria, Australia
Root of a plant, a variety of orchid, Okinawa Pref., Japan
Oil sand in the Shengli oil field in China
Marine sediment at a depth of 20 cm on the seashore of Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, China
Rhizosphere soil of a plant (Peucedanum japonicum Thunb.) on Mara Island, Jeju, Republic of Korea
Seaweed on the coast of Mara Island, Jeju, Republic of Korea
Seawater from the South Sea, Republic of Korea
Purulent dog-bite wound in a human patient
Cecal content of a 4-week-old broiler chicken in Ghent, Belgium
Forest soil of the Changbai mountains, China
Saline soil contaminated with crude oil in the Daqing Oilfield, China
Coastal sediment close to a coal-fired power station, Qingdao, China
Hyperarid soil from the Salar de Atacama region of the Atacama Desert, Chile
A pond for the treatment of waste liquor from a kraft pulp mill, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Pref., Japan
The coral Palythoa sp. collected from Vanfong Bay, South China Sea, Vietnam
Abies homolepis associated with Nectria sp.
Aeration tank of a textile dye wastewater treatment system, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Human clinical sample (sacral pressure ulcer)
Soil of a lettuce field in Kyonggi province, South Korea
Limestone quarry at Hundung, Manipur, India
Sediment of Lake Washington, Seattle, USA
Echinochloa crus-galli var. crus-galli
Surface soil from phosphate mine in Metlaoui region, the Prefecture of Gafsa, Tunisia
Kiel Fjord, part of the Baltic Sea, Germany
Public aquarium of the Institute for Marine Research at the University of Kiel, Germany
Coix lachryma-jobi var. funmetacea
Algae surface in Tjärnö, Sweden
Fish tuberculosis lesion, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Sediment of the Oak Ridge Integrated Field Research Challenge (OR-IFRC) site, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
Groundwater of the Oak Ridge Integrated Field Research Challenge (OR-IFRC) site, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
Hot spring water, Ohwaku-dani, Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan
Hot spring water, Soun-zan, Hakone, Kanagawa, Japan
Hot spring water, Kowaki-dani, Hakone, Japan
Soil from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India
Farm soil from the Hyderabad region of Andhra Pradesh, southern India
Broad-leaf forest soil on Rishiri Island, Hokkaido, Japan
Soil from Palace Leas meadow hay plot 6 at Cockle Park Experimental Farm, Northumberland, UK
Halophyte, Carex scabrifolia Steud., growing on sand dunes on Namhae Island, Korea
Soil from Halla Mountain, Jeju island, Korea
Hydrocarbon-contaminated soil, Bozen, South Tyrol, Italy
Alpine soil in Fuschertörl, Hohe Tauern, Austria
Mangrove Excocaria agallocha rhizosphere soil, Hainan Province, China
Seawater in the South China Sea, Hainan, China
Forest soil, the Changbai Mountains, Heilongjiang Province, China
Deep-sea (5,368 m) sediment of the Indian Ocean
Surface sediment (estuarine), Garrison Point, Georges Hall, Sydney, Australia
Fruiting body of Fomitopsis pinicola
Granulomatous lesions in spleen tissue from a striped barombi mbo cichlid, Stomatepia mariae, at the London Zoo Aquarium, UK
Hay meadow plot at Cockle Park Experimental Farm, Northumberland, UK
Fruiting body of Boletus purpureus
Moss-covered soil from Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Healthy larvae of Thaumetopoea pityocampa from the Middle Black Sea region of Turkey
Salt lake sample collected from Qijiaojing Lake, Xinjiang Province, north-west China
Sediment at the mouth of the Kuiragawa River, Iriomote, Okinawa Pref., Japan
Uncontaminated soil at the University of Freiburg, Germany
Sodium glutamate manufacturing factory, Kawasaki, Japan
Tempoyak (Malaysian acid-fermented condiment made from pulp of the durian fruit), Malaysia
Blood cultures of patients with acute gastrointestinal compromises or with acute sepsis
Air sample collected at an altitude of 40-41.4 km, Hyderabad, India
Roots of a Thai jasmine rice plant (Oryza sativa L. 'KDML 105') from Pathum Thani Rice Research Center, Pathum Thani Province, Thailand
Roots of Samanea saman (Jacq.) Merr. collected from Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
Soil from the Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve in Nakhonratchasima Province, Thailand
Forest soil, Kaeng Krachan District, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand
Forest soil, Nakhon Thai District, Phitsanulok Province, Thailand
Frass of dead hemlock tree (Tsuga canadensis)
Rhizosphere soil of the plant Cephalotaxus fortunei collected from Yunnan Province, south China
Iron-ore-contaminated soil near New Mangalore Port, Karnataka, India
Soil attached to a spawn used for growing the edible mushroom Agaricus brasiliensis
Mouldy cellar wall of a house, Jena, Germany
Wallpaper of an outer house wall and colonized with moulds, Berlin, Germany
Wall of a house colonized with moulds, Berlin, Germany
Wall of a house with rising damp and colonized with moulds, Germany
Paddy soil, Iriomote Island, Okinawa Pref., Japan
Bark of a mangrove tree, Kandelia candel, Iriomote Island, Okinawa Pref., Japan
Vegetable field soil, Amami Island, Kagoshima Pref., Japan
Forest soil from Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Japan
Frass of Diospyros inhacaensis F.
Frass, Papanea melanophloeos L. Mez.
Sediment from a river, Dali City, Taiwan
Sediment from a dry lake, Yilan County, Taiwan
Mangrove soil from Chiayi County, Taiwan
Zinc-contaminated soil from Shaanxi Province, north-western China
Human ankle discharge, Marseille, France
Human, lymph node biopsy specimen, Leiden, the Netherlands
Biopsy from a slowly spreading skin granulation on a child
Human, infected wound after dogbite, a left lower leg, Limburg, the Netherlands
Philippine sponge Haliclona sp. from Cebu, the Philippines
Soil from a salt lake (Qijiaojing Lake), Xinjiang Province, north-west China
Soil from the Xishuang Banna tropical rainforest, Yunnan Province, China
Hypersaline soil, Xinjiang Province, north-west China
Groin on a male patient with seborrheic eczema
Slime flux of Mycoporum sandwicense
Insect boring in Picea sitchensis
Necrotic tissue of Lemaireocereus thurberi
Necrotic tissues of Rathbunia alamosensis
Necrotic tissues of Pachycereus pringlei
Rotting tissue of Stenocereus gummosis
Rot of Opuntia inermis (cereoid cactus)
Tunnel of Platypus cylindrus in Quercus cerris
Contaminant of Trichophyton sp. culture, Brazil
Fallen trunk of ?Zelkova, Sakura-Jo Castle, Sakura, Chiba Pref., Japan
Ascospores, Oosumi natural reserve forest, Kanoya-shi, Kagoshima Pref., Japan
Quercus cultivating Lentinus edodes
Quercus cultivating Lentinus edodes, Odoi, Toi-cho, Tagata-gun, Shizuoka Pref., Japan
Rhizomorphs of Armillariella mellea, Tashiro-toge Pass, Tateiwa-mura, Minami-aizu-gun, Fukushima Pref., Japan
Single ascospore isolate from cross RV 23302 (ATCC 16781A) x RV 23303 (ATCC 16782a)
Single ascospore isolate from a gymnothecium
Single ascospore isolate from RV 24720 (ATCC 24953) x RV 27436 (ATCC 24957)
Single ascospore isolate from RV 24720 (ATCC 24953) X RV 24736 (ATCC 24957)
Single ascospore isolate from crossing of B 2087 (ATCC 28352) x B2089 (ATCC 28354)
Single ascospore isolate from a gymnothecium on soil
Single ascospore isolate from a gymnothecium of Hungary soil
Single ascospore isolate of ATCC 14419 X ATCC 14420
Single ascospore isolate of CMI 80558, soil
Single ascospore isolate from cross VUT 73015 X VUT 74001
Single ascospore isolate from a gymnothecium of CMI 128984
Cold-water retting of Hibiscus cannabinus
Forest soil in a rainforest, Ivory Coast
Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata
Polluted water lines in the Nylon 6 manufacturing plant, Nagoya, Japan
Herbarium material of Vaccinium myrtillus
Ovaries of the lyreman cicada (Tibicen linnei)
Fly (Protophormia terrae-novae), Czechoslovakia
Oropharyngeal region of patient with mouth cancer
Masses of basidiospores, on Phoenix canariensis, Katsuura shi, Chiba Pref., Japan
From masses of basidiospores, on Phoenix canariensis, Chichijima, Ogasawara Is., Japan
Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) Beauv. var. crus-galli, Sakura-mura, Niihari-gun, Ibaraki Pref., Japan
Polygonum lapathifolium L., Minami Saku Gun, Nagano Pref., Japan
Zea mays L., Sakura-mura, Niihari-gun, Ibaraki Pref., Japan
Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) Beauverie var. crus-galli, Sakura-mura, Niihari-gun, Ibaraki Pref., Japan
Pennisetum alopecuroides (L.) Sprengel, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Nam-budu (fermented fish in liquid form)
Excrement (man) (R. Azuma, personal comm.)
H. Yoshikawa's strain 101 (purB6 leuA8 metB5) transformed with DNA of Bacillus subtilis 15 (trpB3 arg15) by H. Saito (The strain originally derived from Bacillus subtilis Marburg strain)
S. Zamenhof's strain 31 (trpC2 hisB31) transformed with DNA of Bacillus subtilis 15 (trpB3 arg15) by H. Saito (The strain originally derived from Bacillus subtilis Marburg strain)
"Kikurage" (Auricularia auricula-judae)
Mediterranean flour moth (Ephestia kuehniella)
Indian-meal moth (Plodia interpunctella)
Sea fish (Coelorhynchus japonicus)
Cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium), India
Soil, Kofu, Yamanashi Pref., Japan (O. Nakayama, personal comm.)
Clay of the river Maas by kerosene enrichment
Soil by aerobic enrichment with fumarate
UV-induced mutant from X-1612 (Carnegie Inst., USA)
Bottle containing dregs of fluid medicament
Soil or water using allo-isocitrate as sole carbon source
Sewage, Telling Sewage works, County Durham, UK
Activated sludge from an oil refining plant
Buccal carvity of patient with laryngeal cancer
Plant-derived foodstuff (garden beans), Beltsville, MD, USA
Hemolymph of moribund lobsters at Martha's Vineyard, MA, USA
Hypersaline soil near Alicante in southeast Spain
Stem gall on Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
Littoral water sample at Woods Hole, MA, USA
Soybean (Glycine max), Xinjiang, China
Root nodules of Astragalus sinicus, Nanjing, China
Surface of a red alga (Jania sp.)
Skin slime of pufferfish (Fugu poecilonotus)
Solar salt facility located on Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles
Water sample from Organic Lake, Antarctica
Seawater off the coast of Oahu, HI, USA, by enrichment with allantoin
Human bronchial secretion, Zurich, Switzerland
Hairy roots of Rosa sp. (rose), USA
Freshwater collected from the Putah Creek overflow, Davis, CA, USA
Kidney of a diseased chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tschawytscha) from the Snake River, WA, USA
Eroded caudal fin of a fingerling chinook salmon inflicted with furunculosis disease, University of Washington, Hatchery
Ventricular fluid of fetus, Nagasaki, Japan
Red sea bream (Pagrus major), Hiroshima, Japan
Adherent epiflora of Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) eggs, western Norway
Mixed culture NCTC 6716 from a vinegar brew
Apple juice or cider or associated equipment, Bristol, UK
Manju-moto (dough of wheat flour with Koji)
Sea urchin gastrointestinal tract, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sulfide-containing mud from a saltwater marsh located near Woods Hole, MA, USA
Seawater enriched with propanol, Oahu, HI, USA
Seawater off coast of Oahu, HI, USA, by enrichment on succinate
Seawater off coast of Oahu, HI, USA, by enrichment on alginate
Intestine of a wood-boring isopod (Limnoria tripunctata)
Hypersaline soil near Mediterranean Sea coast near Alicante, Spain
Surface water from the North Arm of Great Salt Lake, UT, USA
Marine sediments of the eastern Atlantic Ocean
PEG solution for the treatment of excavated wood
Stationary culture of the toxin-producing marine dinoflagellate Prorocentrum lima PL2V, Instituto Espanol de Oceanographia, Vigo, Spain
Enteromorpha linza collected at Aburatsubo Inlet, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Wounded frond of Laminaria japonica var. ochotensis
Red-spotted beds of makonbu, Laminaria japonica, Minamikayabe, Hokkaido, Japan
Surface seawater, neritic zone, Nice, France
Culture of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans, originally grown by W. W. Leathen from coal mine water, PA, USA
Flower of Rheum undullatum, Kyoto, Japan
Water and the muddy upper layers of sediment from the eutrophic river Ryck near Greifswald, Germany
Seawater from larval cultures of the scallop, Pecten maximus (Instituto Oceanografico, A Coruña, Spain)
Culture bed of laminaria seed, Minami-kayabe, Hokkaido, Japan
Diseased fish (Japanese eel), Shizuoka, Japan
Echinochloa crus-galli, Gunma Pref., Japan
Setaria viridis, Ibaraki Pref., Japan
Seawater, 1,001 m depth, the Pacific Ocean
Seawater, 1488 m depth, the Pacific Ocean
Seawater, 2471 m depth, the Pacific Ocean
Seawater, 3600 m depth, the Pacific Ocean
Seawater, 4063 m depth, the Japan trench
Seawater, 500 m depth, Suruga Bay, Japan
Seawater, 502 m depth, the Pacific Ocean
Seawater, 5998 m depth, the Pacific Ocean
Seawater, 8683 m depth, the Pacific Ocean
Seawater, 6346 m depth, the Pacific Ocean
Marine sediment, 2946 m depth, the Pacific Ocean
Activated sludge, Noborito, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Water from a depth of 10 m, Ekho Lake, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica
Petellodida saccharina, Misaki, Miura, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Green-brown sand, Canoe Beach, Tema, Ghana
Activated sludge of petroleum waste in Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan
Sea urchin, Date sea urchin Breeding Center
Sea urchin, Shikabe sea urchin Breeding Center
Sea urchin, Shiriuchi sea urchin Breeding Center
Sea urchin, Shakotan-cho sea urchin Breeding Center
Soil near a geyser, the Kirishima area, Kagoshima Pref., Japan
Seawater from the Mediterranean coast of southern Spain
Distilled water, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Sediment under snow and ice, Resolute, Northwest Territory, Canada
Living sponge collected at Miura Peninsula, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Seawater, Ogasawara Island, Tokyo, Japan
Upflow anoxic filter previously inoculated with activated sludge, Narbonne, France
Root nodule on birds-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), New Zealand
Onchidium deamelli, Izu-Ohsima Island, Japan
Dolabella auricularia, Izu-Ohsima Island, Japan
Omphalius pfeifferi pfeifferi Banda, Tateyama, Chiba, Japan
Decomposing alga, Oujima Islet, Okinawa Pref., Japan
Abalone (Haliotis rubra), Clifton springs, Victoria, Australia
Abalone (hybrid between Haliotis laevigata and H. rubra), Clifton springs, Victoria, Australia
Industrial stream near Chungju industry compley, Korea
Industrial stream near Chungju industry complex, Korea
Soil mixed with rotten straw, Daejeon, Korea
Wound, Strasbourg University Hospital, France
Microbial mat sediment from the South-West coast of the Netherlands
Cyanide degrading bioreactor, Daejeon, Korea
Semi-continuous decomposing system of kitchen refuse
Natural mineral water from Daejeon City, Korea
Nudibranch (Glossodoris pallida), Izu Ohshima Island, Japan
Nudibranch (Chromodoris tinctoria), Izu Ohshima Island, Japan
Gut of abalone (Haliotis discus discus), Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Gut of abalone (Haliotis aquatilis), Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Gut of abalone (Haliotis diversicolor), Izu Ohshima Island, Japan
Thermo-mineral water spring at Misasa, Tottori Pref., Japan
Activated sludge from sewage treatment plant, Odaii, Adachi-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Sea squirt, Polycitor proliferus, from the Boso peninsula, Japan
Apple juice concentrate, Italy (Bertolini)
Activated sludge of a textile-printing wastewater treatment plant in Guangzhou, China
Root nodule on Lotus corniculatus var. japonicus
Granules used in the wastewater treatment plant of a beer-brewing factory in Kwang-Ju, Korea
Fungus (Phanerochaete chrysosporium), Grenoble, France
Glycyrrhiza pallidiflora, Xinjiang, China
Sea slug Elysia ornata collected in seawater off the coast of Izu-Miyake Island, Japan
Gastrointestinal tract of the molluscan top shell Omphalius pfeifferi pfeifferi collacted on the coast of Japan
Activated sludge from a wastewater treatment plant, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Ayu (Plecoglossus altivelis), Tokushima Pref., Japan
Lotus corniculatus, Tochigi, Japan
Microbial mat from Lake Fryxell, in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica
Microbial mat from Ace Lake in the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica
Granules used in the wastewater-treatment plant of a beer-brewing factory in Chung-Won, Korea
Forest soil collected near KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea
Soil of a crop field in Fuji city, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan
Soil of a crop field in Kakegawa city, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan
Soil of a crop field in Shizuoka city, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan
Decaying marine alga at Oura beach, Miura Peninsula, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Living sponge at Oura beach, Miura Peninsula, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Soil in the Drentse A agricultural research area along the Anlooër Diepje brook, the Netherlands
Soil from active fumarole, Mt Rittmann in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica
Soil collected in the experimental area of the University of Tokyo (Yayoi campus), Japan
Water of eutrophic fountain, Vienna, Austria
Naturally boron containing soil of Hisarcik area in the Kutahya Province, Turkey
Laboratory sequencing batch reactor in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Rockpool near high water, Woods Hole, MA, USA
Green alga Ulva fenestrata, the Sea of Japan
Soil of farmland regions, Wu-Feng, Taiwan
Biofilm overgrowing a mural painting in the Servilia tomb, Spain
Rosy biofilm overgrowing a mural painting in the Saint-Catherine chapel, Austria
Biofilm overgrowing the ceiling of the main room of the Servilia tomb, Spain
Seaweed collected from the coast of the African Red Sea
Green algae (Avrainvillea riukiuensis), Palau
Surface of the brown alga (Fucus serratus) L. on the island of Hirsholm, offshore from Frederikshavn, Jutland, Denmark
Bermuda Atlantic Time Series strain in the western Sargasso sea
O2:H2S interface water, Black Sea, Russia
Water from a depth of 8 m, Ekho Lake, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica
Water from a depth of 1 m, Ekho Lake, Vestfold Hills, East Antarctica
Coastal waters of the west Mediterranean Sea
Water of the Montréal Biodôme, Canada
Silt of Lake Mustijärv, Estonian SSR
Deep-sea sediment at a water depth of 5904, the Chagos Trench, Indian Ocean
Soil of a crop field in Fujieda city, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan
Feces of Bos sprunigenius taurus, Japan
Neptunia natans (aquatic legume), Kaolack, Senegal
Root nodule of Phaseolus vulgaris, Mexico
Filtration substrate made from volcanic rock from Niigata, Japan
Filtration substrate made from volcanic soil, Niigata, Japan
Frass of Pyralidae larvae in Encephalartos sp.
