2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of microbial community producing useful materials driven by light energy
| Project/Area Number |
22688006
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Applied microbiology
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Metropolitan University |
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Principal Investigator |
HARUTA Shin 首都大学東京, 理工学研究科, 准教授 (50359642)
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| Research Collaborator |
MATSUURA Katsumi 首都大学東京, 理工学研究科, 教授 (30181689)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 光合成 / 微生物生態系 / メタン |
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| Research Abstract |
A microbial community which produced methane under illumination was developed using hot spring microbial mats as a source of microorganisms. In this microbial community, oxygenic photosynthesis by thermophilic cyanobacteria mainly worked as a primary production, heterotrophic bacteria consumed oxygen and degraded organic compounds provided by cyanobacteria, and hydrogen gas produced by fermentation was utilized for methane production by methanogenic archaea. Among these microorganisms, we found several types of interspecies relationship which may help to develop and maintainthe microbial community.
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Research Products
(22 results)
