Study on the origin of fungi growing in bathrooms
| Project/Area Number |
21500750
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
General human life sciences
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| Research Institution | Osaka City Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences |
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Principal Investigator |
HAMADA Nobuo 大阪市立環境科学研究所, 研究副主幹 (40270764)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
ABE Niichiro 大阪市立環境科学研究所, 研究主任 (10321936)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
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| Keywords | 住環境 / 遺伝子 / 環境 / 菌類 / 進化 / 界面活性剤 |
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| Research Abstract |
Scolecobasidium, isolated from bathrooms and washing machines, because of their exposure to detergents, might be genetically and biologically distinct from outdoor isolates. Scolecobasidium from leaves were classified into 2 groups that grow using surfactant or not using. The isolates from bathrooms were identified as S. humicola, and S. humicola can use surfactants as their nutrition. A further implication is that the genetic variation found in the S. humicola isolates from detergent-rich indoor environments can occur as a result of having adapted itself to such an environment.
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