Rusted leaf of orange tree, Citrus sp.
Frass in the tunnels of the Bostrichid, Xylion adustus Fahr. infesting Ficus sycomorus L., Dukuduku Forest, near St. Lucia, Natal, South Africa
Exudate from the plant Camellia japonica L., Japan
Leaves, Osmunda japonica (Japanese royal fern)
Leaf spots of Acer spicatum, North America
Plum pockets of Prunus subcordata, North America
Leaf blisters or spots of Ulmus rubra, USA
Leaf curl or thickening of Ostrya virginiana, USA
Young fruiting bodies of Asterophora lycoperdoides, Pirkensee near Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
Young fruiting bodies of Asterophora parasitica, Painter Forest near Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
Contaminant of Aspergillus sydowi culture, USA
Fruit of Ficus carica, California, USA
Aspergillus usamii, R-0635 by irradation of ultraviolet ray
Aspergillus usamii R-0635 by irradiation of ultraviolet ray
Haversack, Finschhafen, Papua New Guinea
Botanical specimen (fruit) preserved in a very dilute formaldehyde solution, Taiwan
Deteriorated baled cotton, Washington DC, USA
Forest soil, Fortuna, Province of Limon, Costa Rica
Photographic film / optical instrument, Barro Colorado Island, Panama
House cleaning wax, National Institute of Hygienic Sciences, Tokyo, Japan
Abis concolor, Zwolle, the Netherlands
Natural variant from NRRL 1951 (=ATCC 9480); Originally isolated from a cantaloupe, Illinois, USA
Fermented grain (Sorghum vulgare), Kyokushi, Northeast part of China
Red fermented bean curd, Konyufu, Hong Kong, China
Stored cotton; Collection of C. Thom, Washington DC, USA
Lees of aged Chinese rice wine (Rauantyu), Taiwan
Fermented grain (Sorghum vulgare), Kyokushi, China
Kuro-koji (Awamori-koji), Shuri, Ryukyu (Okinawa), Japan
Oriental fermented food (Chinese Kyokusi), Kisyuu, China
Cotton duck shelter, Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea
Soil, Bougainville Island, Papua-New Guinea
Dead wood of deciduous tree, especially that of Fagus erenata, Mt. Tukuba, Ibaraki Pref., Japan
Deciduous wood, Mt. Kiyosumi, Chiba, Japan
Deciduous wood, Mt. Tukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Deciduous wood, Kitakata, Higashiusuki, Miyazaki, Japan
Deciduous wood, Houkizawa, Kanagawa, Japan
Deciduous wood, Kusatsu, Gunma Pref., Japan
Deciduous wood, Shima, Nakanojyou, Azuma, Gunma, Japan
Deciduous wood, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
Deciduous wood, Matsuzaki, Kamo, Shizuoka, Japan
Deciduous wood, Amagitouge, Kamo, Shizuoka, Japan
Deciduous wood, Shiobara, Shioya, Tochigi, Japan
Deciduous wood, Mt. Asakusadake, Fukushima, Japan
Deciduous wood, University Forests, Univ. of Tokyo, Furano, Hokkaido, Japan
Nesting material of Leipoa ocellata, Australia
Muchilage bottle with library paste, Connecticut, USA
Contaminant of acetic acid solution, Brazil
Wood of Lecythis unsitata, Brazil
Spider (Araneida sp.), Florida, USA
Dry soil under Pseudotsuga menziesii, Horse Rock Canyon, Oregon, USA
Soil under Calluna vulgris, Aalten, The Netherlands
Eucalyptus leaf litter, Australia
Seed coat of Pinus radiata, Australia
Rotting preserved wood stakes, Australia
Soil in a lodgepole pine-Douglas fir forest, Ravalli County, Montana, USA
Soil, irrigated Prunus sp. orchard, Australia
Rotting preserved wood stakes, North Qld., Australia
Soil in orchard under peach (Prunus persica), Australia
Cashew nut, Anacardium occidentale, Sydney, Australia
Woodland soil, Purczcza Bialowieska Forest, Poland
Soil, Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, NSW, Australia
Fish (Sardinella fimbriata), Indonesia
White pine-birch forest soil, Vilas County, WI, USA
Dried fish Sardinella fimbriata, Indonesia
Gladiolus, corm, imported from the Netherlands, Washington DC, USA
Barley grain (Hordeum vulgare), Australia
Carpet snake (Morelia spilotes), Australia
Coconut matting, Johannesburg, South Africa
Milled Californian rice (Oryza sativa), California, USA
Sand at creek edge, Canyon Camp, Warrumbungle National Park, NSW, Australia
Spoiled fruit gel (baby food), Victoria, Australia
Moldy fresh asparagus in cellophane wrap, West Germany
Aphid, green fly, Baarn, The Netherlands
Camembert cheese imported from France, USA
Spoiled refrigerated hot chilies, Australia
New Zealand mature cheddar cheese, Sydney, Australia
9 month-old cured ham, Concordia, MO, USA
Mutured Italian sausage, Kulmbach, Germany
Citrus fruit Citrus limon, Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside, CA, USA
Root of Picea abies, Pitztal, Austria
Nursery soil under Pseudotsuga menziesii, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Groundnut, Arachis hypogaea, South Africa
Fish (Leiognathus sp.), Senen Market, Indonesia
Deteriorating tent fabric, Papua New Guinea
Cellophane diaphragm of an optical mask, South Pacific Islands
Insect, Mealy bugs on sugarcane, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
Cellulose material buried in forest soil, Pak Thong Chai, Thailand
Soil, Bougainville Island, Papua New Guinea
Greenhouse soil, Wageningen, Netherlands
Soil under pine, Puszceza Bialowieska , Poland
Dead trunk of Machilus thunbergii
Seed of Diospyros kaki, Fushimi-inari shurine , Kyoto, Japan
Soil in oak forest, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
Jungle soil, Berakas-Muara, Brunei, Borneo
Tokyo Gakugei University, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
Elephant dung, Queen Elisabeth National Park, Mweya Lodge, Uganda
Plant debris on surface of soil, Ukraine
Sand dune soil, A1 horizon, Bamburgh, Northumberland, UK
Leaf litter of Acer saccharum, Wisconsin, USA
Dune sand under Convolvulus soldanella, France
Dung of antelope, Central African Republic
Woolen overcoat, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
Dead leaf sheath of Musa sapientum in greenhouse, The Netherlands
Coastal sand under Ammophila arenaria, France
Stony soil along the coast, Papua New Guinea
Dead stems of Dactylis glomerata, Sheffield, England, UK
Old leaf of Triticum aestivum infested with Puccinia sp., Germany
Leaf and pericarp of Citrus reticulata, Zaire
Sun-heated dung of rabbit, 5 km N of Flamingo, Everglades Nat. Park, FL, USA
Dung of cow, Myoko-kogen, Niigata, Japan
Leaf spot in Nuphar luteum, The Netherlands
Decaying wood of Picea abies, Schüttbrehm, Kr. Plön, Germany
Azalea indica, Amandsberg, Belgium
Soil in tropical rain forest, Finisterre Range, Madang Prov., Papua New Guinea
Sunflower oil with garlic cloves, France
Stems of Urtica dioica, Kiel-Kitzeberg, Germany
Larva of Heterodera schachtii, Reuver, The Netherlands
Seed of Festuca arundinacea, New Zealand
Fruit of Malus sylvestris, Bologna, Italy
Stem base of Lolium perenne, Australia
Old leaf of Cocos nucifera, Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka
Decaying wood of Picea abies, Gut Schierensee, Kr. Rendsburg, Germany
Alpine soil, AC-horizon of lithic regosol under dryas, Mt. Allan (2530 m alt), Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada
Living lepidopterous larva, Atewa, Ghana
Decaying timber of boat, The Netherlands
Egg of Heterodera avenae, Lund, Sweden
Peat soil, Bradford Marsh, Ontario, Canada
Pepper-field soil, Nagasaki Pref., Japan
Mine tip with a very high surface temperature, Staffordshire, UK
Culture contaminant, Berkshire, England, UK
Fagus sylvatica, Pekingtuin, Baarn, The Netherlands
Soil under Beta vulgaris, Near Groningen, the Netherlands
Garden soil, Alhaurin, dela Torre, Malaga, Spain
Uncultivated soil, Campohermoso, Almeria, Spain
Decaying leaf of Brassica pekinensis, Japan
Forest soil under Picea abies, Sweden
Peloids for balneological purposes, Frantiskovy Lázne Spa, West Bohemia, Czech Republic
Soil under Buxus sempervirens, Netherlands
Peat soil of Thuja-Betula bog, Near Aberfoyle, Ontario, Canada
Building with moisture problems, Finland
Forest soil under Thuja occidentalis, Ontario, Canada
Debris of Glyceria maxima, Attenborough, Notts, UK
Stephanoderis hampei, Java, Indonesia
Soil, Csanádapáca, Hungary
Soil, Nyíregyháza, Hungary
Seawater surrounding the hard coral Galaxea facicularis L., collected at Majanohama, Akajima, Japan
Sediment from Carp Island, Republic of Palau
Coastal seawater off Yoshiura, Kamogawa, Japan
Marine plant debris from Trang Province, Thailand
Jar of fiber tailings supplied by a corn processing plant
Seawater collected from a coral reef in the Republic of Palau
Surface water in Lake Saroma, Hokkaido, Japan
Gamma-irradiated soil of the Xinjiang desert, China
Marine barnacle debris in Krabi Province, Thailand
Coastal seawater of the Boso Peninsula, Japan
Marine algae from the Andaman Sea, Krabi Province, Thailand
Field soil in a mangrove area in Ishigaki Island, Japan
Sediment from Lake Hamana, Shizuoka, Japan
Foot epidermis of a nudibranch (Glossodoris cincta) in the sea off Aka Island, Okinawa, Japan
Lichen at the Botanical Garden of the University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Spilt milk on isoprene nipple of a nursing bottle
Soil beneath Dalbergia sisso Roxb., India
Garden soil beneath Piper nigrum L., Calicut University, India
Forest soil, Taï National Park, Ivory Coast
Jungle soil, Barakas-Muara, Brunei, Borneo
Soy sauce mash, Noda, Chiba Pref., Japan
Intestinal flora of insect (Pyrrhcoris apterus)
Found as a contaminant in a culture of Bacillus cereus
Blood of foal dead from "Sleepy-foal Disease"
Blood of adult swine killed by atomic blast
Trichosporia cutis proriasiformis progressiva
Rhizosphere of ditch crowfoot (Ranunculus sceleratus)
Rhizosphere of clover (Trifolium repens)
Rhizosphere of stone leek (Allium japonicum)
Rhizosphere of wild lettuce (Lactuca denta)
Rhizosphere of wood sorrel (Rumex acetosa)
Self-heal (Prunella vulgaris), Akita, Japan
Balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorum), Akita, Japan
Manyspiny knotweed (Persicaria senticosa), Niigata, Japan
Asian dayflower (Commelina communis), Niigata, Japan
Paddy field soil, Miyoshi-mura, Awa-gun, Chiba Pref., Japan
Submerged leaf in water, Nikko Natl. Park, Tochigi Pref., Japan
Meju, fermented soybeans of Korea, Icheon, Korea
Meju, fermented soybeans of Korea, Do Bong Dong, Korea
Meju, fermented soybeans of Korea, Chuncheon, Korea
Meju, Korean fermented soybeans, Chuncheon, Korea
White mutant in cultures of Aspergillus nidulans
Old stump and dead leaves of a broad-leaved tree, Tomakomai Experimental Forest of Hokkaido Univ., Hokkaido, Japan
Morus sp., Akakura, Mogami-cho, Mogami-gun, Yamagata Pref., Japan
Old stump of a broad-leaved tree, Tokyo Univ. Forest, Yamabe-cho, Furano-shi, Hokkaido, Japan
Dead culm of Sasa sp., Yabitsu-toge, Hatano-shi, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Dead decorticated wood, Yunohana Onsen, Tateiwa-mura, Minamiaizu-gun, Fukushima Pref., Japan
Dead branch of broad-leaved tree, Tokai Shizen Hodo, Aokigahara, Kamikushiki-mura, Nishiyatsushiro-gun, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Dead branch of a broad-leaved tree, Mt. Amagi, Takata-gun, Amagi-Yunoshima-cho, Shizuoka Pref., Japan
Decorticated branch of a broad-leaved tree, Kiyosumi, Tokyo Univ. Forest, Awa-Kominata-cho, Awa-gun, Chiba Pref., Japan
Unpolished new rice in Yamagata Pref., Japan
Roots of Lolium perenne, The Netherlands
Calf suspected to have trichophytosis, Rumania
Terminalia ivorensis, Forêt de Kouin, Ivory Coast
Old carpophore of Fomes fomentarius, Germany
Spider with eggs on leaf of Theobroma cacao L., Tafo, Ghana
Frozen 500-year-old mummy, Greenland ice
Rotting Euphorbia ingens, South-Africa
Carpophore Hirneola auricula-judae, Vogelenzang, the Netherlands
Over-wintered nettle stems Urtica sp., British Columbia, Canada
Leaf of Pirus communis, Switzerland
Ma-kam-pom dong (pickled emblic myrabolan), Thailand
Ka-nom Jeen (fermented rice noodle), Thailand
Ma-kam Dong (pickled tamarind), Thailand
Pak-gard Dong (pickled mustard), Thailand
Garden soil, Kofu City, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Acidic volcanic ash, Yotei, Hokkaido, Japan
Paddy field soil, Anjo, Aichi Pref., Japan
Surface water sample from Blelham Tarn, UK
Soil, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
Soil, Alianca, North of Pernambuco, Brazil
Soil, Liberty Park, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Single sporangium from a contaminated culture of Actinoplanes sp. UNCC 1309
Mud, bottom of a salt pool, Syracuse, NY, USA
Sugar cane bagasse, Trinidad, West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
Soil, dry-heated, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Dry-heated soil, Takato, Nagano Pref., Japan
Sugar-cane bagasse, Trinidad, West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
Abnormal foam on activated sludge, Andover, Miami, FL, USA
Soil, Kinshan (Jin Mountain), Beijing, China
Soil, Mt. Heleakala, Maui Island, HI, USA
Sputa of patients with pulmonary disease
Lake mud, Hawkworth Mere, West Yorkshire, UK
Excrement of earth worms (Perichaeta communissima) in soil at Ikeda City, Osaka, Japan
Intestine of bee (Apis mellifero)
Soil, lake mud, near Bi Yun-Shi, Beijing, China
Contaminant of complex medium for Halobacterium
Soil, Tsuyama City, Okayama Pref., Japan
Soil, Kawaguchi City, Saitama Pref., Japan
Soil, Nishiyama oil field, Niigata Pref., Japan
Forest soil, Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Excrement of chukar, Beijing Zoological Garden, China
Mud from a sewage ditch, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province, China
Soil, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, China
Kidney of cultured yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata), Nagasaki Pref., Japan
Spleen of cultured yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata), Nagasaki Pref., Japan
Epidermis of cultured yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata), Kochi Pref., Japan
Soil, dry-heated, Takayama City, Gifu Pref., Japan
Soil, Origuchi, Akune City, Kagoshima Pref., Japan
Soil, Yanai City, Yamaguchi Pref., Japan
Rhizosphere of emerald grass (Omphalodes krameri)
Rhizosphere of dandelion (Taraxantum platycarpus)
Rhizosphere of starwort (Aster indicus)
A-ngoon Dong (pickled young grape), Thailand
Nam-Naw-Mai Dong (sliced bamboo shoot in brine), Thailand
Fresh fruit, Ma-Fueng (star apple), Thailand
Ma-Fueng (star apple, Carambola), Thailand
Hoi-Dong (fermented sea-mussel), Thailand
Nam-naw-mai-dong (slice bamboo shoot in brine), Thailand
Frass from tunnels in the bark of a spruce, Austria
Frass from a Jeffrey pine, Pinus feffreyi Grev. et Balf, California, USA
Frass from a Jeffrey pine, Pinus jeffreyi Grev. et Balf, California, USA
Frass of a red pine, Pinus resinosa
A large fermenter inoculated with Aerobacter aerogenes for the production of butylene glycol
Frass of a live tree of the Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmannii Parry)
