Research fields:
Applied microbiology, Enzymology, Microbial ecology
Research themes:
Search for intestinal bacteria control factors in fermented foods, function of lactic acid related to stable brewage of pot-made vinegar, synthesis of oligosaccharide
Main books and papers:
◆“Hito Dobutsu no Chonai ni Seisokusuru Kenkisei-saikin no Taisha-kino” (Metabolic function of anaerobic bacteria living in the intestine of humans and animals) KAGAKU TO SEIBUTSU, 2022
◆Crystal structures of glycoside hydrolase family 136 lacto-N-biosidases from monkey gut- and human adult gut bacteria (Joint authorship) Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 2022
◆Butyrate producing Clostridiales utilize distinct human milk oligosaccharides correlating to early colonization and prevalence in the human gut (Joint authorship) Nature communications, 2020
◆“Rikotekina Chonai-saikin Bakuteroidesu to Ritatekina Bifizusukin” (Egocentric intestinal bacterium bacteroidaceae and altruistic bifidobacterium) Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 2015