Annual Report 2006

I. Outline of the Noda Institute for Scientific Research

II. Achievement of Research Activities in 2006

Reproduced Papers

Y. Kawakami, T. Ito, M. Kamekura and M. Nakayama: Ca²⁺-Dependent Cell Aggregation of Halophililic Archaeon, Halobacterium salinarum
　Reproduced from Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 100: 681-684 (2005) by copyright permission of The Society for Biotechnology
T. Takahashi, T. Masuda and Y. Koyama: Identification and Analysis of Ku70 and Ku80 Homologs in the koji Molds Aspergillus sojae and Aspergillus oryzae
　Reproduced from Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 70: 135-143 (2006) by copyright permission of Bioscience Biotechnology and Agrochemistry
T. Takahashi, T. Masuda and Y. Koyama: Enhanced gene targeting frequency in ku70 and ku80 disruption mutants of Aspergillus sojae and Aspergillus oryzae
　Reproduced from Mol. Gen. Genomics, 275: 460-470 (2006) by copyright permission of Springer-Verlag.
A. M. Castillo, M. C. Gutierrrez, M. Kamekura, Y. Xue, Y. Ma, D. A. Cowan, B. E. Jones, W. D. Grant and A. Ventosa: Halovivax asiaticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel extremely halophilic archaeon isolated from Inner Mongolia, China
　Reproduced from Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 56: 765-770 (2006) by copyright permission of the Inernational Union of Microbiological Society
F. Goh, S. Leuko, M. A. Allen, J. P. Bowman, M. Kamekura, B. A. Neilan and B. P. Burns: Halococcus hamelinensis sp. nov., a novel halophilic archeon isolated from stromatolites in Shark Bay, Australia
　Reproduced from Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 56: 1323-1329 (2006) by copyright permission of the Inernational Union of Microbiological Society
A. M. Castillo, M. C. Gutierrrez, M. Kamekura, Y. Xue, Y. Ma, D. A. Cowan, B. E. Jones, W. D. Grant and A. Ventosa: Halostagnicola Larsenii gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely halophilic archaeon from saline lake in Inner Mongolia, China
　Reproduced from Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 56: 1519-1524 (2006) by copyright permission of the Inernational Union of Microbiological Society
A. M. Castillo, M. C. Gutierrrez, M. Kamekura, Y. Xue, Y. Ma, D. A. Cowan, B. E. Jones, W. D. Grant and A. Ventosa: Halorubrum orientale sp. nov., a halophilic archaeon isolated from Lake Ejinor, Inner Mongolia, China
　Reproduced from Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 56: 2559-2563 (2006) by copyright permission of the Inernational Union of Microbiological Society
A. M. Castillo, M. C. Gutierrrez, M. Kamekura, Y. Xue, Y. Ma, D. A. Cowan, B. E. Jones, W. D. Grant and A. Ventosa: Natrinema ejinorrense sp. nov., isolated from a saline lake in Inner Mongolia, China
　Reproduced from Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 56: 2683-2687 (2006) by copyright permission of the Inernational Union of Microbiological Society

Titles of Oral and Poster Presentations

III. Report on the Research Assisted by the NISR Research Grant in 2005

Research Grant

Yasuhiro IGARASHI (Toyama Prefectural University): Antibiotic production in Streptomyces induced in co-culturing system
Kiyoshi ITO (Nagasaki University): Study on proline-specific aminopeptidases and their application on food processing
Kazuo SHISHIDO (Tokyo Institute of Technology): Development of the biosystem useful for degradation of polychlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons by using molecular-genetically improved basidiomycete mushroom
Hideyuki SUZUKI (Kyoto University): Glutathione transporter of Escherichia coli: aiming at the direct production of glutathione
Hirohide TOYAMA (Yamaguchi University): Microbial biochemistry for stable 5-keto-gluconate fermentation

Young Investigator Research Grant

Nobutaka FUNA (The University of Tokyo): Production of polyketides by a novel P-450 aryl coupling catalyst
Youji NAKAGAWA (University of Yamanashi): Molecular evolutionary analysis of high sugar tolerance of wine yeasts and its application for breeding industrial yeasts
Kazuaki NINOMIYA (Osaka University): Development of target-adhesive bacteria and its application to fermentation process
Takahiro SHINTANI (Tohoku University): Cellular response to the overexpression of mutated or exogenous secretory proteins in Aspergillus oryzae
Takeharu TSUGE (Tokyo Institute of Technology): Regulation of molecular weight of biopolyesters produced by bacteria
Hiroya YURIMOTO (Kyoto University): Molecular mechanism of strategy for minimization of the intracellular formaldehyde level in microorganisms and its application

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