Developement of Real-time observation devices for process in microbial consortia with bio-imaging techniques

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26550051
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Environmental impact assessment
• Research Institution: Tottori University of Environmental Studies
• Principal Investigator: Yoshinaga Ikuo 公立鳥取環境大学, 環境学部, 教授 (40230776)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SATO SHIN 公立鳥取環境大学, 環境学部, 准教授 (60467438) ; KADONO ATSUNOBU 公立鳥取環境大学, 環境学部, 准教授 (50511234)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: メタン / 微生物コンソーシア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Because the spacial distribution and/or location of each microbial cells in microbial consortia,such as biofilm and aggregates, is essential for gas production via microbial process. Greenhouse gases, as methane, N2O, and CO2, are emitted increasingly from pond, lake, paddy field and farmland, and then we attempt to the development of research device for real-time analysis of metabolite from microbial consortia with some equipment. For the goal, we at first tried to establish the model system for methanogenesis/methanotroph consortia from soil samples of a farmland. After all we establish the microbial consortia that emit the methane gas at the case of microbial aggregates are constructed.

Free Research Field

微生物生態学