Mizue was a Ph.D. student in the Field of Microbiology. She graduated in the Summer 2014. Mizue's Ph.D. work was devoted to genomics of the mycoplasma-related endobacteria of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

To learn more about Mizue's work, read:

Naito, M. A. Desirò, J.B. Gonzalez, G. Tao, J.B. Morton, P. Bonfante, and T.E. Pawlowska. 2017. ‘Candidatus Moeniiplasma glomeromycotorum, an endobacterium of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 10.1099/ijsem.0.001785. Abstract

Naito, M., and T.E. Pawlowska. 2016. Defying Muller’s ratchet: Heritable endobacteria escape extinction through recombination and genome plasticity. mBio 7:e02057-15, 10.1128/mBio.02057-15. Abstract

Naito, M. and T.E. Pawlowska. 2016. The role of mobile genetic elements in evolutionary longevity of heritable endobacteria. Mobile Genetic Elements 6 (1): e1136375. doi: 10.1080/2159256X.2015.1136375. Abstract

Naito, M., J.B. Morton, and T.E. Pawlowska. 2015. Minimal genomes of mycoplasma-related endobacteria are plastic and contain host-derived genes for sustained life within Glomeromycota. PNAS doi: 10.1073/pnas.1501676112. Abstract