The 76th Hiroshima University Biomass Evening Seminar
(The 55th Hiroshima University ACE Seminar) 

Date & Time: Thu.18 Jul., 2019   16:20-17:50
Place: Engineering 110 Lecture Room, Higashi-Hiroshima Campus, Hiroshima University
 

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Commentary: Yukihiko MATSUMURA
  Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University 

 

Lecture:Yoshiko OKAMURA
  Associate Professor, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University

“Short-chain ester production by Nitratireductor sp. OM-1 using wastewater
Results from HU-DTU collaboration” 

Nitratireductor sp. OM-1 is a short-chain ester producing bacterium assimilating short-chain fatty acids found in wastewater. We, therefore, expected short-chain ester production by strain OM-1 using wastewater, however it was inhibited by ammonium in wastewater.
Professor Angelidaki and Dr. Zhan in Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have studied on ammonium removal in electrochemical reactor, so that I asked them to help our study and stayed at DTU to learn the experimental design and to discuss our collaborations.
This presentation will report some results from our collaborations.

  

Lecture: Yoshiteru AOI
   Professor, Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University

“What are uncultivable microorganisms and how to grow them?”   

Although highly diverse microorganisms exist in natural environments, it is generally recognized that most microorganisms are not readily cultivable in the laboratory. Thus, most of them are remaining untapped, unknown, and unused, in　spite of its industrial, medical and scientific importance and potential. Therefore, innovations in microbial cultivation will have an impact on variety of fields. In this talk, I will introduce our recent progress on development of new cultivation methods and clarification of previously unknown growth controlling mechanisms.

 

Chair: Yukihiko MATSUMURA
  Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University