| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The overall ecological functions of Planctomycetes have not been studied in depth despite their wide distribution in natural environments. Given that the group are often difficult to culture, a deep understanding of the ecological function of this group would only be accessible by metagenomic approaches. Therfore, a microbial mat from the sediment shelf was analyzed by a targeted-metagenomic approach. The DNA extracted from the microbial mat was pyrosequenced with 454-platform. The degradation genes for Benzoyl-CoA which is one central intermediate of anaerobic aromatic degradation were found in the assembled metagenomic sequences. Other catabolic genes involved in nitrogen cycle were also found. The presented findings indicate that the metabolic diversity of Planctomycetes is wider than currently known.
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