Frass of yellow spruce, Gaspé Peninsula, Canada
Bird feces, The Medicine Bow Mountains, WY, USA
Frass of lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl.), Hope Valley, near Markleeville, CA, USA
Soil, The Medicine Bow Mountains, WY, USA
Soil irrigated with wastewater from distilleries
Fermenting mushrooms, Mycena pura Fries
Gum of wild black cherry tree, Prunus serotina, Peoria, Illinois, USA
Slime flux of Populus trichocarpa
Stomach lavage of a tuberculosis patient, Norway
Soil (plus algae), Edge of Lake Bonney, Antarctica
Rotting Araucaria araucana, Chile
Decaying branches of broad-leafed tree, Experiment forest of the University of the Ryukyus, Yona, Kunigami, Okinawa, Japan
Decaying branches of an unknown tree, 23rd river, Teshio, Hokkaido, Japan
Carcino-sarcomatous tumor of the respiratory tract
Activated sludge of the treatment of coke-oven liquor
Lagoon system treating carbonization effluent
Acid mine water of a mine at Shimokawa, Hokkaido
Sandy clay loam soil incubated with zinc
Decaying needles of Pinus luchuensis, Chichijima, Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan
Dead base of a bamboo culm, Vancouver, Canada
Boletus edulis var. albus (fungus)
Tunnels of Xyleborus ferrugineus F. infecting Harpephyllum caffrum Bernh. ex Krass
Patch nose snake (Salvadora hexatepsis virgultea)
California red-legged frog (Rana auroa draytoni)
Nile monitor (Varranus nitolicus)
Soil, potato field, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan
Soil, Inada-Noborito, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Soil, campus of the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Fowl dropping, collected in Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Soil, Mt. Shirane, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Soil, Higashinoshiro, Akita Pref., Japan
Soil, Shinjo City, Yamagata Pref., Japan
Soil, Shinden, Mishima-gun, Osaka Pref., Japan
Soil, Yomoto-machi, Oga Peninsula, Akita Pref., Japan
Soil, Aso district, Kumamoto Pref., Japan
Soil, Ichinoseki, Fukushima Pref., Japan
Soil, Bergün, Kt. Graubünden, Switzerland
Soil, Les Antiques, Alpilles, Provence, France
Rhizosphere of Digitalis purpurea, Botanical Garden, Jena, Germany
Soil from Emigration Canyon, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Soil, Province of Pampa, Curacoi, Argentina
Soil, Rikugo-machi, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Soil, oatfield, near Hale Center, TX, USA
Soil, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Soil, rhizosphere of wheat, Transvolga Region, USSR
Soil of potted tomato plant in Durham, N. C., after spraying of the plants with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
Grassland soil near Williamsberg, IA, USA
Rotting maize, Ado-Ekiti, Western Nigeria
Soil collected in the caverns of Caudano at Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
Garden soil, Oshima Island, Tokyo, Japan
Rhizosphere of Atropa belladonna, Botanical Garden, Jena, Germany
Soil, Yachigusa, Kanzaki, Hyogo Pref., Japan
Soil, Jochi machi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Soil, Carlos Casares, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Soil, Nakayama-machi, Ehime Pref., Japan
Soil, the Orinoco River region, Venezuela
Soil under orchid grass, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Soil, Seno Station, Hiroshima Pref., Japan
Soil, orange orchard, Oomura, Nagasaki Pref., Japan
Soil, Tracunhaém, Pernambuco, Brazil
Derived from a wild type of Streptomyces violaceoruber (S. coelicolor) strain A3(2)
Soil, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, Union of South Africa
Soil, Funabashi City, Chiba Pref., Japan
Soil, campus of Kumamoto University, Kumamoto Pref., Japan
Soil, suburbs of Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Pref., Japan
Blueback salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
Soil, the side of the dining hall of Ikeda Branch, Osaka Kyoiku Univ., Japan
Soil, near Davao Air Port, Mindanao, the Philippines
Soil, coal mine, Kaho-Gun, Fukuoka Pref., Japan
Soil, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Pref., Japan
Soil, Onomichi City, Hiroshima Pref., Japan
Soil, Jumonjitoge, Chichibu, Saitama Pref., Japan
Soil, Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA, USA
One of the agar-decomposing strain (Waksman's 3443) from D. Erikson
Soil, Yonezawa City, Yamagata Pref., Japan
Soil, Kawahira, Ishigakijima, Okinawa, Japan
Soil, Mihara City, Hiroshima Pref., Japan
Soil, Hashimoto City, Wakayama Pref., Japan
Soil, Nachi-Katsuura, Wakayama Pref., Japan
Soil, Kawana, Ito City, Shizuoka Pref., Japan
Petioles of Arenga tremula var. engleri, Iriomote Island, Okinawa Pref., Japan
Petioles of Arenga tremula var. engleri, Yonehara, Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Pref., Japan
Dead branch of broad-leaved tree, Iriomote Island, Okinawa Pref., Japan
Filamentous organisms from sewage, Libertyville, IL, USA
Living leaves of Acer, Tokyo, Japan
Pupa of Drosophila monticolae, California, USA
Decaying cladodes of Puntia ficus-indica, Transvaal
Soaked fluid of salted "Daikon" (Raphanus sativus)
Acid hot spring, Nymph Creek, Yellowstone National Park, WY, USA
Leaves of Callistemon viminalis, New South Wales, Australia
Leaves of Banksia collina, New South Wales, Australia
Lichenized surface of the stump of unknown tree, Wakayama Pref., Japan
Root of living tree, Iriomote Island, Okinawa Pref., Japan
Pêka (a kind of Chinese yeast), Taiwan
Dead leaf of Miscanthus sinensis, Japan
Hindgut of honeybee Apis mellifica caucasica
Kidney of cultured Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus), Kagawa Pref., Japan
Kaolin prepared for the ceramic industry
Lavender field, Tihany peninsula, Hungary
Rhizosphere on tephra, Surtur I, Surtsey, Iceland
Gyttja sediment, valley of the Altmühl River near Badanhausen, Germany
Limestone tuff, Tihany peninsula, Hungary
Grassland, Schwellenburg Hill near Erfurt, GDR
Dead Typha leaf base, Vancouver, Canada
Dead Juncus acutus leaf, Vancouver, Canada
Soil enrichment with ethanol as carbon source
Betula platyphylla Sukatchev var. japonica Hara, Iwaizumi, Shimohei-gun, Iwate Pref., Japan
Betula platyphylla Sukatchev var. japonica Hara, Iwate Pref., Japan
Sapwood of Fagus crenata, Nagano Pref., Japan
Stem of Metroxylon sagus, Sarawak, Malaysia
Strip of beech sapwood placed on the litter of Fagus crenata, Nagano Pref., Japan
Litter of Fagus crenata, Nagano Pref., Japan
Decaying twig of Fagus crenata, Ohbora, Sugadaira, Nagano, Japan
Rotten wood, Mt. Murone, Iwate Pref., Japan
Rotten wood, Teshio-cho, Hokkaido, Japan
Rotten wood, River Oirase, Aomori Pref., Japan
Litter of Camellia japonica, Ibaraki Pref., Japan
Living leaves of Daphniphyllum teijsmanni, Yaku Isl., Kagoshima Pref., Japan
Sapwood of beech (Fagus crenata), Nagano Pref., Japan
Soil, Nanning City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Soil, the Chikuma River, Nagano City, Japan
Activated sludge from a wastewater treatment system of an alcoholic beverage factory
Discharged water from an alcoholic beverage factory
Leaf of Magnolia grandiflora, Japan
Leaf of welsh-onion, Allium fistulosum
Soil at the Institute of Tropical Plants, Xishuang Bana, Yunnan Province, China
Ant-hill of Formica rufa, Moscow region, USSR
Excrements of insects on Paulownia imperialis, Madrid
Forest soil, Hokkaido Jingu, Sapporo, Hokkaido Pref., Japan
Dry-heated soil, Yaizu City, Shizuoka Pref., Japan
Woodpulp factory with air-tight warm system
Forest soil, 6 inches deep, Clarke County, GA, USA
Sawdust media of mushroom subjected to 2.0 Mrad of gamma radiation, Gunma, Japan
Sawdust media of mushroom subjected to 1.0 Mrad of gamma radiation, Gunma, Japan
Dead twigs of Coffea arabica Linn., Near Abby Falls, Coorg District, Karnataka State, India
Soil, Maricao in west central Puerto Rico at about 761 m elevation
Slime flux of Quercus sp., Ohlsdorf
Scrapings from a conveyor belt in a prune dehydration plant, Yuba City, CA, USA
Sputa of a patient with pulmonary disease, Zimbabwe
Sputa of a patient with pulmonary disease
Human inguinal sinus, Kansas City, MO, USA
Lymph node from a body suffering from cervical adenitis
Sputum of a patient with pulmonary lesion
Dead leaf of Benzoin obtusilobum, Mt. Fuji, Japan
Dead leaf of Lyonia neziki, Mt. Fuji, Japan
Dead leaf of Rhus trichocarpa, Mt. Fuji, Japan
Dead leaf of Vitis ficifolia var. lobata, Mt. Fujin, Japan
Auricularia auricula-judae var. lactea
Slime flux of Quercus alba, Pennsylvania, USA
Sandy humus soil, Hills of Vauville, France
Dead leaf of Vitis ficifolis var. lobata, Mt. Fuji, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Dead leaf of Acer rufinerve, Mt. Fuji, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Brackish water, the River Elbe, Cuxhaven, Germany
Seawater, Aburatsubo, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Wind blown branch of Quercus virginiana
Drenched pitwood planks in an old ore mine
Tunnels of Xyleborus torquatus in Cussonia ubellifera
Living twigs and leaves of Abies veitchii Lindl., Botanical garden, Sugadaira Montane Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Sugadaira, Nagano, Japan
Sugar cane, Okinawa Isl., Okinawa Pref., Japan
Aloe sp., Potchefstroom, South Africa
Senescent fronds of Arenga tremula var. engleri, Nakama River, Iriomote Island, Okinawa Pref., Japan
Petioles of Arenga tremula var. engleri, Okinawa Pref., Japan
Leaves of Musa sapiertum, Paramaribo, Surinam
Wheat roots in agricultural soil, Lienden, the Netherlands
Rotten stem of Phyllostachys edulis, Kyoto City, Kyoto, Japan
Scrapings and hair of male dog, Kobe City, Hyogo Pref., Japan
Garden soil, Chigasaki, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Beer (top yeast), Oranjeboom Brewery, Rotterdam
Abies sp., Sendai, Miyagi Pref., Japan
Surface of blade of Carex species, Shiga Pref., Japan
Soil, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Pref., Japan
Fresh fecal pellets of millipede (Chromatoiulus projectus), western Hungary
Soil, Nagaokakyo-shi, Kyoto Pref., Japan
Soil, Susa-machi, Yamaguchi Pref., Japan
Sludge from a compost made of pig feces, Tsukui-gun, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Flower of mango, Public park of Fuzhou, Fujian
Frass of a Scolytid beetle infesting a specimen of Olea europaea subsp. africana
Dung of animal, Japanese wild boar (Sus scrofa leucomystax), Akita Pref., Japan
Dung of animal, Mustela itatsi, Japan
Dung of animal, Ezo red fox (Vulpes vulpes schrencki), Japan
Dung of animal, sika deer (Cervus nippon), Japan
Dung of animal, Japanese wild boar (Sus scrofa leucomystax), Japan
Dung of animal, bat (Rhinolophus cornutus), Japan
Dung of animal, bat (Minopterus fuliginosus), Japan
Dung of animal, bat (Minopterus fuscus), Japan
Dung of animal, copper pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii), Japan
Dung of animal, wigeon (Anas penelope, Japan
Dung of animal, Chinese Bamboo Partridge (Bambusicola thoracicus), Japan
Dung of animal, Japanese hare (Lepus brachyurus), Japan
Dung of animal, hooded crane (Grus monacha), Japan
Dung of animal, rabbit (Family Leporidae), Japan
Dung of animal, mountain hare (Lepus timidus ainu), Japan
Dung of animal, raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides), Japan
Dung of animal, varied tit (Parus varius), Japan
Dung of animal, grey heron (Ardea cinerea), Japan
Dung of animal, fox (Vulpes vulpes, Japan
Dung of animal, Japanese marten (Martes melampus), Japan
Dung of animal, common gull (Larus canus), Japan
Dung of animal, American mink (Neovison vison), Japan
Dung of animal, brown bear (Ursus arctos), Japan
Dung of animal, Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus japonicus), Japan
Garden soil, Wohra, near Marburg, Hessen, West Germany
Lesion in a human ankle, Galveston, TX, USA
Leaf of Knightia excelsa infected by sooty molds
Ventral surface of leaf of Sclerocarya caffra Sond
Polygonum cuspidatum Sieb. et Zucc.
Maianthemum dilatatum (Wood.) Nels. et Macbr
Dead leaves of Vitis ficifolia Bunge var. lobata Nakai
Dead leaf of Vitis ficifolia Bunge var. lobata Nakai, Japan
Sooty mold on Meliacytis macrophyllus
Sooty mold on Pseudopanax arboreum, New Zealand
Leaves and fruits of Coprosma tenuifolia
Sooty mold on Nathofagus cunninghamii
Exudate of Quercus mysinaefolia, Japan
Surface soil sample, Pretoria, South Africa
Flower of Epilobium angustifolium, Fort Smith, North West Territories, Canada
Abies firma, Botanical Garden, Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Miyagi Pref., Japan
Woodland soil, Itsukaichi-shi, Tokyo, Japan
Leaf of Dombeya rotundifolia, South Africa
Soil at seaside saline hot-spring in Izu Peninsula, Japan
Tap water, St. Croix, the Virgin Islands
Water of Spirit Lake, Mt. St. Helens, WA, USA
Bronchial biopsy, human pneumonia, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Water in cooling tower, Seattle, WA, USA
The wall of a tunnel by Xyleborus torquatus in Cussonia umbellifera
Tunnels of Xyleborus aemulus infesting Rapanea melanophoeos
The walls of tunnels excavated by Platypus externedentatus Fairm.
Fallen hawthorne, Crataegus sp., fruit, Peoria, IL, USA
Ragi-tape, Indonesian fermented food starter
Samples collected in the basin of the River Amazon
Water in the drain pit of a kitchen sink, Fukuoka, Japan
Spinal fluid of child with meningitis, Germany
Activated sludge for the treatment of tetramethylammonium
Soil near hot-spring in Izu Peninsula, Japan
Seawater of the Shonan Coast, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Fallen leaves of Houttuynia cordata, Narashinodai, Funabashi, Chiba Pref., Japan
Acid mine water from Matsuo sulfer and iron sulfide mine on Hachimantai volcano, Iwate Pref., Japan
Acid mine water from Matsuo sulfur and iron sulfide mine on Hachimantai volcano, Iwate Pref., Japan
Dead leaf of Imperata cylindrica, Bangkok, Thailand
Leaf of Oryza sativa, Bangkok, Thailand
Leaf of Imperata cylindrica, Bangkok, Thailand
Garden soil by enrichment with trimethylamine
Soil, Pinery Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
Pseudotsuga menziesii, Seymour Arm, British Columbia, Canada
Rotten wood, Hachimantai, Akita Pref., Japan
Tilia japonica, Sugadaira, Nagano, Japan
Decaying needles of Pinus luchuensis, Minamizaki, Mother Isl., Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan
Decaying needles of Pinus luchuensis, Minamizaki, Mother Isl., Ogasawara, Tokyo
Decaying wood, Komagari, Chichijima, Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan
Livistona chinensis var. boninensis, Anijima, Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan
Livistona chinensis var. boninensis, Suzaki, Chichijima, Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan
Triticum aestivum, Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan
Frass of Scolytus ventralis in Abies sp.
