Kosaka Tomoyuki
Assistant Professor,Faculty of Agriculture,Yamaguchi University
An anaerobic fermentative bacterium
and a methanogenic archaeon establish a syntrophic consortium
which facilitates them to convert organic acids to methane
and exert different stresse responses.
We consider that they provide a
good model for addressing how new functions are emerged
in biological consortia.
This research project will elucidate
dynamic mechanisms of metabolic and signal network fusions
using microarrays and other omic techniques.