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-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-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-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-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-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-137:

A Two Component Sensor Affect Ethanol Degradation in Acinetobacter baumannii

Hsieh , Kuen-Sheng1, Shu, Hung-Yu2, Lin, Guang-Huey3 1Master Program in Microbiology & Immunology, Tzu-Chi University, 2D of Bioscience Technology, Chang Jung Christian University, 3Department of Microbiology, Tzu-Chi University Affiliations: Kuen-Sheng Hsieh 1, Hung-Yu Shu 2, Gu
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PI-138:

Isocitrate lyase controls bacterial respiration under oxidative stress

Ahn, Sungeun1, Jung, Jaejoon1, Jang, In-ae1, Imlay, James2, Madsen, Eugene3, Park, Woojun1 1Korea University, 2University of Illinois, 3Cornell University Glyoxylate shunt is known as a short-cut of TCA cycle avoiding carbon dioxide-producing steps and essential for acetate and fatty
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PI-139 (JTK):

Expression analysis of multiple alkane hydroxylases in Acinetobacter oleivorans DR1

Park, Chulwoo1, Park, Woojun1 1Department of Ecological Engineering, Korea Univ, Seoul, Korea Genomic analyses has shown the presence of multiple alkane-hydroxylase system in diesel-degrading Acinetobacter oleivorans DR1. DR1 cells could grow on medium- and long-chain alkanes (C12-C30
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PI-140:

Physiological characterization of Nitrosomonas mobilis-like strain isolated from autotrophic nitrifying granule

Soe, Myat Thandar1, Norisuke, Ushiki1, Hirotsugu, Fujitani1, Satoshi, Tsuneda1 1Department of Life Science and Medical Bioscience, Waseda Uni, Nitrification is an important step in biological wastewater treatment system. In bioreactors, nitrifying granules are produced to improve nitr
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