Soil (pH 4.6), University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki Pref., Japan
Elaeis sp., Komagari, Chichijima, Ogasawara (Bonin Isl.), Tokyo, Japan
Chrysalidocarpus lutescens, Komagari, Chichijima, Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan
Wet decaying wood, Sugadaira, Nagano, Japan
Dendrocalamus latiflorus, Komagari, Chichijima, Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan
Scabs of cattle (bovine streptotrichosis)
Roots of aspen Populus tremula, USSR
Black sea bream (Acanthopagrus schlegeli), Hiroshima, Japan
Subgingival crevice in a patient with moderate periodontal disease
Core samples from stratigraphic drillings, Japan
Phoenix canariensis, Komagari, Chichijima, Ogasawara Is., Japan
Cocos nucifera, Suzaki, Chichijima, Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan
Decaying wood, Mt. Chuou, Chichijima, Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan
Decaying wood, Mt. Hakkouda, Aomori Pref., Japan
Mushroom infected by Hypomyces hyalinus, Hachimantai, Iwate Pref., Japan
Hyacinthus sp., Toyama Pref., Japan
Ornithogalum sp., Toyama Pref., Japan
Mangifera indica, Ishigaki Isl., Okinawa Pref., Japan
Persea americana, Ishigaki Isl., Okinawa Pref., Japan
Livistona chinensis var. subglobosa, Uji-mukojima, Uji Isls., Kagoshima Pref., Japan
Cocoon of cockroach Periplaneta orientalis
Cocoons of red ants Formica rufa, USSR
Grape must treated with cycloheximide and alcohol, South Africa
Sweetened and jellied bean paste, Ishikura-machi, Maebashi, Gunma Pref., Japan
Basidiocarp of Xenasmatella sp., Germany
Decaying fruit of Akebia trifoliata, Ogawa-machi, Saitama Pref., Japan (36°04'11"N, 139°15'19"E)
Sea mud around Tenjin Island in Sagami Bay, Shizuoka Pref., Japan
Rhus javanica, Univ. Tsukuba, Ibaraki Pref., Japan
Lichenized bark of wood, Amami-ooshima, Kagoshima Pref., Japan
Rhus javanica, Ogawa-machi, Saitama Pref., Japan (36°04'14"N, 139°15'21"E)
Hot sediments in vents of marine solfatatras at the beach of Vulcano Island, Italy
Hot sediment at the beach of Porto di Levante, Vulcano Island, Italy
Cysts of Heterodera zeae (corn cyst nematode) in a corn field, Kent County, MD, USA
Deer dung, New York Botanical Garden, USA
Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama, Japan
Black sandy mud, lower littoral zone, Bombay, India
Soil or mud, Rothamsted or Cambridge, UK
Seawater outflow of aquarium, La Jolla, CA, USA
Seawater in the North Sea off Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kitsuch)
Soil with lettuce seedlings, New York, USA
Supragingival flora coronal to an affected site in a person with juvenile periodontitis
Subgingival crevice of a person with juvenile periodontitis
Gingival crevice of a person in an experimental gingivitis trial
Gingival crevice of a person with moderate periodontitis
Gingival crevice of an affected site in a person with rapidly progressive periodontitis
Bark of Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora), Saitama Pref., Japan
Petal of daisy fleabane (Erigeron annuus), Saitama Pref., Japan
Solfataric marine water hole on a beach of Vulcano, Italy
Marine solfataric fields of the Kraternaya cove, Northern Kurils
Shallow submarine hot spring near Lucrino, the Bay of Naples, Italy
Leaf of Livistona chinensis var. subglobosa
Livistona chinensis var. subglobosa
Dead leaf of Rhus trichocarpa, Japan
Dead leaf of Vitis ficifolia, Japan
Dead leaf of Acer rufinerve var. grosseserrata, Japan
Dead leaf of Quercus mongolica, Japan
Dead leaf of Pseudowintera colonata, New Zealand
Dead leaf of Coprosma tenuifolia, New Zealand
Dead leaf of Hebe stricta var. stricta, New Zealand
Dead leaf of Coprosma lucida, New Zealand
Dead leaf of Nothofagus menziesii, New Zealand
Dead leaf of Weinmannia recemosa, New Zealand
Dead leaf of Gaulthera antipoda, New Zealand
Dead leaf of Nothofagus fusca, New Zealand
Dead leaf of Dracophyllum filifolium, New Zealand
Mud sample from a solfataric field in Tsumagoi, Japan
Dead leaf of Musa paradisiaca, Thailand
Decaying wood, Sugadaira Montane Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Sugadaira, Nagano, Japan
Adult beetle of Ips typographus japonicus in Picea jezoensis, Tokyo Univ. Forest in Hokkaido, Yamabe, Furano, Hokkaido, Japan
Livistona chinensis var. subglobosa, Aoshima Is., Miyazaki Pref., Japan
Phoenix canariensis, Hyuuga, Miyazaki Pref., Japan
Decaying fallen tree, Kuro-dake, the Kujuu mountain range, Oita Pref., Japan
Decaying wood, Kuro-dake, the Kujuu mountain range, Oita Pref., Japan
Fresh stump of wood, Soutarou, Oita Pref., Japan
Dead bamboo culm, Mie-cho, Oita Pref., Japan
Dead bamboo culm, Ume-cho, Oita Pref., Japan
Dead bamboo culm, Iriomote Island, Okinawa Pref., Japan
Decaying wood, Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama Pref., Japan
Seaweed (Rhodymenia palmata), collected at Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Seaweed (macroalgae) collected at Inubousaki, Chosi-city, Chiba, Japan
Soil in a fern community, Mt. Nago, Okinawa Pref., Japan
Dead leaf of Lindera obtusiloba, Japan
Alkaline brines of eutrophic desert lakes of Wadi Natrun, Egypt
Salt pan liquor from the Lake Magadi, Kenya
Saltern in the southern portion of the San Francisco Bay
Acid mine drainage at the abandoned Matsuo sulfur-pyrite mine, Iwate, Japan
Ponds of saltern in San Fernando, Cáidz, Spain
Soil, the Hornsund Gulf region, Spitsbergen Island, Norway
Diphasic water-sediment sample from the Deep Lake in Antarctica
Mold growth on floor of refrigerated wine cellar, South Africa
Decaying wood, Near the Heirin-ji temple, Niiza, Saitama Pref., Japan
Brine from a saltern at Guerrero Negro, Baja, CA, USA
Fallen trunk of Drymis winterii, Chile
Fallen trunk of Eucryphia cordifolia, Chile
Fallen trunk of Laurelia philippiana, Chile
Fallen trunk of Nothofagus obliqua, Chile
Fallen trunk of Nothofagus dombeyii, Chile
Fallen trunk of Laurelia sempervirens, Chile
Rhizosphere soil of Mangifera indica, Miami, FL, USA
Frass of ambrosia beetle, Crossotarsus externedentatus, KwaMbonambi, South Africa
Locomotive Spring in Yellowstone National Park, WY, USA
Geothermal pools and bubbling 'mud pots' in Beppu, Kyushu, Japan
Leaf of Meliacytis macrophyllus, New Zealand
Leaf of Pseudopanax arboreum, New Zealand
Leaf of Nothofagus fusca, New Zealand
Leaf of Pseudowintera colonata, New Zealand
Leaf of Coprosma tenuifolia, New Zealand
Leaf of Leptospermum scoparium, New Zealand
Leaf of Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides, New Zealand
Thermal spring drainage in the Yellowstone National Park, WY, USA
Soil, Musashino-machi, Saitama Pref., Japan
Cultivation substrate for Flammulina velutipes (Enoki-take), Nakano-shi, Nagano Pref., Japan
Infected mycelium of Flammulina velutipes (Enoki-take), Nakano-shi, Nagano Pref., Japan
Skin of a labracoglossid fish (Labracoglassa argentiventris)
Heat-treated soil, a rain-fed corn field, near Periakulam, Tamil Nadu State, India
Soil, Agumbe forest, Karnataka State, India
Surface of leaves of Callistemon viminalis, Australia
Wet decaying wood, Tendo, Yamagata Pref., Japan
Greenhouse soil prepared from mixed forest litter, Heverlee, Belgium
Furnas Caldeiras, São Miguel Island, Azores
Dead tree, Koumori-dani, Haha-jima, the Ogasawara Islands, Japan
Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus L.), France
Decayed wood of Laurelia sempervirens Wein, Chile
Leaves of Banksia collina, Australia
Mature leaf of Ixora coccinea L., Java, Indonesia
Rotten wood of Drimys winteri, Chile
Decayed wood of Nothofagus obliqua (Mirb.) Blume, Chile
Litter of conifer (Abies alba), France
Flux of Fagus crenata Blume, Japan
Seawater, Pacific sector of Antarctic Ocean
Platings of Streptomyces galilaeus INA 5888
Root nodules of alder (Alnus incana)
Woodland soil, Tsuno-gun, Yamaguchi Pref., Japan
Frass of a vine, Akabane, Chigasaki, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Kuruma prawn (Penaeus japonicus), Kagoshima Pref., Japan
Dead tree, Shioya-machi, Tochigi Pref., Japan
Hot water pond at Pisciarelli Solfatara, near Naples, Italy
Acidic hot spring in Hveravellir, Iceland
Thermal spring of Kamchatka and Kunashir Island
Hot water from the Krafla geothermal power plant, Iceland
Gassed spring hole in Grandalur, Iceland
Solfataric waterhole at Leirhukur fissure, Iceland
Soil, Kokonoe-machi, Kusu-gun, Oita Pref., Japan
Laboratory-scale activated sludge unit acclimated with synthetic sewage
Colored bacterial blooms occurring in mud flat, Chiba, Japan
Activated sludge taken from the main purification stage of a sewage treatment plant in Tokyo, Japan
Dead twig, Ogawa-machi, Hiki-gun, Saitama Pref., Japan
Dead twig, Ishikari-cho, Ishikari-gun, Hokkaido, Japan
Dead twig, Musashi Hillside National Government Park, Hiki-gun, Saitama Pref., Japan
Dead leaf, Shishizuka-ooike, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki Pref., Japan
Dead twig, Shishizuka-ooike, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki Pref., Japan
Decaying twig, Ogawa-machi, Hiki-gun, Saitama Pref., Japan
Dead wood, Heitaro-ike, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki Pref., Japan
Decaying twig, Shishizuka-ooike, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki Pref., Japan
Decaying wood, Ogawa-machi, Hiki-gun, Saitama Pref., Japan
Dead leaf, Musashi Hillside National Government Park, Hiki-gun, Saitama Pref., Japan
Dead leaf, Ishikari-cho, Ishikari-gun, Hokkaido, Japan
Dead leaf, Tenno-ike, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki Pref., Japan
Dead leaf, Heitaro-ike, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki Pref., Japan
Dead leaf, Matsumi-ike, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki Pref., Japan
Decaying twig, Heitaro-ike, Tsukuba-shi, Ibaraki Pref., Japan
Dead leaf, Kakuma, Chiisagata-gun, Nagano Pref., Japan
Dead twig, Tendo-shi, Yamagata Pref., Japan
Dead wood, Ogawa-machi, Hiki-gun, Saitama Pref., Japan
Dead wood, Togakushi highland, Nagano Pref., Japan
Marine solar saltern in Geelong, Australia
Acidic solfataric hot spring, Krafla, Iceland
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.), Toyama Pref., Japan
Muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.), Kumamoto Pref., Japan
Muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.), Nagasaki Pref., Japan
Muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.), Kochi Pref., Japan
Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thumb.) Matsum. & Nakai), Kagoshima Pref., Japan
Balsam pear (Momordica charantia L.), Kagoshima Pref., Japan
Bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria (Molina.) Standtley), Kumamoto Pref., Japan
Picea abies infested with Ips typographus, Norway
Fagus sylvatica infested with Xyloterus demesticus, Amerbach, Germany
Forest soil, Honara, the Solomon Islands
Wood of Salix sp., Zuidelijk Flevoland, Almeerderhout, the Netherlands
Log of Picea engelmannii, Red Feather Lakes, CO, USA
Twig of Ulmus hollandica, The Netherlands
Dead stem, Mt. Omoto, Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Pref., Japan
Cooksfoot (Dactylis glomerata), New Zealand
Paddy field soil in Chikugo, Fukuoka, Japan
Anaerobic sewage digester in Kitakyusyu, Japan
Paddy field water, Nirasaki City, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Adult beetle of Ips typographus japonicus Niijima in Picea jezoensis (Sieb. & Zucc.) Carr., Tokyo University forest in Hokkaido, Yamabe, Furano, Hokkaido, Japan
Sapwood of Picea jezoensis (Sieb. & Zucc.) Carr. infested with Ips typographus japonicus Niijima, Tokyo University forest in Hokkaido, Yamabe, Furano, Hokkaido, Japan
Larval gallery of Ips typographus japonicus Niijima in Picea jezoensis (Sieb. & Zucc.) Carr., Tokyo University forest in Hokkaido, Yamabe, Furano, Hokkaido, Japan
Stained sapwood of Picea jezoensis (Sieb. & Zucc.) Carr. infested with Ips typographus japonicus Niijima, Tokyo University forest in Hokkaido, Yamabe, Furano, Hokkaido, Japan
Egg gallery wall of Ips typographus japonicus Niijima in Picea jezoensis (Sieb. & Zucc.) Carr., Tokyo University forest in Hokkaido, Yamabe, Furano, Hokkaido, Japan
Egg gallery wall (bark) of Ips typographus japonicus Niijima in Picea jezoensis (Sieb. & Zucc.) Carr., Tokyo University forest in Hokkaido, Yamabe, Furano, Hokkaido, Japan
Egg gallery of Ips typographus japonicus Niijima in Picea jezoensis (Sieb. & Zucc.) Carr., Tokyo University forest in Hokkaido, Yamabe, Furano, Hokkaido, Japan
Soil from a sugar mill rum still, the Virgin Islands, USA
Decayed leaf of deciduous tree, Saitama Pref., Japan
Root of herbaceous plant, Saitama Pref., Japan
Hydrothermal vent at the Mid-Okinawa Trough
Activated sludge grown on diluted corn steep liquor, Japan
Submarine solfataric field off Vulcano, Italy
Abyssal active 'black smoker' off Guaymas, Mexico
Water of pond Ao, Fukuyama University, Hiroshima Pref., Japan
Exudate of a broad-leafed tree, Kagamino-cho, Okayama Pref., Japan
Decayed stump of a bamboo, Kagamino-cho, Okayama Pref., Japan
Apricot, Fukuyama-shi, Hiroshima Pref., Japan
Bark of a cherry tree, Fukuyama University, Hiroshima Pref., Japan
Nut of a tree, Onomichi-shi, Hiroshima Pref., Japan
Putrefied persimmon, Fukuyama-shi, Hiroshima Pref., Japan
Solfataric sea floor on the beach of the São Miguel Island, Azores
Geothermally heated sea floor at Vulcano, Italy
Insect frass of a fig-tree, Chigasaki-shi, Kanagawa Pref., Japan
Soil, Taura, Ashikita, Kumamoto Pref., Japan
Fruit body of unidentified mushroom, Sugadaira, Nagano, Japan
Wooden chip with a toadstool, Mt. Houraiji, Aichi Pref., Japan
Rotten wood, Mt. Nemoto, Kiryu, Gunma Pref., Japan
Contaminant in an ampoule labeled "Pseudomonas riboflavina" IFO 13584
Dandelion flower, Farm of the University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo, Japan
Sap of peach tree, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Flower of Vaccinium sp. (blueberry), Farm of the University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Tokyo, Japan
Core sample at depth of 718.62-718.67 m, Fujioka, Gunma Pref., Japan
Core sample, Kambara, Niigata Pref., Japan
Frass of Phoracantha recurva, Natal, South Africa
Subcortical insect tunnels in Sclerocarya caffra, South Africa
Rotting trunk of Laurelia phillipiana, Chile
Rot pockets in the cactus, Cereus giganteus
Exudate of Quercus rubra, Pinery Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
Submarine hot sandy sediment at 106 m depth at the Kolbeinsey Ridge north of Iceland
Rabbit pellets, Dawlish Warren, Devon, UK
Vagina of patients suffering from trichomonaiasis
Activated sludge acclimated with sugar-containing synthetic wastewater
Rhus typhina L., Mer Bleu Conservation Area, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Decaying bone, Kitahiroshima-shi, Hokkaido, Japan
Fruit of Rubus idaeus (raspberry)
Liver of Mus musculus (white mouse)
Solfatara, Vulcano, Porto di Levante, Italy
Solfatara, Kawah Domas, Bandung, Indonesia
Clay pan near Leonora, Western Australia
Soil/salt water in desert of Western Australia
Beach sands with granular salts attached, Japan
Damp and rotten wooden sideboard in a kitchen of the house of a summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis patient, Kumamoto, Kumamoto Pref., Japan
Rotting trunk of Laurelia sempervirens, Chile
Rotten trunk of Nothofagus dombeyii, Chile
Rotten trunk of Eucryphia cordifolia, Chile
Brown rot of trunk of Nothofagus dombeyii, Chile
Rotten trunk of Drymis winteri, Chile
Insect tunnels in Cryptocarya latifolia, South Africa
Frass of cerambycid larvae, South Africa
Insect tunnel in Pinus radiata, South Africa
Tunnel of Crossotarsus externedentatus in Ficus sycomorus, South Africa
Tunnel of Crossotarsus externedentatus infesting Ficus sycomorus, South Africa
Frass of buprestid larvae in Acacia nilotica var. kraussiana, South Africa
Water and eggs of shrimp, Atlantic Ocean
Hot sediments of marine hydrothermal system, Vulcano, Italy
Deep sea hydrothermal system at Guaymas, Mexico
Boiling marine water hole at the Maronti Beach, Ischia, Italy
Hydrothermally heated deep sea sediment at the Guaymas Basin, the Galf of California
Soil, Sannan-cho, Hikami-gun, Hyogo Pref., Japan
Deep-sea hydrothermal vent in the western Paciffic Ocean
Soil from shores of the Lake Magadi, Kenya
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa), Kings Ferry, NY, USA
Tomato (Lycopercicon esculentum), Hungary
Potato (Solanum tuberosum), Canada
Seed gall of Lolium rigidum, Murray Bridge, South Australia
Common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris), Hungary
Tissue of pitch canker of Pinus luchuensis, Hisaba, Tatsugoo-cho, Amami-ooshima, Kagoshima Pref., Japan
Flux of Betula verrucosa Ehrh., Russia
Flux of Cornus brachypoda C. A. Mey, Japan
Flux of Alnus japonica (Thunb.) Steud., Japan
Leaves of Taxus brevifolia, Bozeman, MT, USA
Bark of Taxus brevifolia, Bozeman, MT, USA
Soil from the surroundings of a defective town gas pipe
Municipal waste compost, the south of Germany
Nose scab on a snapping turtle, the Perth Zoo, Western Australia
Decayed wood, Mikumarikyo, Hiroshima Pref., Japan
Dead tree, Myooh-in temple, Hiroshima Pref., Japan
Air, Tokai University, Numazu, Shizuoka Pref., Japan.
Tissue specimen taken from an abdominal mass in a patient suffering from peritoneal carcinomatosis following carcinoma of the colon
Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon), Taiwan
Salinas Chica in the Peninsula Vardez, Chubut, Argentina
Salinas Grandes in the Andes highlands, Jujuy, Argentina
Log of Pinus sylvestris infested with Blastophagus piniperda, lying in water, Skutskär, Uppland, Sweden
Dry log of Pinus sylvestris infested with Monochamus sutor, Järna, Södermanland, Sweden
Piled timber of Pinus sylvestris, Skutskär, Uppland, Sweden
Picea abies infested with Ips typographus, As, Norway
Wood chip of Liquidambar styraciflua in lumber yard, Laurel, MS, USA
Epicarp of teak seeds Tectona grandis, Jamaica
Dead leaves, Iriomote, Okinawa Pref., Japan
Floor of gymnosperm timber, Princess Risborough, England, UK
Decayed wood, Oirase river, Aomori Pref., Japan
Decayed wood, Mt. Fuji, Kawaguchiko-machi, Minami-tsuru-gun, Yamanashi, Japan
Hydrothermal vent at a depth of 22 m (120-125C), Tachibana Bay, Nagasaki Pref., Japan
Soil near Lake Kasumigaura, Ibaraki Pref., Japan
Gut homogenate of the wood-feeding termite Reticulitermes speratus
Gallery of Ips subelongatus on Larix kaempferi, Foot of Mt. Fuji, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan
Gallery wall of Ips cembrae Heer in larch tree, Foot of Mt. Fuji, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan
Adult beetle (Ips typographus japonicus) in Picea jezoensis, Tokyo University Forest in Hokkaido, Yamabe, Furano, Hokkaido, Japan
Gallery wall of Ips cembrae in Larix kaempferi, Foot of Mt. Fuji, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan
Wet decaying bark of an unidentified tree, Sumiyou, Amami Isl., Kagoshima Pref., Japan
Unidentified decaying leaves, Nakama river, Iriomote Isl., Okinawa Pref., Japan
Unidentified decaying leaf in evergreen broad-leaved forest, Hokekyou-ji, Ichikawa, Chiba Pref., Japan
Coastal solfataric vent at Kodakara-Jima Island, Japan
Insect, Harpium (Rhagium) inquisitor, Germany
Feces of a fly (Drosophila crucigera), Hawaii, USA
Insect, Hymenochaete rubiginosa, France
Leaf of Saccharum officinarum, Thailand
Dead leaf of Distylium lepidotum Nakai, The Ogasawara Islands, Japan
Citrus unshu, Okitsu, Shimizu, Shizuoka Pref., Japan
Litter, Mt. Yuwan, Amami Isl., Kagoshima Pref., Japan
Fruit of Japanese yew tree (Taxus cuspidata), Furano, Hokkaido, Japan
Litter, Shirako, Wako, Saitama Pref., Japan
Litter, Hahajima, Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan
Rice stubble, Hirosaki, Aomori Pref., Japan
Scabby wheat grain, Kyogoku, Hokkaido, Japan
Dead bark, Lamto area near the Bandama river, Cote d'Ivoire
Rusted straw of Hordeum jubatum, USA
Dead leaf of Platanus sp., Portugal
Leaf of Ligustrum henryi, Portugal
Leaf of Juglans regia (walnut tree), Portugal
Soil, Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka Pref., Japan
Dead branches of Tilia maximowiziana, Sugadaira, Nagano, Japan
Dead twig of a broadleaf tree, Tottori Pref., Japan
Associated with Arthrinium sp. on dead culm of Sasa, Sugadaira, Nagano, Japan
Soil of paddy field, Ibaraki Pref., Japan
Triticum aestivum, Hokkaido, Japan
Soil of red pine forest, Ibaraki Pref., Japan
Prosopis juliflora Amargo (mesquite) flux, Arizona, USA
Drosophila carbonaria near Prosopis juliflora Amago (mesquite) flux, Arizona, USA
Toluene-phenol bioreactor operated by the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Washington, USA
Fallen persimmon leaves, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Soil around a pond, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Fallen leaves on the shore of a lake, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Soi of cultivated field (pH 6.9), Allahabad, India
Soil in a pine forest, Near Kiev, Russia
French camembert cheese imported to USA, Storrs, CT, USA
Faeces of Rattus rattus (white rat), France
Toe nail, of man, Prague, Czech Republic
Water purification tank, Montevideo, Uruguay
Decaying sapwood of Fagus crenata, Ohbora, Sugadaira, Nagano, Japan
Rotting wood of Cyclobalanopsis sp., Matsutomi, Yamanashi Pref., Japan
Moldy garlic (Allium sativum), Egypt
Sandstone surface of the Alte Pinakothek building in Munich, Germany
Leaves of cat-tail (Typha latifolia), pond in Saitama, Japan
Root of galingale (Cyperus microiria), Saitama, Japan
Sphagnum, Mt. Mikuni, Gunma Pref., Japan
Thalictrum minus, St. Karls, Gotland, Sweden
Municipal dumping ground, Montaubert, Essone, France
Dead wood of Raphia hookeri, Peradeniya Botanic Gardens, Sri Lanka
Leaf surface of Viola sp., Wako, Saitama Pref., Japan
Dead leaf of Ficus rubiginosa, Hortus Botanicus, Palermo, Italy
Submandibular abscess in horse, Australia
Soil under oil palm (Elaeis guineensis), Suriname
Root of Dendrobium dicuphum, Northern Territory, Australia
"Exudate of orange tree, Citrus sp."
