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Development of a biological recovery and concentration technology aimed at sustainable use of rare metals

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K19042
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Medium-sized Section 31:Nuclear engineering, earth resources engineering, energy engineering, and related fields
Research InstitutionTohoku University

Principal Investigator

Chien Mei-Fang  東北大学, 環境科学研究科, 助教 (20533186)

Project Period (FY) 2018-06-29 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥6,370,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,470,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
Keywordsレアメタル / 生物濃縮 / モリブデン / 微生物工学 / 酵母 / 微生物
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The study aimed to develop biological recovery techniques to rare metal toward a sustainable using of rare metals. The achievements of this study are as follows: 1, Organic mercury degrading enzyme MerB3 in a mercury resistant bacterium MB1 showed the potential to be a biological antidote. 2, mercury resistant bacterium MB24 contains both mercury and arsenic resistance operons as a special structure. The above results were published in English journals Journal of Environmental Biotechnology and Microorganisms, respectively. 3, the molybdenum adsorbing yeast was constructed by expressing molybdenum binding protein on the cell surface of yeast cells. Besides, the efficiency of adsorption got increasing through immobilizing the yeast cells. The above results have been presented at Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry and International Biometallurgy Symposium 2019.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の遂行により、金属に応答を示す微生物の機能を探索・利用することで、その金属を特異的に回収・濃縮する生物学的な金属回収技術の基盤が確立できた。モリブデンを最初のターゲットとして試みたが、本研究により構築した技術に基づき、金属吸着効率の向上、他の金属吸着への応用、微生物利用システムのデザインなど、さらなる発展のシーズになり、これらの研究成果の蓄積による生物学的金属濃縮・回収の実現が期待できる。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 1 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] 台湾国立海洋大学/台湾中央研究院生物多様性研究センター(その他の国・地域)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Identification of A Novel Arsenic Resistance Transposon Nested in A Mercury Resistance Transposon of Bacillus sp. MB242019

    • Author(s)
      Mei-Fang Chien, Ying-Ning Ho, Hui-Erh Yang, Masaru Narita, Keisuke Miyauchi, Ginro Endo and Chieh-Chen Huang
    • Journal Title

      Microorganisms

      Volume: 7 Issue: 11 Pages: 566-576

    • DOI

      10.3390/microorganisms7110566

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] MerB3, an organomercurial lyase of Bacillus as an antidote against organomercurial poisoning2019

    • Author(s)
      Mei-Fang Chien, Ying-Ning Ho, Hui-Tzu Lin, Kuo-Hsing Lin, Ginro Endo, Chieh-Chen Huang
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Environmental Biotechnology

      Volume: 印刷中

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Molybdate recovery using immobilized bioengineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae2019

    • Author(s)
      Audrey Stephanie, Mei-Fang Chien, Naoya Ikeda, Chihiro Inoue
    • Organizer
      The International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Potential of molybdenum recovery by genetically engineered yeast2019

    • Author(s)
      Mei-Fang Chien, Audrey Stephanie, Naoya Ikeda, Chihiro Inoue
    • Organizer
      第13回細菌学若手コロッセウム
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] BIOENGINEERING OF A STABLE MOLYBDATE BINDING SYSTEM USING Saccharomyces cerevisiae2019

    • Author(s)
      Audrey Stephanie, Mei-Fang Chien, Naoya, Ikeda, Kengo Kubota, Chihiro Inoue
    • Organizer
      日本農芸化学会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report

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Published: 2018-07-25   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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