PI-136:

Effect of the Addition of Pantothenate and Its Precursors on Coenzyme A Content of Escherichia coli Expressing Exogeneous Pantothenate Kinase

Ogata, Yuta1, Chohnan, Shigeru2 1Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology, 2Ibaraki Univ. Coll. of Agriculture Background: Coenzyme A (CoA) plays a central role in carbon metabolism in vivo. Pantothenate kinase (CoaA) catalyzes the first committed step of the CoA biosynthetic pathway
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PI-135 (JTK):

In situ cultivation technique allows recovery of native bacterial types competitive in their extreme cold environment of northern Greenland

Jung , Dawoon1, Epstein, Slava2, Aoi , Yoshiteru 1,2 1Hiroshima Univ. ISSD., 2Northeastern Univ. Biol. The vast majority of microorganisms do not grow under standard laboratory conditions. On the other hand, it has been shown that in situ cultivation techniques improved the result of
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PI-134:

Effect of nanobubbles on growth and respiration of cyanobacteria

Yoshina, Koichi1, Koike, Hiroyuki1, Kamimura, Shinji1, Ohmori, Masayuki1 1Dept. of Biological Sciences, Chuo Univ. Nanobubbles that have diameters smaller than one micrometer are expected to be applied for many different field of biotechnology. We could generate very small air-nanobub
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PI-133:

Ammonium acetate increases the production of butanol by Clostridium beijerinckii cultures growing in sweet sorghum juice

Uehara, Kent1, Akiyama, Manami 1, Kanemoto, Miho1, Nishizawa, Tomoyasu1, Chohnan, Shigeru1, Nitta, Youji1, Kurusu, Yasurou1, Ohta, Hiroyuki1 1Ibaraki univ. agri. A sustainable biofuel production needs cheaper feedstock and improved fermentation performance. Regarding the feedstock, sw
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PI-132:

Operational taxonomic units (OTUs)-based analysis of swine gut microbiota in response to the treatment with tylosin, an antibiotic growth promoter (AGP)

Kim, Jungman1, Guevarra, Robin B. 1, Nguyen, Son G.1, Unno, Tatsuya1 1Jeju National University, Jeju-si, Jeju-do, Republic of Korea Antibiotics have been used extensively as growth promoters (AGPs) in food animal production. However, the use of AGPs in animal feeds was banned in devel
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PI-131:

Molecular mechanisms for sensing and responding to electrode potentials in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1

Hirose, Atsumi1, Kouzuma, Atsushi1, Watanabe, Kazuya1 1Tokyo Univ. Pharm. Life Sci. Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 has been studied as a model organism to elucidate how microbes generate electricity in bioelectrochemical systems (BESs). Previous studies have shown that potentials of worki
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PI-130:

Ecological significance of chlorophyll f within a microbial mat

Ohkubo, Satoshi1,2, Miyashita, Hideaki2,3 1Saitama Univ. Sci. Eng., 2Kyoto Univ. Human. Environ., 3Kyoto Univ. Global Environ. Chlorophyll (Chl) f is a recently discovered photosynthetic pigment, which absorbs far-red (FR) light (700-750 nm). Various species of Chl f-producing cyanoba
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PI-129:

Random Mutation Enhances Degradation of Benzaldehyde by Rhodococcus jostii RHA1

Yang , Hong-Mao1, Chen , Hao-Ping2, Lin , Guang-Huey3 1Master Program in Microbiology & Immunology, Tzu-Chi University, 2Department of Biochemistry School of Medicine Tzu Chi University, 3Microbial Genetics laboratory, Department of Microbiology, TCU Benzaldehyde is aromatic comp
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PI-128:

Transcriptome analysis of Microcystis aeruginosa during Ma-LMM01 infection

Morimoto, Daichi1, Honda, Takashi1, Sako, Yoshihiko1, Yoshida, Takashi1 1Kyoto univ. agri. 【Introduction】The cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa is a toxic, bloom-forming bacterium in eutrophic freshwaters throughout the world. A member of myoviridae, Ma-LMM01 can infect only a stra
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