"Exudate of oak tree, Quercus sp."
"Juice of black currant, Ribes nigrum"
intracellular symbiont of Ernobius mollis
culture of Sachsia suaveolens (CBS 320.31)
"Sap of black oak, Quercus kelloggii"
"Fruit of tonka-bean, Coumarouna punctata"
"Tunnel of bark beetle, Ips tygographus"
"Gum on wild cherry, Prunus serotina"
"Slime flux of black oak, Quercus kelloggii"
"Bark beetle, Dendroctonus jeffreyi in Pinus jeffreyi"
"Bark beetle, Dendroctonus jeffreyi"
"Insect frass on red pine, Pinus resinosa"
"Bark beetle, Ips sp. from felled Picea resinosa (Engelmann spruce)"
"Frass on yellow spruce, Picea sp."
"Frass on white spruce, Picea glauca"
"Japanese ivory shell, Babylonia japonica"
"Gut contents of a fish, Haemulon sciurus"
Urea treated litter of Pasania edulis forest
Urea treated litter of Castanopsis cuspidata var. sieboldii forest
"Leaf nodule, Pavetta zimmermannia"
"Bark beatle, Dendroctonus monticolae"
"Fallen needle of pine, Pinus strobus"
"Fallen needle of pine, Pinus mugo"
"Fallen needle of pine, Pinus sylvestris"
Thermophilic solid waste digestion sludge
"Thermophilic, anaerobically digested sewage sludge"
Deep-sea chimney collected from hydrothermal feild in Suiyo Seamount
"Fallen needle of Japanese larch, Larix leptolepis"
"Carrot, Daucus carota var. sativus"
"Zoysia grass, Zoysia tenuifolia"
"Kindney bean, Phaseolus vulgaris"
"Rot pocket of saguaaro cactus, Cereus giganteus"
Marine hydrothermal vent at 1395 m depth
"Necrotic tissue of cactus, Rathbunia alamosensis"
Soil around the roots of Bruguiera gymnorrhiza
"Rotting cactus, Pachycereus pringlei"
"Partly dead standing trunk, Cercidiophyllum japonicum"
"Kuroguwai, Eleocharis kuroguwai"
"Kernel of barnyard grass, Echinochloa crus-galli var. crus-galli"
"Kernel of baryard grass, Echinochloa crus-galli var. crus-galli"
"Kernel of Himeinubie, Echinochloa crus-galli var. praticola"
"Kernel of early watergrass, Echinochloa oryzicola"
"Exudate of red gum tree, Angophora costata"
"Barnyard grass, Echinochloa crus-galli var. crus-galli"
"Early watergrass, Echinochloa oryzicola"
"Old-world arrowhead, Sagittaria trifolia"
"Powdery mildew on Japanese spindle tree, Oidium euonymi-japonici"
"Necrotic tissue of organ-pipe cactus, Lemaireocereus thurberi"
"Tomato, Lycopersicon esculentum"
"Soft-rot pocket of senita cactus, Lophocereus schottii"
"Necrotic tissue of cactus, Opuntia inermis"
"Stroma on bamboo, Phyllostachys bambusoides"
"Rhizosphere soil, Avicennia marina"
"Rhizosphere soil, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza"
"Necrotic tissue of senita cactus, Lophocereus schottii"
"Soil from rhizosphere of Chinese hemlock, Tsuga chinensis"
"Holothurian, Apostichopus japonicus"
"Necrotic tissue, Pachycereus pringlei"
"Kidney of a coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kitsuch"
"Kidney, diseased chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha"
"Tunnel of beetle, Crossotarsus niponicus in Fagus crenata"
"Tunnel of beetle, Scolytoplatypus shogun in Fagus crenata"
"Tunnel of beetle, Xyleborus sp. in Zelkova serrata"
"Tunnel of beetle, Xyleborus validus in Fagus crenata"
"Tunnel of beetle, Platypus severini"
"Tunnel of beetle, Xylobosandrus germanus in Fagus crenata"
"Moist soil under cactus, Pachycereus pringlei"
"Galleries of tree invaded by insect, Tree: Fagus crenata, Insect: Xyleborus sp."
"Tunnel of beetle, Xyleborus sp. in Machilus thumbergii"
"Tunnel of beetle, Scolytoplatypus tycon in Fagus crenata"
"Tunnel of beetle, Indocryphalus pubipennis in Quercus acutissima"
"Tunnel of beetle, Xyleborus validus in Quercus salicina"
"Tunnel of beetle, Typodendron proxinum in Picea jezoensis"
"Tunnel of beetle, Xyleborus sp. in Machilus thunbergii"
"Tunnel of beetle, Xyleborus validus in Daphniphyllum macropodum"
"Tunnel of beetle, Xyleborus saxesereni in Alnus hirsuta"
"Tunnel of beetle, Xylosandrus germanus in Vitis vinifera"
"Soft rot of organ pipe cactus, Lemaireocereus thurberi"
"Tunnel of beetle, Xyleborus sp. in Castanopsis cuspidata"
"Tunnel of beetle, Xylosandrus germanus in Quercus sp."
"Tunnel of beetle, Scolytoplatypus sp. in Fagus crenata"
"Tunnel of beetle, Xyleborus validus in Uncaria ryhnchophylla"
"Tunnel of beetle, Xyleborus sp. in Mallotus japonicus"
"Tunnel of beetle, Xylosandrus germanus in Camellia japonica"
"Tunnel of beetle, Crossotarsus sp. in Betula maximowieczii"
"Tunnel of beetle, Xyleborus validus in Aesculus turbinata"
"Tunnel of beetle, Xyleborus sp. in Prunus sp."
"Tunnel of beetle, Xyleborus sp. in Fagus crenata"
"Tunnel of beetle, Crossotarsus niponicus in Prunus persica"
"Tunnel of beetle, Xyleborus atrarus in Prunus mume"
"Tunnel of beetle, Xyleborus sp. in Quercus sp."
"Tunnel of beetle, Xylosandrus germanus in Fagus crenata"
"Tunnel of beetle, Polygraphus proximus in Picea sp."
"Tunnel of beetle, Scolytoplatypus sp.in Fagus crenata"
"Tunnel of beetle, Crossotersus niponicus in Fagus crenata"
"Tunnel of beetle, Xyleborus validus"
"Tunnel of beetle, Xyleborus sp. in Aesculus turbinata"
"Tunnel of beetle, Xyleborus kadoyamaensis in Quercus acutissima"
"Tunnel of beetle, Scolytoplatypus mikado in Fagus crenata"
"Tunnel of beetle, Taenioglyplus sp. in Mallotus japonicus"
"Tunnel of beetle, Scolytoplatypus mikado in Magnolia obovata"
"Tunnel of beetle, Xyleborus seiryoensis in Quercus sp."
"Tunnel of beetle, Scolytoplatypus shogun in Machilus thunbergii"
"Tunnel of beetle, Xyleborus sp. in Castanopsis cuspidada"
"Tunnel of beetle, Xyleborus saxeseni in Alnus hirsuta"
"Chingensai, Brassica campestris (chinensis group)"
Fruit body collected in Pinus densiflora forest
Fruit body collected in Pinus thunbergii forest
"Fruit body collected from a trunk of oak tree, Quercus crispula."
Fruit body collected in a broad leaf tree forest
Bioaerosol in the surroundings of a composting facility
"Tunnel of beetle, Xyleborus lewisi in Quercus serrata"
"Tunnel of beetle, Scolytoplatypus mikado in Machilus thunbergii"
"Tunnel of beetle, Xyleborus rubricollis in Evodiopanax innovans"
"Tunnel of beetle, Xyleborus validus in Pinus densiflora"
Tissue specimen of a 46 year-old woman suffering from peritoneal carcinomatosis following carcimone of the colon
Joint abscess of a 56 year old man with a complete endoprosthesis of one of his knees
"Nodule of chickpea, Cicer arietinum"
"Poland satin moth larvae, Stilpnotia salicis"
Litter under Taxus cuspidata trees
Litter under Abies veitchii var. sikokiana
"Living leaf of ""Satsuki"", Rhododendron indicum"
"Fluid and chimny mixture from deep-sea hydrothermal vent, East Pacific Rise"
"Roots, Eucalyptus camaldulensis"
Scumming activated sludge obtained from a sewage treatment plant
Granular sludge in a thermophilic upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor
"Submarine hydrothermal vent, East Pacific Rise"
"Green alga, Acrosiphonia sonderi"
Soil under the wood of Quercus crispula
Soil under Chrysothamnus nauseosus
Faeces of Rattus rattus (white rat)
"A cadaver of a dipluran, Metriocampa sp."
Soil under a plantation of Cryptomeria japonica
"Hemolymph, corn roof maggot, Plecia sp."
"Squid liver sauce, a Japanese local traditional fermented seafood"
Laboratory-scale phosphorus removal reactor
"Sea squirt, Polycitor proliferus"
"Fruit of strawberry, Fragaria vesca"
"Fruiting bodies, Stereum ostrea"
"Rotting bark of monkey-puzzle tree, Araucaria araucana"
"Decaying pine needles, Pinus luchuensis"
"Decaying fir needles, Abies mariesii"
"Decaying fir needles, Abies firma"
"Decaying yew needles, Taxus cuspidata"
"Decaying fir needles, Abies veitchii"
"Marine fish, Halichoeres bleeki"
"Marine fish, Pseudolubrus japonicus"
"Marine alga, Enteromorpha intestinalis"
"Sea anemone, Anthopleura midori"
"Sea urchin, Anthcidaris crassispina"
"Sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus intermedius"
"Reduviid bug, Rhodnius prolixus"
"2,4,6-trichlorophenol enrichment culture in a percolator inoculated with contaminated sludge and sediment samples"
"Rakam fruit, Zalacca wallichiana"
"Nori', a marine red alga, Porphyra spp."
"Mountain laurel grown in pots, Kalmia latifolia L. cv. Ostbo Red"
"Cicada (""Higurashi"") larva, Tanna japonensis"
"Cicada (""Aburazemi"" or ""Kumazemi"") larva, Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata or Cryptotympana facialis"
Rock collected from hydrothermal field in Suiyo Seamount
"Contaminant of ascoma, Cordyceps nutans"
"A bronchoalveolar lavage of a 43-year-old immunocompromised patient with lung abscess, Homo sapiens"
"Larva of moth, ""Bokutouga"", Cossus sp."
"Flower of lemon tree, Citrus limon"
"Uropygial (preening) gland of red-billed woodhoopoe, Phoeniculus purpureus"
"Rotten wood, Betula platyphylla var. japonica"
"Surface-sterilized root, Miscanthus sinensis"
"Surface-sterilized root of rice plant, Oryza sativa"
Soil from primary lowland dipterocarp forest
"Chinese cabbage, Brassica campestris pekinensis group"
Chrysalis in a culm of Sasa bamboo
"Chrysalis of moth (""Kususan""), Caligula japonica"
"Larva of cicada (""Higurashi""), Tanna japonensis"
"Rhizosphere of the tropical legume, Paraserianthes falcataria"
"Non-rhizosphere soil adjacent to a stand of the tropical legume, Paraserianthes falcataria"
Pyritic acid mine drainage in the Matsuo Mines
"Fallen leaves of mangrove, Avicennia marina"
"Clean room air particulate, spacecraft assembly facility"
"Entrance floor, spacecraft assembly facility"
"Clean room cabinet top, spacecraft assembly facility"
Boiling marine water hole at the Maronti Beach
"Dung of bat, Rhinolophus sp. (Chiloptera)"
"Root of wild rye, Elymus mollis"
"Root of beach morning glory, Calystegia soldanella"
"Seaweed, Grateloupia ramosissima"
"Rotting of spurge, Euphorbia ingens"
A patient with subcutaneous fungal infection
"Table beet, Beta vulgaris var. vulgaris"
"Scarlet runner bean, Phaseolus coccineus"
"Rhizosphere, Putterlickia verrucosa"
Rhizosphere soil (pH 4.4 - 4.5) of wild tea plants
Hyperparasited stroma of Cordyceps stylophora on larva of beetle in wood
"Larva of cicada, Platypleura kaempferi or Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata"
"Moth ""Suzumega"", Sphingidae, Lepidoptera"
Thermally polluted runoff (50°C) from a carpet factory
Highly mineralized stratal waters of the oil field
Laboratory-scale upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor treating the wastewater of a cheese factory
"Sea slug, Onchidium verruculatum"
"Berry of wild grape, Vitis coignetiae"
"Sea slug, Dolabella auricularia"
"Diseased plant, Armoracia rusticana"
"Diseased plant, Amorpha fruticosa"
"Diseased plant, Cytisus scoparius"
"Submerged leaf, Fagus sylvatica"
"Decaying leaf, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza"
"Frass of buprestid larvae, Dichrostachys cinerea"
Soil around roots of Buruguiera gymnorrhiza
"Exudate of red oak, Quercus rubra"
"Tunnel of pin-borer beetle, Xyleborus torquatus in Cussonia umbellifera"
Culture stock of Sphingomonas paucimobilis UT26
Alimentary canal material from Japanese corbicula clams
Clean room floor in spacecraft assembly facility
"Mediterranean flour moth, Ephestia kuhniella"
"Regenerated protoplasts of parental dikaryon strain VKM F-1767, Phanerochaete chrysosporium"
"Gut of asari clam (Japanese littleneck), Ruditapes philippinarum"
"Single ascospore from an apothecium on cupule, Fagus crenata "
"Single ascospore from an apothecium on leaf, Quercus crispula"
"Single ascospore from an apothecium on stem of gramineaceous plant, Miscanthus sp."
Activated sludge; wast water treatment systems of alcoholic beverage
Rhizosphere soil (about pH 3.5) of goose-grass (Eleusine indica) growing next to a copper mine
Sludge of thermophilic anaerobic digester
"Spider underside of dicot leaf, Araneae"
"Adult cicindelidae on leaf litter, Coleoptera"
"Submerged ironwood, Xylia dolabriformis"
"Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae larva in soil"
"Submerged tree, Anisoptera oblonga"
"Rhizosphere of starwort, Aster indicus"
Geothermal aquifer at a depth of 550 m in Toyoha Mines
Large intestine of Magadan mammoth found in permafrost
Marine bottom sediment sample at a depth of 3 m
Microbial mat covering a polystyrene surface
"Spanish needle, Bidens biternata"
"Stem of soybean seedling, Glycine max"
Hydrothermal fluid collected from Suiyo Seamount
"Japanese ivory-shell, Babylonia japonica"
"Japanese littleneck, Ruditapes philippinarum"
"Fish intestine, Parupeneus ciliatus"
"Dead stem of rice, Oryza sativa"
"Tall goldenrod, Solidago altissima"
"Cherry tree, Prunus yedoensis"
"Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria japonica"
Larva of Plesiophthalmus nigrocyaneus in decayed wood
"Cicada (Higurashi), Tanna japonensis"
Scale insect on the reverse of Podocarpus sp. leaf
"Rhizosphere soil of Japanese pampas grass, Miscanthus sinensis"
Stroma of Stilbohypoxylon muelleri on Praestoea palm leaves
Sclerotia of Sclerotinia minor buried in soil
Witches' bloom on Banisteriopsis caapi
Breeding by crossing spores of mushrooms
"Japanese red pine, Pinus densiflora"
"Metasequoia, Metasequoia glyptostroboides"
"Dead leaf of rice, Oryza sativa"
"Water chestnut, Eleocharis dulcis"
Aphidiae on leaves of Solanum pseudocapsicum
"Blighted leaves, Rodgersia podophylla"
Rhizosphere of Maytenus aquifolia
Rhizosphere of Maytenus ilicifolia
Alkaline slag dump associated with metallurgical processing
"Alimentary canal of Japanese whiting, Sillago Japonica"
"Root nodules, Lupinus angustifolius"
"Decaying leaf in pond, Alnus glutinosa"
"Winter wheat, Triticum aestivum"
Feces of giant panda (Lama glama)
"Intestine of sea polychaeta, Periserrula leucophryna"
Mash of manju-dough for Japanese traditional cake
"Sunki-zuke, non-salted fermented vegetable (green leaves)"
"Bubod, fermentation starter for Philippine alcohol drinks"
"Ragi, fermentation starter for Indonesian alcohol drinks"
"Luck pang, fermentation starter for Thai alcohol drinks"
"Murcha, fermentation starter for Nepalese alcohol drinks"
"Kyokushi, fermentation starter for Chinese alcohol drinks"
"Sediment of a shallow, freshwater lake"
"Frass of a scolytid beetle, Olea europea subsp. africana"
"Excretory substances of sea polychaeta, Periserrula leucophryna"
"Bottle-nose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus"
Polychlorinated-dioxin contaminated soil
"Gut of abalone, Haliotis gigantis"
"Gut of abalone, Haliotis madaka"
"Gut of abalone, Haliotis rufescens"
"Termite nest, Odontotermes formosanus"
"Wilting leaves, Equisetum hiemale"
Cellulose-degrading methanogenic fermentor
Perianal swab of a patient with bonmarrow transplantation
"Insect frass on oak tree, Quercus sp."
