Studies on the diversity of "Tenguno-mugimeshi" microbial community

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24651266
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Resource conservation science
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: MIYASHITA Hideaki 京都大学, 地球環境学堂, 教授 (50323746)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KAMIKAWA Ryoma 京都大学, 大学院地球環境学堂, 助教 (40627634)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 天狗の麦飯 / 微生物群集構造 / 生態変化 / 微生物保全 / 土壌微生物 / 消滅因子

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study re-investigated the current status of reported habitats of "Tengu-no-mugimeshi", soil-like massive microbial particles, and compared the microbial community structures of the particles from those habitats. Microbial community structure of the particles from one habitat was completely different, while those from the other habitats even in different mountain area were similar one another. Gamma-proteobacteria and Acidobacteria with extracellular mucilage contributed to the formation of the granular and elastic particles. Disappearance of "Tengu-no-mugimeshi" from the reported habitats might be caused by covering by plants, accumulation of soil and man-made disturbance.

Free Research Field

藻類学、微生物生態学