Euro-Japan collaborative field work for the understanding of symbiotic evolution of marine microbes

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25303008
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Biomolecular chemistry
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: Nakao Yoichi 早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 教授 (60282696)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YAMASHITA Jun 京都大学, iPS細胞研究所, 教授 (50335288)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): KIMURA Hiroshi 東京工業大学, 大学院生命理工学研究科, 教授 (30241392) ; IKURA Tsuyoshi 京都大学, 放射線生物研究センター, 准教授 (70335686)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 海洋天然物化学 / 共生微生物 / エピジェネティクス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have compared the metabolome analysis of marine sponge by LC-MS/MS. As the results, we have found the difference between the matabolite profiles of two closely related sponge samples collected in Italy and Japan. Also, we could isolate highly novel microorganisms from the sponge of genus Theonella by means of newly developed Diffusion Chamber method. Through this project, a sound base for the collaborative activity between Italy-Japan marine natural products chemistry has been established.

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