"Kirurage, Auricularia auricula-judae"
"Gut of abalone, Haliotis discus hannai"
"Gut of cultured abalone, Haliotis diversicolor aquatilis"
Seawater enrichment with o-hydroxybenzoate
Surface seawater enriched with DL-β-hydroxybutyrate
Sludge of an anaerobic bioreactor treating a chlorate- and bromate-polluted wastewater
"Fallen twigs, Abies veitchii f. olivacea"
"Dead leaf, Rhododendron japonicum"
"Living leaf, Aspidistra elatior"
"Living leaf, Aesculus turbinata"
"Cauliflower, Brassica oleacea var. botrytis"
"Living leaf, Pieris japonica subsp. japonica"
"Living leaf, Parthenocissus tricuspidata"
"Living leaf, Ligustrum obtusifolium"
"Living leaf, Magnolia liliiflora var. gracilis"
"Living leaf, Cryptomeria japonica"
"Black-knot gall, Dibotryum morbosum on Prnus verginiana"
"Living leaf, Dendropanax trifidus"
"Living leaf, Aesculus x carnea"
"Living leaf, Gardenia jasminoides"
"Living leaf, Acer crataegifolium"
"Plant roots, Digitaria decumbens"
"Decayintg pine needle, Pinus densiflora"
"Decaying pine needle, Pinus densiflora"
"Azalea bud, Rhododendron japonicum"
Single ascospore from an apothecium on rotten wood
Single ascospore from an apothecium on rotten broad leaf tree log
"Single ascospore from an apothecium on Pteris wallichiana, Pteris wallichiana"
"Single ascospore from an apothecium on rotten branch, Quercus crispula"
"Single ascospore from an apothecium on rotten wood, Betula ermanii"
Single ascospore from an apothecium on bamboo stem
Single ascospore from an apothecium on herbaceous stem
"Single ascospore from an apothecium on wood, Aesculus turbinata"
"Single ascospore from an apothecium on leaf, Fagus crenata"
"Single ascospore from an apothecium on wood, Abies firma"
"Single ascospore from an apothecium on leaf, Lyonia ovalifolia subsp. neziki"
Soybean (cv. Murasakizukin) seeds sucked by pentatomid (Hemiptera) bugs.
"Decaying wood, Pinus densiflora"
"Leaf petiole, Fraxinus mandshurica "
"Salted egg-plant, Solanum melongena"
Colonche (a fermented juice of prickly pear cacti)
"Rhizosphere of ditch crowfoot, Ranunculus sceleratus"
"Rhizosphere of wild lettuce, Lactuca dentata"
"Fruit of black currants, Ribes nigrum"
"Fungus, Phanerochaete chrysosporium"
"Decaying timber of conifer, Larix leptolepis"
"Chickpea nodule, Cicer arietinum"
"Root nodule, Glycyrrhiza pallidiflora"
"Mushroom, Nematoloma lateritium"
"Diseased mushroom tissue, Agaricoccus bisporus"
"Root outgrowth of legume, Entada koshunensis"
"Washed leaves, Miscanthus sacchariflorus"
"Sugar cane, Saccharum officinarum"
"Flower of spider lily, Crinum asiaticum"
"Sea cucumber, Holothuria edulis"
Sputum of 35-years-old Turkish patient who received a renal transplant
"Crown gall of apple seedling, Malus sp."
"Intestinal flora of insect, Pyrrhcoris apterus"
"Limpet, Omphalius pfeifferi pfeifferi"
"Top shell, Nodilittorina trochoides"
"Larval gut of the Japanese horned beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus"
"Fungus, Boletus edulis var. albus"
"Insect tunnel, Sclerocarya caffra"
"Insect tunnels, Crossotarsus externedentatus"
"Insect tunnels, Platypus externedentatus"
"Insect tunnels, Euclea natalensis"
"Mycetome of larva, Ernobius abietis"
"Ascidian, Lissoclinum aff. patella"
"Ascidian, Didemnum aff. candidum"
"Rotting cactus, Stenocereus gummosus"
Dendroctonus monticolae in Pinus ponderosa
"Skin slime of pufferfish, Fugu poecilonotus"
"Wounded frond of seaweed, Laminaria japonica var. ochotensis"
Activated sludge from sewage treatment plant
Activated sludge from oil refining plant
"Tumor-like deformations, Beta vulgaris"
"Root nodules, Chamaecytisus proliferus subsp. proliferus var. palmensis"
"Narrow reed grass infected by the gall-forming nematode Heteroanguina graminophila, Calamagrostis neglecta"
"Water (6°C, pH 7) obtained from a drain pool of a fish-egg-processing plant"
Root galls induced by the grass (Poa annua) root gall nematode Subanguina radicicola
Groundwater of a shallow aquifer under a glacial gravel ridge
"Soil around the root of a wild vetch, Vicia sepium"
"Soil around the root of a horsetail, Equisetum arvense"
"Soil around the root of a plantain, Plantago major"
"Soil around the root of a styptic grass, Hydrocotyle rotundifolia"
"Soybean (Murasakizukin) seed sucked by pentatomid (Hemiptera) bugs, Glycine max"
"Tunnels, Crossotarsus externedentatus"
"Blood-sucking bug, Triatoma sp."
"Petiole maceration, Pelargonium zonale"
"Petiole maceration, Ficus elastica"
"Petiole maceration, Begonia sp."
"Petiole maceration, Bryophyllum sp."
"Stem maceration, Mesenbryanthemum sp."
Soil-litter close to Mesenbryanthemum sp.
Soil-litter close to Eucalyptus sp.
"Chinese cabbage, Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis"
"Fruit body of Cordyceps on scale insect, Cordyceps coccidiicola"
"Collembolan, Hypogastrura subgen. Cyclograna sp."
Sulfide-containing mud from a saltwater marsh
"Rotten trunk, Laurelia phillipiana"
"White mushroom, Agaricus bisporus"
Activated sludge from a printing and dyeing waste-water treatment system
"Surface of red algae, Jania sp."
"Dead body of arthropod, Baculentulus densus (Acerentomidae, Protura)"
"Dead body of arthropod, Arthropleona, Collembola"
"Flower of red ginger, Alpinia purpurea"
Mushroom Spring in Yellowstone National Park
"Pobuzih (fermented cummingcordia), Cordia dichotoma"
Larva of Galleria baited in the soil under a coppice of Quercus acutissima
Spider covered with Gibellula-like fungus
"Scale insect, Sternorrhyncha, Hemiptera"
"Body surface of a cigarette beetle in an apartment house, Lasioderma serricorne"
Outdoor aquaculture tank made from concrete
"Cast alga, Laminaria saccharina"
Pond for the treatment of waste liquor from a kraft pulp mill
"Mollusca nudibranch foot epidermis, Glossodoris cincta"
"Flower of desert rose, Adenium obesum"
"Flower of fiddlewood, Citharexylum spinosum"
"Preserved fruit of Indian jujube, Zizyphus mauritiana"
"Fruit of ivy gourd, Coccinia grandis"
"Fruit of bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria"
"Fruit of sapodilla, Manilkara zapota"
"Fruit of coconut palm, Cocos nucifera"
"Jackfruit, Artocarpus heterophyllus"
"Rotting tissue of cactus, Sterocereus gummosis"
"Flower of butternut squash, Cucurbita moschata"
"Rusted leaf of orange tree, Citrus sp."
"Flower of peregrina, Jatropha integerrima"
"Fruit of apple guava, Psidium guajava"
"Fermented fruit of apple guava, Psidium guajava"
"Fermented jackfruit, Artocarpus heterophyllus"
"Fruit of candle bush, Senna alata"
"Decaying cladodes of cactus, Opuntia ficus-indica"
"Flower of pima cotton, Gossypium barbadense"
"Fruit of coconilla, Solanum stramonifolium"
"Fallen needle, Pinus densiflora"
"Fermented fruit, Artocarpus heterophyllus"
"Frass of bark beetle, Ficus tripoda"
"Fallen flower, Camellia japonica"
In situ colonization system deployed at hydrothermal field
"Soil under ever-green broad-leaved tree forest (Castanopsis, Quercus)"
Arthropod under the bark of a living branch of Hydrangea sp. beside a stream in a valley
"Flower of mango, Mangifera indica"
"Larva of beetle in decayed wood, Coleoptera"
"Larva of cicada, Tanna japonensis"
Synnema hyperparasitizing immurture stroma of Cordyceps cuboidea on larva of beetle
Synnema hyperparasitizing immurture stroma of Cordyceps prolifica on larva of cicada
Synnnama hyperparasitizing immurture stroma of Cordyceps prolifica on larva of cicada
Synnema hyperparasitizing stroma of Cordyceps prolifica on larva of cicada
"Node of bamboo, Phyllostachys sp."
"Root nodule of kudzu plant, Pueraria lobata"
Decayed leaf in water in mangrove forest
Case of trichosporia cutis psoriatiformis progressiva
A damp and rotten wooden sideboard in kitchen of the house of a summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis patient
"Pharynx cleanning liquid; Gastrology, endoscopic examination, asthma, liver dosease"
Contaminated industrial material in sorbitol-to-sorbose fermentation cascade
"Root of Thai medicinal plant, Gynura pseudochina var hispida "
"Rotten flower of azalea, Rhododendron indicum"
"Dry fruit of persimmon, Diospyros sp."
"Frass of beetle larvae, Diospyros inhacaensis"
"Bark beetle in Larix kaempferi, Dryocoetes pini"
"Bark beetle in Abies veitchii, Polygraphus proximus"
Gallery of Polygraphus kisoensis in Larix kaempferi
"Bark beetle in Pinus strobus, Hylurgops transbaicalicus"
Sapwood under galleries of Cryphalus sp. in Picea koyamae
Bark beetle (Dryocoetes pini) in Larix kaempferi
Bark beetle (Polygraphus proximus) in Abies veitchii
"Leaf, Drymoglossum pilloselloides"
"Bark beetle in Abies veitchii, Dryocoetes autographus"
Gallery of Dryocoetes pini in Larix kaempferi
"Gut of a termite, Speculiermes sp."
"Hindgut contents of Australian termite, Mastotermes darwiniensis"
"Barley leaf, Hordeum hexastichon"
"Frass, Sinoxylon ruficorne in Cambretum apiculatum"
"Frass of pin-borer beetle, Xyleborus aemulus in Rapanea melanophloeos"
Rock surface in a medieval alum slate mine
"Insect frass, Acacia nilotica var. kraussiana"
"Tunnele of insect, Xyleborus ferrugineus infesting Harpephyllum caffrum"
"Insect tunneles, Xylion adustum"
"Dead leaf of dune grass, Elymus mollis"
"Living leaf, Symplocos prunifolia"
"Dead leaf, Quercus myrsinifolia"
"Insect tunneles, Dombeya rotundifolia"
"Root of wattle tree, Acacia auriculiformis"
"Aphid attached under a leaf of Aucuba japonica, Aphidoidae"
"Collembolan, Poduromorpha, Arthropleona, Collembola"
"Scale insect attached under a leaf of Aucuba japonica, Hemiptera, Coccoidea"
"Collembolan on Phaeolepiota aurea, Arthropleona, Collembola"
"Collembolan on Amanita sp., Arthropleona, Collembola"
"Scale insect on a culm of Sasa sp., Hemiptera, Coccoidea"
"Living leaf, Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides"
"Living leaf, Alnus hirsuta var. sibirica"
"Living leaf, Dioscorea japonica"
"Dipteran larva parasitizing Fagineura crenativora larva, Diptera"
"Larva of beech sawfly, Fagineura crenativora"
Unidentified arthropod on a branch of Hydrangea involucrata
Air in the storn chamber of the Takamatsu-zuka tumulus
"A viscous gel 'biofilm' on the east wall paintings, ""Asuka Bijin"", of the Takamatsu-suka tumulus"
Anaerobic dechlorinating consortium enriched from river sediment
"Decaying needle, Pinus densiflora"
"Fine roots, Rhododendron japonicum"
"Internode of bamboo, Phyllostachys sp."
"Internode of bamboo grass, Sasa sp."
Methanol fermentation with Candida sp. (not sterile)
"Wild rice, Porteresia coarctata"
"Fruit body of mashroom, Corpinus sp."
"Rotted fruit of Guava, Psidium guajava"
"Decaying needle, Pinus sylvestris"
"Decaying needle, Abies homolepis"
"Fine roots, Rhododendron obtusum var. kaempferi"
"Decaying wood, Betula platyphylla var. japonica"
"Leaves, Cercidiphyllum japonicum"
"Leaf, Lysichiton camtschatcense"
"Leaf, Aquilegia flabellata var. pumila f. konoi"
"Fallen twig, Abies sachalinensis"
"Fallen twig, Reynoutria sachalinensis"
"Leaf, Crinum asiaticum var. sinicum"
"Leaf, Dracena sanderiana cultivar. 'Sander'"
"Pedunculus of fruit, Capsicum annuum"
Tissue of surface-sterilized ginseng root
"Marine sponge, Halichondria okadai"
"Fallen tree, Castanopsis cuspidata var. sieboldii"
"Petiole of papaya, Carica papaya"
"Leaf, Ardisia nervosa (Myrsinaceae)"
"Leaf, Schizostachyum longispiculatum (Gramineae)"
"Leaf, Aglaia elaeagnoidea (Meliaceae)"
"Leaf, Polyalthia sp. (Annonaceae)"
"Leaf, Melicope pteleifolia (Rutaceae)"
"Leaf, Saprosma longifolium (Rubiaceae)"
"Leaf, Aphanamixis polystachya (Meliaceae)"
"Leaf, Cyathostemma micranthum (Annonaceae)"
"Leaf, Gonocaryum lobbianum (Icacinaceae)"
"Leaf, Selaginella inaequalifolia (Selaginellaceae)"
"Leaf, Tectaria impressa (Dryopteridaceae)"
"Leaf, Knema elegans (Myristicaceae)"
"Leaf, Miliusa lineata (Annonaceae)"
UASB reactor treating beer-manufacture wastewater
"Diseased rice seedling, Oryza sativa"
"Nursery bed soil where rice seedlings were grown (diseased), Oryza sativa"
"Decorticated wood, Carpinus betulus"
Decorticated wood and bark of hard wood tree
"Rotting root, Chrysanthemum sp."
"Decayed leaves of seagrass with calcareous material at intertidal zone, Zostera marina"
"Gut of fish, shillago, Shillago japonica"
"Intestinal tract of fish, Japanese sillago, Sillago japonica"
"Intestinal tract of fish, Japanese horse mackerel, Trachurus japonicus"
"Intestinal tract of fish, Repomucenus richardsonii"
"Seed and exocarp of palm, Borassus machadonis"
"Seed of palm, Borassus machadonis"
Acid mine drainage of copper sulfide ores
"Surface of a spider, Misumenops japonicus"
"Pine invaded by common pine shoot beetle, Tomicus piniperda, Pinus densiflora"
Pine (Pinus densiflora) invaded by common pine shoot beetle (Tomicus piniperda)
"Carmine spidermite on leaves, Ricinus communis"
"Citrus rust mite infesting grapeflruit, Ricinus communis"
"Bamboo shoot, Phyllostachys bambusoides"
"Plant, Cardiocrinum cordatum (Thunb.) Makino var. glehnii (F. Schmidt) H. Hara"
"Flower, Pleurospermum camtschaticum"
"Plant, Filipendula camtschatica"
Skin scraping of an immunocompetent patient with confluent and reticulated papillomatosis
Thai traditional rice wine starter (look pang)
"Flower of African tulip tree, Spathodea campanulata"
Acetobacter pasteurianus IFO 3283-01
Acetobacter pasteurianus NBRC 3283
Anaerobic digester for treatment of raw cassava-peel waste
Groundwater of rock tunnel at 68 m depth
Decayed driftwood in the intertidal zone
Shell of shipworm in decayed driftwood in the intertidal zone
Decayed drift wood in the intertidal zone
Sugar solution containing ginger rhizome
"Muddy water in bamboo container, Phyllostachys bambusioides"
"Fruiting bodies, Tylopilus valens"
"Fruiting bodies, Phylloporus bellus"
"Fruiting bodies, Xerocomus subtomentosus"
"Fruiting bodies, Clitocybe gibba"
"Gut of beetle, Amphix laevigatus (Endomychidae)"
"Rotten trunk, Eucryphia cordifolia"
"Plant, Rhaphiolepis indica var. umbellata"
"Thallus of seaweed, Fucus dislichus"
Soil collected under Cassia fistula
"Soft-rot pocket of agria cactus, Stenocereus gummosis"
"Bark beetle in Abies mariesii, Dryocoetes hectographus"
"Adult bark beetle in Picea jezoensis, Ips typographus f. japonicus"
Larval gallery of Ips typographus f. japonicus in Picea jezoensis
Egg gallery wall (bark) of Ips typographus f. japonicus in Picea jezoensis
"Larva, Caleophora mariana massiliensis in Pinus silvestris"
"Black rush marsh, Juncus roemerianus"
"Mangrove swamp, Rhizophora mangle"
"MCYC 623 (Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros, Madrid)"
"Moss mat, Bryum pseudotriquetrum"
"Fruit body on dune grass, Eylmus mollis"
"Fruit body on cogon grass, Imperata cylindrica"
Azuki bean (cv.Shin-kyotodainagon) seeds sucked by bean bugs
"Insect frass, Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)"
"Rhizoplane, Phargmites australis"
"Abdomen of a grasshopper, Atractomorpha lata"
"Kefir grain, which was collected by Takuya Hashimoto in April 2001 from a family in Iizaka City, Hukushima Prefecture, Japan, and since then transferred into cow's milk until 2008 once per week in our laboratory"
Human tissue (glanders-like infection of the face)
"Dead female puffin, Fratercula arctica"
"Larvae of gypsy moth, Portheria dispar"
"Channel catfish, Ictalurus punctatus"
Soil (at pH 1.4-3.5) adjacent to sulphur pilefield from natural gas purification plant
"Dead leaf, Vitis ficifolis var. lobata"
Rhizosphere soil of a rice plant (Oryza sativa)
"Surface sterilized root of a gramineous plant, Poa acroleuca"
"Leaf infected by sooty molds, Knightia excelsa"
Sediment on the top of crude oil storage tank
Sludge deposited on the bottom plate of crude oil strage tank
Sludge deposited on the bottom plate of crude oil storage tank
"Sapwood under galleries of Hylurgops transbaicalicus, Pinus parviflora var. pentaphylla f. laevis"
"Bark beetle in Pinus densiflora, Polygraphus sp."
