Genetic Resources of Marine Hard-to-Cultivate Microorganisms Revealed by Metagenomics

Researcher FUJITA MasakiAssociate Professor

My research is aiming at the establishment of the practical material supply system by heterologous expression of the marine natural products biosynthetic genes cloned from various marine samples. For the research, I am using a metagenomic approach for marine environmental samples and marine invertebrates which contain a large number of unculturable microorganisms. In addition, in order to achieve the goal, we develop the efficient acquisition method of marine metagenomic DNA and screening method for interesting genes. A functional analysis of the cloned genes is also conducted, and we diversify the products by gene modification. Moreover, a study of the chemical communication of microbial flora under the functional metagenomic method is also performed.

FUJITA Masaki
Associate Professor

Keyword Environmental Bacteria
Quorum sensing
Blue-green algae
Red Tide
Fish Sauce
Siderophores
Marine Living Resources
Marine Natural Products
Bioorganic Chemistry
Heterologous Host Production
Biosynthetic genes
Metagenomics
Biologically active substances
Fields Applied aquatic science / Aquatic life science
Biomolecular science / Biomolecular science
Pharmacy / Drug development chemistry
Project
  • 2011FY