Preparation of carbon materials with E. coli growth-promoting ability

Research Project

Project/Area Number	26870095
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Inorganic materials/Physical properties Applied microbiology
Research Institution	Gunma University
Principal Investigator	Matsui Masayoshi 群馬大学, 大学院理工学府, 助教 (50415791)
Project Period (FY)	2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords	大腸菌 / 増殖 / カーボン材料 / バイオフィルム
Outline of Final Research Achievements	Carbon materials derived from alginic acid did not show any toxicity toward Escherichia coli (E. coli). Thus, these materials were found to be the potential candidate of the base material for the growth-promoting agents of E. coli. The growing condition and quantitative method for E. coli biofilm was also optimized to investigate the effect of hydrophilicity of carbon materials on the growth of E. coli. Furthermore, the rapid and simple surface treatment method of flat-plate carbon materials using a plasma jet device was developed.

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