"Intestinal tract of fish, Sillago japonica"
Bovine hoof keratin bait in bovine manure compost
"Leaf of bottle-brush plant, Callistemon viminalis"
Activated sludge foam from Tamworth Sewage Treatment Plant
Tufacean surfaces in the Roman catacombs of St Callistus
"Flower of Fountain tree, Spathodea campanulata"
Pseudomonas syringae var. phaseolicola - infected bean straw
"Prunings of cypress (No. 66120), Cupressus sp."
"Droppings of house gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus"
"Stem of soybean plant, Glycine max"
"Frass of insect, Scolytus tsugae in Tsuga heterophylla"
"Plant root, Miscanthus sinensis"
Gallery wall of Hylurgops transbaicalicus in Pinus strobus wood
"Adult beetle in Pinus banksiana wood, Tomicus piniperda"
Gallery of Cryphalus sp. in Picea koyamae wood
"Adult beetle in Picea koyamae wood, Cryphalus sp."
"Adult beetle in Pinus strobus wood, Polygraphus jezoensis"
Gallery wall of Dryocoetes hectographus in Larix kaempferi wood
"Adult beetle in Larix kaempferi, Dryocoetes pini"
"Gut of cockroach, Blatta orientalis"
"Fruit fly, Drosophila pseudobscura"
"Fungus, Hymenochaete rubiginosa"
Inner tissue of young basidiocarp on Quercus sp.
Inner tissue of young basidiocarp on Pinus densiflora
"Dgestive tract of a marine polychaete, Periserrula leucophryna"
"Male (4-years-old), Homo sapiens"
Soil underneath Larix kaempferi trees
Soil litter close to wild arum (Arum maculatum)
Soil litter close to sour grass (Oxalis acetosella)
A microbial fuel cell fed with artificial wasterwater
Walls of a distilled spirit fermenting cellar
"Branchia of fish, Physiculus japonicus"
"Root nodule, Lupinus angustifolius"
Chlorosolvent-contaminated anaerobic groundwater
"Tree affected by the Dutch elm disease, sawdust"
"Culms of bamboo, Phyllostachys bambusoides"
"Culms of bamboo grass, Sasa kurilensis"
"Leaves of bamboo grass, Sasa kurilensis"
Clean room floor of Phoenix spacecraft assembly facility
"Panchakavya, fermented bovine products"
"Rhizosphere of corn, Zea mays var. Avantis"
"Rhizosphere of Chinese cabbage, Brassica campestris"
Greenhouse soil cultivated with lettuce (Lactura sativa)
Soil of a Korean ginseng (Panax ginseng) field
Greenhouse soil cultivated with cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
Greenhouse soil cultivated with lettuce (Lactuca sativa)
Field cultivated with Korean ginseng (Panax ginseng)
Soil cultivated with Korean ginseng (Panax ginseng)
Rice paddy soil associated with roots of Oryza sativa
Greenhouse soil cultivated with cucumber
Greenhouse soil planted with lettuce (Lactuca sativa)
"Flower of spanish flag, Lantana camera"
"Flower of candle bush, Senna alata"
"Surface sterilized plant sample of Osyris wightiana Wall. ex Wight; ,"
Root nodules of Lupinus angustifolius
Single acospore from an apothecium produced on unidentified wood
Multi acospores from an apothecium produced on unidentified wood
"Single acospore from an apothecium produced on leaf, Cercidiphyllum japonica"
"Phyllosphere of potato plants, Solanum tuberosum"
"Decaying litter submerged in swamp, Sasa veitchii?"
"Slime flux of oak tree, Quercus sp."
"Slime flux of oak, Quercus robur"
"Nematode on grape with sour rot, Panagrellus zymosiphilus"
"Exudate of Emory oak, Quercus emoryi"
"Spider on a leaf of Camellia japonica, Araneae"
"Adult of cicada, Meimuna opalifera"
"Adult of cicada, Graptopsaltria nigrofuscata"
"Cranwell's horned frog, Ceratophrys cranwelli"
"Leaf, Ledum palustre var. diversipilosum"
"Blueberry flowers, Vaccinium sp."
"Exudate of alder tree, Alnus rubra"
"Frass on loblolly pine, Pinus taeda"
"Columner cactus, Cephalocereus royenii"
"Root nodules of plant, Desmodium sinuatum"
"Root nodules of plant, Medicago ruthenica"
"Root nodules of legume, Phaseolus vulgaris"
"Root nodule of plant, Prosopis alba"
"Rotting prickly-pear cactus, Opuntia stricta"
"Rotting cactus, Opuntia phaecantha"
"Nitrogen fixing nodules, Acacia acatlensis"
"Root nodule, Anthyllis vulneraria"
"Rotten spurge, Euphorhia ingens"
"Decaying marine alga, Galaxaura sp."
"Decaying marine alga, Ectocarpus sp."
"Frass on dead cut oak tree, Quercus sp."
"Rotting columnar cactus, Cephalocereus royenii"
"Rotting cactus, Opuntia phaeacantha"
Chili paste made from fermented fish and seasoning (Pla-ra sub)
"Rotting spurge, Euphorbia ingens"
"Black cotton-wood tree, Populus trichocarpa"
"Cactus, Pachycereus pectin-aboriginum"
Fermented fish with seasoning (Pla-ra-taung)
"Gut of fly, Scaptomyza multispinosa"
"Nectar, Paphiopedilum primurinum"
"Ambrosial fungus, Crossotarsus wollastoni"
"Tunnel of ambrosia beetle, Platypus cylindrus"
Black liquor treatment system of a cotton pulp mill
Anaerobic sediment of eutrophic freshwater pond
"Wet wood, Nothofagus solanderi var. solanderi"
"Dead twig, Nothofagus menziesii"
"Berry of black currants, Ribes nigrum"
"Stem of asparagus, Asparagus officinalis"
"Roots of kallar grass, Leptochloa fusca grown on salt-affected soils"
"Marine sponge, Hymeniacidon flavia"
"Hindgut of larvae of the scarab beetle, Pachnoda marginata"
"Predatory mite, Phytoseiulus persimilis"
"Aerobic granules, bioremidation of phenolic wastewater"
"Symptom of Japanese pear root, Pyrus pyrifolia"
"Symptom of pumpkin root, Cucurbita maxima"
"Symptom of muskmelon root, Cucumis melo"
"Fallen leaves, Quercus crispula"
Fermented commercial wheat flour (dough)
Surface-sterilized root of Carex baccans from a tropical rainforest
Root of Scoparia dulcis from a tropical rainforest
"Decayed tree, sawdust, Ulmus nigra"
"Midgut of mosquitoes, Anopheles arabiensis"
"Diseased tissue of coral reef, Dichocoenia stokesi"
"Plant root nodule, Argyrolobium uniflorum"
"Abnormally spoiled oriental melon, Cucumis melo"
"Flower of morning glory, Ipomoea acuminata"
"Flower of clover, Trifolium pratense"
"Fruit of rasberry, Rubus strigosus"
"Leaf, Tectona grandis (Verbenaceae)"
"Leaf, Salacia chinensis (Celastraceae)"
"Leaf, Pteris decrescens (Pteridaceae)"
"Leaf, Thelypteris triphylla (Thelypteridaceae)"
"Leaf, Polyalthia simiarum (Annonaceae)"
"Leaf, Ancistrocladus tectorius (Ancistrocladaceae)"
"Leaf, Dipterocarpus gracilis (Dipterocarpaceae)"
"Leaf, Cinnamomum subarenicum (Lauraceae)"
"Leaf, Polyalthia aff. evecta var. evecta (Annonaceae)"
"Leaf, Tectaria maingayi (Dryopteridaceae)"
"Leaf, Microlepia herbacea (Dennstaedtiaceae)"
"Decaying cladode, Opuntia inermis"
"Slime trail of plasmodium, Badhamia utricularis"
"Pupal galleries, Ips acuminatus in Pinus sylvestris"
Pus samples of Mexican patients with mycetomas
Bronchial aspirate of a 53-year old patient
"Nematode on grapes with sour-rot, Panagrellus zymosiphilus"
"Tunnel of beetle, Platypus externedentatus"
"Tunnel, Crossotarsus externedentatus"
"Gut cecum, Lasioderma serricorne"
"Gut, Psychiae larva on Acacia heterovantha"
Extraction process of water-soluble substance of defatted soybean flakes
"Rotten leaf of blue agave, Agave tequilana var. azul"
Consortia of bacteria inoculated from soil and alga
Algal-bacterial mixed culture (bacteria originated from soil)
"Carpophore, Hirneola auricula-judae"
"Leaf, Trifolium pratense coverd with Erysiphe polygoni"
Leaf of a deciduous tree submerged in a puddle
"Leaf litter of marxh grass, Spartina alternifolia"
"Oil-seed plant, Jatropha curcas"
"Marine sponge, Mycale adhaerens"
"Inflorescens scape, Yucca brevifolia"
"Weathered scape, Yucca cf. rupicola"
"Kaempfer cicada, Platypleura kaempfiri"
"Weathered leaves, Yucca breuifolia"
Ma-kam-pom dong (pickled emblic myrabolan)
water in tank of Quesnelia quesneliana
"Frass of ambrosia beetle, Crossotarsus externedentatus"
"Fermenting rambutan, Nephelium lappaceum"
muddy water of the rhizosphere of oyster grass Spartina alterniflora growing in the salt marshes
"Rhizosphere of mangrove, Lumnitzera racemosa"
"Decaying leaf, Rhizophora mucronata"
"Aerial root skin, Sonneratia alba"
"Geniculate root skin, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza"
"Rhizosphere of mangrove, Rhizophora mucronata"
"Prop root skin, Rhizophora mucronata"
"Buttress root skin, Kandelia candel"
"Decaying fruit, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza"
"Rhizosphere of mangrove, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza"
Sediment of deep sea at depth of 1200-1977 m
"Tree exudate, Camellia japonica"
"Tree exudate, Quercus myrsinaefolia"
Dark gray mountain soil at an altitude of 1500m in the deciduous forest belt
Mountain-meadow soil at an altitude of 2200m in the subalpine zone
"Decaying root, Heritiera littoralis"
"Rhizosphere of mangrove, Kandelia candel"
"Fasciation of sweet peas, Lathyrus odoratus"
"Urinary-bladder epithelium of leech, Hirudo medicinalis"
"Diseased hazelnut, Corylus avellana"
"Larval food of bumble bee, Xylocopa caffra"
frass of Pyralidae larva in Encephalartos sp.
"Frass, Scolytus ventralis in Abies concolor (red fir tree)"
"Slime flux of willow, Salix sp."
"Exudate of black oak, Quercus kelloggii"
Rubus ursinus var. loganobaccus
"Juvenile silver salmon intestine, Oncorhynchus kisutch"
"Intestine, Limnoria tripunctata"
"Fruit of raspberry, Rubus cuneifolius"
"Fruit raspberry, Rubus cuneifolius"
"Root nodule, Lotus corniculatus var. japonicus"
"Root nodule, Medicago denticulata"
"Blueback salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka"
"Bark beetle, Dendroctonus brevicomis"
"Soil of potted tomato plant in Durham, N. C., after spraying of the plants with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid"
Soil collected in the caverns of Caudano at Cuneo
"Bladder-cherry, Physalis alkekengi var. francheti"
"Orchard grass, Dactylis glomerata"
"Putrid infusion of oyster, Crassostrea gigas"
"Frass on Jeffrey pine, Pinus jeffreyi"
"Blood of diseased fish, Oncorhynchus masou"
"Exudate of oak tree, Quercus serrata"
"Indian-meal moth, Plodia interpunctella"
Pus from lung of dead man with tuberculosis
Putrid infusion of a freshwater shellfish
"Blighted leaf of mulberry, Morus alba"
"Blighted leaf of mulberry, Motus alba"
"Kohekohe leaf, Dysoxylum spectabile"
"Shoot soft rot of mulberry, Morus alba"
"Halo blight of mulberry, Morus alba"
"Fruit fly, Drosophila persimilis"
Hot water in nylon-6 manufacturing plant
"Root nodule, Phaseolus vulgaris"
A contaminant in a culture of Bacillus cereus
"Fresh fecal pellets of millipede, Chromatoiulus projectus"
Activated sludge enriched with thiocyanate
Soil at the Institute of Tropical Plants
"Frass of bark beetle, Ips sp. on Picea engelmannii (Engelmann spruce)"
Alkaline brines of eutrophic desert lakes of Wadi Natrun
Effluent treatment of plant potato processing factory
"Root nodule on birdsfoot trefoil, Lotus corniculatus"
"Soybean root nodule, Glycine max"
Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) and sweet clover (Melilotus alba)
"Stem nodules, Sesbania rostrata"
Respiratory tract of chicken with chronic respiratory disease
Suspension of tracheal and airsac tissues of chicken with chronic respiratory disease
"Heat-treated soil, a rain-fed corn field"
Eroded caudal fin of a fingerling chinook salmon
"Root nodule, Phaseolus angularis"
"Root nodule, Pueraria thunbergiana"
"Root nodule, Kummerowia striata"
"Root nodule, Kummerowia stipulacea"
Alkaline compost of manure with grass and rice straw
"Soil in mineral medium with an atmosphere of 91% H2, 4% O2 and 5% CO2"
"Plant material, Psychotria nairobiensis"
Activated sludge of wastewater treatment systems of alcoholic beverage factories
"Root nodule, Astragalus sinicus"
"Root nodules, Astragalus sinicus"
"Contaminant in an ampoule labeled ""Pseudomonas riboflavina"" IFO 13584"
Water and muddy upper layers of sediment from the eutrophic river
Slimy bloom in hot gas well of the Yangan-Tau mountain
Powdery remnants of dead honeybee larvae
Derived from Spirillum lunatum NCMB 54
"Middle ear infection of child, possible cause chronic otitis media"
"Spleen of yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata"
Kidney lesion of yearling chinook salmon
Spoiled horse mackerel which caused food poisoning
"Kidney of brown shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus"
"Damselfish skin ulcers, Chromis punctipinnis"
"Dead, luminescing amphipod, Talorchestia sp."
"Affected kuruma prawn, Penaeus japonicus"
"Juvenile hard clams, Mercenaria mercenaria"
"Fruting body, Astraeus hygrometricus"
Ion-exchange resin in guanosine monophosphate plant
Derived from a wild type of Streptomyces coelicolor strain A3(2)
Laboratory contaminant of nutrient agar plate
Sediment from the Kiel Fjord of the Baltic sea
"Fruit of pineapple, Ananas comosus"
"Fruiting body of jew's ear fungus, Auricularia auricula-judae"
"Fruit of banana, Musa sapientum"
Washing of ion-exchange resin from guanine-mono-phosphate plant
Fermentor operating with formaldehyde as sole carbon source
"Japanese flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus"
"Decomposed thallus, Cystoceira prolifera"
"Diseased red sea bream, Pagrus major"
"Adherent epiflora of Atlantic halibut eggs, Hippoglossus hippoglossus"
"Under frozen sand, upper littoral zone"
Underneath frozen sand in upper littoral zone
"Coarse white sand, upper littoral zone"
"Dover sole with black spot necrosis, Solea solea"
"Adherent epiflora of halibut eggs, Hippoglossus hippoglossus"
"Water in egg incubator containing Atlantic halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus"
"Black sea bream, Acanthopagrus schlegeli"
"Florets of plume grass, Erianthus giganteus"
"Tunnel, Platypus externedentatus"
Potato tubers with erumpent scab lesions
Saturated subsurface Atlantic coastal plain sediments
1-year-old sludge from a wastewater treatment plant
"Leave of cat-tail, Typha latifolia"
"Root of galingale, Cyperus microiria"
"Root, rhizosphere of Sonneratia alba (mangrove trees)"
"Cultivated mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus"
"Fruiting body of rotting cultivated mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus"
"Green algae, Chlorodesnis fastigiata"
"Green algae, Avrainvillea riukiuensis"
"Rhizoplane of the narrow-leaved cattail, Typha angustiflora"
"Seed gall induced by Anguina agrostis, Agrostis sp."
"Leaf gall induced by Mesoanguina picridis, Centaurella leucophila"
"Flower of crown flower, Calotropis gigantea"
Saline soil collected from a solar saltern (EL-Malahat)
"Flower of orchid, Bauhinia purpurea"
"Flower of plumbago, Plumbago auriculata"
"Flower of spider lily, Crinum asiaricum"
"Flower of ixora, Ixora chinensis"
"Fruit of Malay rose apple, Syzygium malaccense"
"Fruit of montain soursop, Annona montanae"
"Refuse of cabbage, Brassica oleracea var. capitata"
"Fruit of gumi, Elaeagnus pungens"
"Chinese jujube, Zizyphus jujuba"
"Surface of marine dinoflagellate, Prorocentrum lima PLV2"
"Larval rearings and collectors of the scallop, Pecten maximus"
Tidal and seawater pools located at sewage sludge disposal sites
"Exudate of birch, Betula grossa"
The charophytes on the stromatolites of a saline lake
The epiphytes on the stromatolites of a saline lake
Activated sludge of a sewage treatment plant
"Intestinal tract of fruit fly, Drosophila montana"
"Berries of Concord grape, Vitus labrusca"
"Flower, Epilobium angustifolium"
"Frass of buprestidae larvae, Acasia sp."
"Slime flux of black cotton-wood, Populus trichocarpa"
"Slime flux of elm tree, Ulmus sp."
"Tunnel of beetle, Sinoxylon ruficorne"
"Fallen hips of hawthorn, Crataegus sp."
