Laboratory of Microbial Physiology – School of Agriculture / Graduate School of Agriculture / Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University

Division of Fundamental Agriscience Research | Research Group of Bioscience and Chemistry

Research Theme

Current research activities

Engineering of energy metabolism for breeding and functional analysis of industrially useful microorganisms (Escherichia coli, Coryneform-glutamic acid-producing bacteria); Screening and utilization of non-proteogenic amino acid-converting enzymes; Analysis of bile acid stress in intestinal lactic acid bacteria; Analysis of intestinal microbiota composition under bile acid stress; Screening and analysis of secondary bile acid-producing intestinal bacteria; Molecular genetics of bifidobacteria.

Members

Professor

FUKIYA Satoru

Degree	D. Agr.
Specialty	Microbial Physiology, Applied Microbiology, Molecular Biology
Charge (US)	Department of Bioscience and Chemistry \| Microbial Physiology
Charge (GS)	Division of Agriculture \| Frontiers in Biosciences \| Unit of Applied Biological Chemistry
Research Theme	Analysis of structure and function of the intestinal microbiota; development of gene manipulation systems and gene function analysis in bifidobacteria

Assistant Professor

MAEDA Tomoya

Degree	D.Eng.
Specialty	Microbial Physiology
Charge (US)	Department of Bioscience and Chemistry \| Microbial Physiology
Charge (GS)	Division of Agriculture \| Frontiers in Biosciences \| Unit of Applied Biological Chemistry
Research Theme	・Analysis of metabolic regulation in industrially important bacteria and application to the efficient fermentation process. ・Analysis of the evolutionary dynamics of bacterial resistance to antibiotics and application to the prediction and control of resistance acquisition. ・Analysis of mutualistic interactions among environmental microorganisms.