"Frass in tunnel of beetle, Xylion adustus"
"Frass of insects infesting, Gymnocladus canadiensis"
"Oyster grass, Spartina alterniflora"
Groin of male patient with seborreic eczema
"Tunnels, Xyleborus torquatus in Cussonia umbellifera"
"Tunnel of pin borer beetle, Xyleborus aemulus in Rapanea melanophoeos"
"Insect frass, young Tsuga heterophylla"
"Frothy flux of sandalwood tree, Myoporum sandwicense"
"Insect boring in sitka spruce, Picea sitchensis"
"Gut of honey bee, Apis mellifica var. andersonii"
"Sap of peach tree, Amygdalus persica"
Neutralizing tank in monosodium glutamate manufacture
"Fallen leaves, Machilus thunbergii"
"Dead leaf, Castanopsis cuspidata var. sieboldii"
"Fallen leaf, Castanopsis cuspidata var. sieboldii"
"Leaf, Castanopsis cuspidata var. sieboldii"
"Leaf of apple, Prunus domestica cultivar. Star King Delicious"
Alfalfa pellet feed imported from Argentina
Eubotryoides grayana var. oblongifolia
Microsphaera alphitoides on Quercus phyllyraeoides
"Rust fungus on Polygonum cuspidata, Puccinia polygoni-amphibii"
"Rotten trunk, Castanopsis cuspidata"
Comstockaspis macroporana on pine tree
"Stem imported from China, Ephedra sinica"
"Decayed bark, Cryptomeria japonica"
"Decayed wood in plantation, Cryptomeria japonica"
Castanopsis cuspidata var. sieboldii
"Sporophore, on heap of coniferous barks"
Spores originally collected in Colombia (Amazon)
"Rotten trunk, Celtis sinensis var. japonica"
Malus pumila var. domestica
"Fruite of grape, Vitis vinifera"
"Decayed trunks, Juglans mandshurica"
"Scale insect on twigs of Prunus yedoensis, Pseudaulacaspis prunicola"
Calcium cyanamide-treated plot in pine forest
"Urea-treated leaves, Livistona subglobosa"
Urea-treated litter of Quercus serrata forest
Urea-treated ground in Fagus forest
"Rotten wood, Fraxinus angustifolia"
Tissue collected in a white birch forest
Tissue collected on a wooden box for cultivation
"Basidiospores, collected on a wooden box for cultivation"
"Rotten branch, Cryptomeria japonica"
"Tissue, collected from dead Pinus densiflora "
Artemisia vulgaris var. indica
On fallen twig of Tsuga canadensis
"Leaf, Malus pumila var. domestica"
"Leaf, Beta vulgaris var. saccharifera"
Beta vulgaris var. saccharifera
Frass of the tunnel of Xyleborus sp. on Machilus thunbergii
Soil where something ammoniacal was deposited
Soil where a large amount of water plants was deposited
Salix myrsinifolia var. continifolia
Perilla frutescens var. japonica
"Seeds of Indian herbal drug, Tribulus terrestris"
"Seed of Indian herbal drug, Tribulus terrestris"
"Wood block, Cryptomeria japonica"
Allium sativum var. pekinense
Fragaria chiloensis var. ananassa
"Commercially grown mushroom, Agaricus bisporus"
"Old agaric, Oudemansiella platyphylla"
"Pile of plant materials, farm yard manure"
Urea-treated ground in Pinus densiflora-Chamaecyparis obtusa forest
Urea-treated ground in Castanopsis cuspidata forest
Urea-treated ground in Pinus densiflora-Chamacyparis obtusa forest
"Peduncle sheath, Pandanus boninensis"
"Fallen leaf, Calophyllum inophyllum"
"Fallen leaf, Lithocarpus edulis"
"Dead trunk, Machilus thunbergii"
Quercus mongolica var. grosseserrata
"Leaf litter after two weeks decomposition, Eucalyptus pauciflora"
"Leaf, Colocasia antiquorum var. esculenta"
"Rhizosphere, Phaseolus vulgaris"
"Rice, Oryza sativa cultivar. 'Kanto 52 Go'"
"Ear of rice, Oryza sativa cultivar. Todoroki-wase"
"Rice, Oryza sativa cultivar. Sawanishiki"
"Rice, Oryza sativa cultivar. Fukunishiki"
"Rice, Oryza sativa cultivar. Kusabue"
"Rice, Oryza sativa cultivar. Honami"
"Rice, Oryza sativa cultivar. Kairyo-Aikoku"
"Rice, Oryza sativa cultivar. Kanto 52 Go"
"Rice, Oryza sativa cultivar. Norin 20 Go"
Comercially mushroom cultivated on the sawdust media
"Decayed log, Quercus acutissima"
"Cultivated seaweed, Porphyra yezoensis"
"Fallen leaf, Carpinus tschonoskii"
"Foci of granular dermatitis of horse, Equus caballus"
"Spore print of basidioma on very rotten fallen log, Podocarpus sp."
"Herb of commercial herbal drug, Geranium nepalense"
"Carpophore, Collybia neofusipes"
"Petiole, Beta vulgaris var. saccharifera"
"Stem gall, Aphelandra squarrosa"
Urea-treated soil of Castanopsis cuspidata forest
Urea-treated soil of Pinus densiflora-Chamaecyparis obtusa forest
Soil of Pinus densiflora-Chamaecyparis obtusa forest
"Sheath, Juncus effusus var. decipiens"
"Rhizosphere, Eucalyptus camaldulensis"
"Wind blown branch, Quercus virginiana"
"Rotten branch, Malus pumila var. domestica"
"Callus on branch, Malus pumila var. domestica"
"Root, Fragaria chiloensis var. ananassa"
"Trunk, Malus pumila var. domestica"
"Flowering stolk, Phormium tenax"
Basidiome without gills and some other aberrations
"Leaf, Fragaria chiloensis var. ananassa"
"Wood tips of spruce, Picea abies"
"Timber block, Cryptomeria japonica"
Mine tip with a very high surface temperature
"Discoloured timber, Beilschmiedia tawa"
Spinal fluid of a patient with purulent meningitis
"Leaf, Coix lachryma-jobi var. frumentacea"
Culture contaminant of Agaricus campestris
"Crown cortex of strawberry, Fragaria chiloensis var. ananassa"
"Tomato cultivar. Satarn, Lycopersicon esculentum"
Hordeum vulgare cultivar. Saikai Kawa 24 Go
"Decayed wood, Porsea thumbergii"
On the ground in Pinus densiflora and miscellaneous trees forest
"Leaf, Lycopersicon esculentum cv. Zuishu"
"Berry, Vitis vinifera cv. Muscut of Alexandria"
"Berry, Vitis vinifera cv. Neo Muscut"
"Fruit, Diospyros kaki cv. Fuyu"
"Fruit, Malus pumila var. domestica"
"Fruit, Pyrus communis cv. Taiheiyo"
"Fruit, Prunus salicina cv. Soldam"
"Leaf, Ampelopsis brevipendunclata"
"Leaf, Prunus armeniaca var. ansu"
Bark of Quercus log for Shiitake cultivation
"Bark of log for Shiitake cultivation, Quercus"
"Decomposing seaweed, Sargassum giganteifolium"
Cellulose sponge submerged for 1 month in seawater
The fruit body produced from sclerotium collected in Fagus crenata forest
"Decayed trunk, Pinus thunbergii"
"Decayed woods, Camellia japonica"
"Fruit, Pyrus pyrrifolia var. culta"
"Soil under a plantain, Musa basjoo"
"Stem of seedling, Coffea arabica"
"Soil under trees, Pinus ponderosa and Quercus kelloggii"
"Potato starch, Solanum tuberosum"
"Decaying bill of owl, Strix uralensis"
"Retted plant tissue, Parthenium argentatum"
"Rainwater from tree, Quercus mongolica var. grosseserrata"
"Rainwater from tree, Metasequoia glyptostroboides"
"Rainwater from tree, Phyllostachys bambusoides"
"Rainwater from tree, Quercus myrsinaefolia"
"Rainwater from tree, Quercus acutissima"
"Rainwater from tree, Pinus densiflora"
"Decaying trunk, Quercus acutissima"
"Decaying trunk, Nothofagus fusca"
"Rotting trunks, Nothofagus fusca"
"Rotting trunk, Nothofagus fusca"
"Rotting trunk, Chosenia arbutifolia"
"Monospore, at the base of hazel nut tree, Corylus avellana"
"Monospore, found among Pinus sp."
"Monospore, at the base of a peach tree"
"Leaf, Hemerocallis fulva var. kwanso"
"Leaf, Hemerocallis fulva var. disticha"
Cultivated soil under Alocasia macrorrhiza
Viscum album var. coloratum
"Dead prop root, Rhizophora stylosa"
"Dead thallus, Sargassum sagamianum"
"Dead culms, Salicornia herbacea"
"Rotten branches, Magnolia kobus"
Leaf of tulip cultivar. 'Queen of Night'
"Leaf submerged in seawater, Prunus laurocerasus"
"Decaying fronds, Nypa fruticans"
"Dead leaf, Trachycarpus excelsa"
Glutinous moromi for Maotai fermentation
"Decayed wood (stump), Larix kaempferi"
"Decaying deciduous tree wood, Fagus crenata"
"Dead intertidal wood, Pemphis acidula"
"Decayed log, Heliocarpus appendiculatus"
Lyonia ovalifolia var. elliptica
"Decaying submerged leaf, Rhizophora mangle"
"Submerged fallen leaf, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza"
"Leaf sheath, Agrostis palustris"
"Basal segment of newly developing leaf, Zoysia matrella"
"Fallen leaf, Bruguiera gymnorrhyza"
"Fallen leaf, Rhizophora stylosa"
"Fallen leaf, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza"
"Submerged wood, Rhizophora stylosa"
"Submerged wood, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza"
"Submerged wood, Bruguiera gymnorrhyza"
"Fallen leaf, Castanopsis cuspidata"
"Seed, Prunus lannesiana var. speciosa"
"Strawberry, Fragaria chilonensis var. ananassa"
"Seed of Japanese black pine, Pinus thunbergii"
"Root, Iris ensata var. hortensis"
"Decaying leaf submerged in seawater, Rhizophora mangle"
"Crown of creeping bent grass, Agrostis palustris"
Themeda triandra subsp. japonica
Mutant strain derived from UOP 392 (= NBRC 32589)
"Leaf submerged in seawater, Rhizophora mangle"
"Submerged decaying leaf, Avicennia germinans"
"Submerged decaying leaf, Spartina alterniflora"
"Submerged decaying leaf, Rhizophora mangle"
"Fallen leaf, Avicennia marina var. australasica"
"Submerged fallen leaf, Eucalyptus sp."
"Submerged fallen leaf, Kandelia candel"
"Decaying leaf, Avicennia marina"
"Submerged decaying leaf, Fugus sylvatica"
"Dead petiole, Satakentia liukiuensis"
"Dead leaf sheath, Satakentia liukiuensis"
"Dead peduncle, Satakentia liukiuensis"
"Decomposing leaf of sea grass, Enhalus acoroides"
"Marine red alga (Komenori), Carpopeltis affinis"
"Dead petiole, Pteridium aquilinum"
"Living leaf, Callistemon paludosus"
"Leaf spot, Physocarpus amurensis"
"Withering needle, Taxus baccata"
"Dead body of midge floating on the water surface, Chironomus sp."
"Healthy leaf of ""Satsuki"", Rhododendron indicum"
"Healthy leaf of ""Mochitsutsuji"", Rhododendron macrosepalum"
"Healthy leaf of ""Kirishimatsutsuji"", Rhododendron obtusum"
"Coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch"
"""Ayu"", Plecoglossus altivelis"
"Decaying leaves, Zostera marina"
Uredinial stage on Salix babylonica
Uredinial stage on Salix sachalinensis mstr. ligulata
Uredinial stage on Salix gilgiana
Spermogonial stage on Berchemia racemosa
"Fallen leaves, Rhododendron indicum"
Pinus densiflora - Quercus serrata forest
Quercus serrata - Pinus densiflora forest
"Decaying cone, Pinus densiflora"
"Soil of rhizosphere, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza"
Soil under Quercus mirsinaefolia forest
Soil under Castanopsis sieboldii forest
Soil of Miscanthus sinensis field
Soil under Machilus thunbergii forest
Unidentified plant debries submerged in water
"Dead leaf, Phragmites australis"
"Living leaf, Phragmites australis"
"Submerged yellow leaf, Avicennia sp."
"Submerged decomposing culm, Cyperus sp."
"Leaves submerged in stream, Quercus sp."
"Leaf spot, Aesculus hippocastanum"
"Leaf spot, Polygonatum odoratum"
"Leaf spot, Paphiopedilum callosum"
"Dried persimmons, Diospyros sp."
"Old carpophore, Fomes fomentarius"
Spider with eggs on leaf of Theobroma cacao
Allium victorialis var. platyphyllum
Alopecurus aequalis var. amurensis
"Root, Quercus mongolica var. grosseserrata"
Prunus persica var. vulgaris
"Mushroom bed, Flammulina velutipes"
Air from cultivation room for Lentinula edodes
"Conidia from synnema on larva of cicada, Meimuna opalifera"
"Leaf, Rhododendron pulchrum var. speciosum"
"Fallen leaf, Buruguiera gymnorrhiza"
"Living leaf of reed, Phragmites australis"
"Living leaf of reed, Phragmites karka"
"Old stems, Epifagus virginianus"
Freshly derived sludge from water purification plant.
"Decomposing wood in seawater, Pittosporum tobira"
"Domestic Satsuma mandarin, Citrus unshiu"
"Imported orange, Citrus sinensis"
"Leaf of ericaceous plant, Rhododendron pulchrum cv. ohmurasaki"
"Leaf of ericaceous plant, Rhododendron obtusum"
"Leaf of ericaceous plant, Rhododendron macrosepalum"
"Leaf of ericaceous plant, Rhododendron macronulatum var. ciliatum"
"Leaf of ericaceous plant, Rhododendron metternichii var. hondoense"
"Leaf of ericaceous plant, Pieris japonica"
"Leaf of ericaceous plant, Enkianthus perulatus"
"Diseased thallus of cultivated Susabinori, Porphyra yezoensis"
"Decaying leaf submerged in seawater, Terminalia catappa"
"Netted melon, Cucumis melo var. reticulatus"
"Submerged decaying mangrove leaf, Sonneratia alba"
"Submerged decyaing mangrove leaf, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza"
"Submerged decaying mangrove leaf, Avicennia alba"
"Submerged decyaing leaves of black mangrove, Avicennia germinans"
"Submerged decaying leaves of black mangrove, Avicennia germinans"
"Living leaf of mangrove, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza"
"Living leaf of reed plants, Phragmites karka"
"Living leaf of reed plants, Phragmites australis"
"Root of tutsan, Hypericum androsaemum"
"Dead branch of mangrove, Kandelia cendel"
"Dead branch of mangrove, Kandelia candel"
"Leaf of Chinese chive, Allium tuberosum"
"Leaf of Welsh onion, Allium fistulosum"
Ureaform-treated ground in Castanopsis cuspidata forest
Urea-treated ground in Quercus serrata - Q. glauca forest
Urea-treated ground in Pinus densiflora - Quercus serrata forest
Deserted latrines of a mole in Quercus serrata forest
"Submerged orange-colored fallen leaf of mangrove, Rhizophora stylosa"
"Leaf of Indian hawthorn, Rhaphiolepis indica var. umbellata"
Cork stopper of imported wine from France
"Infected porphyra frond, Porphyra yezoensis"
"Decaying needles, Abies mariesii"
"Nymph of cicada, Platypleura kuroiwae"
"Submerged fallen leaf of mangrove, Rhizophora mangle"
"Submerged fallen leaf of mangrove, Avicennia schaueriana"
"Decomposing mangrove wood, Rhizophora mangle"
"Conidial mass from conidioma on dead dragon fly, Planaeschna milnei (?)"
"Nest of termite, Odontotermes formosanus"
"Pseudothecium on fallen leaves of Japanese beech, Fagus crenata"
"Mangrove roots, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza"
"Rice seedling causing seedling blight, Oryza sativa cultivar. 'Nipponbare'"
"Rice seedling causing seedling blight, Oryza sativa cv. Nipponbare"
"Green, fermenting Sevillano variety olives"
"Fermented grain, Sorghum vulgare"
"Fruit of Artocarpus sp., Artocarpus sp."
Dioscorea batatas f. tukune
Contaminant of a culture isolated from genital secretion
"Decayed wood in a cavity of a tree stump, Cryptomeria japonica"
"Dead pustule, Phragmidum rubi-idaei"
"Rotten wood, Cryptomeria japonica"
"Rotting wood, Cyclobalanopsis sp."
Sorghum bicolor ssp. bicolor
"Pineapple fruit, Ananas sativus"
A1 horizon soil in a white pine-birch forest
Skin of horse infected with Trichophyton
"Submerged wood, Tamarix aphylla"
Coastal sand under Ammophila arenaria
"Dead branch, Bougainvillea spectabilis"
"Unripe fruit of persimmon, Diospyros kaki"
"Immersed wood panel, Abies firma"
Core samples from stratigraphic drillings
"Fallen leaves, Pinus densiflora"
"Leaf spot in young leaf, Quercus robur"
"Fallen trunk, Cinnamomum japonicum"
"Decaying flower, Camellia sinensis"
"Decaying leaf, Castanopsis cuspidata var. sieboldii"
"Dead leaf, Castnopsis cuspidata"
"Dead leaf, Quercus phillyraeoides"
"Decaying leaf, Quercus phillyraeoides"
"Decaying carpophore, Coriolus sp."
"Decaying carpophore, Coriolus flabelliformis"
"Decaying mushroom, Coriolus flabelliformis"
"Decaying higher fungi, Auricularia sp."
Brassica oleracea var. capitata
"Egg plant, Solanum melongena cv. ""Senryo"""
"Pulpwood chips, Pinus sylvestris"
Rhizosphere soil of wilted pineapple plants
Diospyros kaki var. domestica
"Decaying leaves, Quercus phillyraeoides"
"Rotten wood, Machilus thunbergii"
Echinochloa crus-galli var. frumentaceum
Sagittaria trifolia var. sinensis
"Dead leaves, Castanopsis cuspidata"
"Fruit of Satsuma orange, Citrus unshiu"
Cellulosic material buried in forest soil
Paeonia albiflora f. hortensis
"Scale insect on Thea sinensis, Pseudaulacaspis pentagona"
"Rotten fruit body, Grifola gigantea"
Rhaphiolepis umbellata var. mertensii
Eubotryoides grayana var. glabra
Raphanus sativus var. acantiiormis