Research keywords (2):
field soils, chitin, chitosan, chitinase, chitosanase, streptomycetes
, chitin degradation, soil bacteria, chitinase, chitosanase, sugar ABC transporter
Research theme for competitive and other funds (16):
2023 - 2026 細菌による医療関連感染を防ぐナノ柱ハイドロゲルの創出と医療用埋入物への応用
2022 - 2025 感染を予防・制御する抗菌性ポリマー人工血管の創出
2021 - 2024 Coexisting mechanism of polysaccharide-degrading microorganisms in soil via metabolites and its use for microbial control
2019 - 2023 補助人工心臓ドライブライン感染制御等のための抗菌ポリマーを用いた部材の開発
2020 - 2022 Development of alternative artificial vascular grafts for preventing a graft infection using antibacterial polymers
2016 - 2020 キチン添加土壌で増加するキチン非分解微生物の生態的意義の解明
2013 - 2016 Study for gene expression control mechanism involved in the soil environment adaptation strategies of actinomycetes
2015 - 2016 微生物を用いたキチン2糖の生産
2013 - 2016 二糖類に着目した土壌での多糖分解過程のケミカルエコロジー研究とその応用
2009 - 2014 Study on the control of gene expression network in Streptomyces growing in the soil environment
2009 - 2012 放線菌を利用した新規オリゴ糖-ポリオールトランスポーターの探索と機能解明
2010 - 2011 キチン2糖の発酵的製造プロセスの開発
2008 - 2009 Exploration of novel transporter proteins for oligosaccharides using the ATPase (MsiK)
2005 - 2008 放線菌で発見された新規キチン分解産物輸送系の機能解析と発現制御機構の解明
2006 - 2007 放線菌のアミノ多糖分解系の解明とその応用に関する研究
2002 - 2004 N,N'-ジアセチルキトビオース受容体タンパク質の基質認識機構の解明
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Papers (55):
Michihiko Suzuki, Akihiro Saito, Mariko Kobayashi, Tomofumi Yokoyama, Shoko Omiya, Jian Li, Kei Sugita, Kunio Miki, Jun-ichi Saito, Akikazu Ando. Crystal structure of the GH-46 subclass III chitosanase from Bacillus circulans MH-K1 in complex with chitotetraose. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 2024. 1868. 3. 130549-130549
Eiko Nishiyama, Ryo Nagata, Akikazu Ando, Akihiro Saito. Edible plant oil (EPO)-consumption activity of the isolate Fusarium keratoplasticum EN01 and other relative Fusarium species. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 2024. 117. 1
Akihiro Saito, Hideo Dohra, Moriyuki Hamada, Ryota Moriuchi, Yohei Kotsuchibashi, Koji Mori. Physiological and genomic analyses of cobalamin (vitamin B12)-auxotrophy of Lysobacter auxotrophicus sp. nov., a methionine-auxotrophic chitinolytic bacterium isolated from chitin-treated soil. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2023. 73. 5
Wataru Masuda, Yusuke Hatanaka, Akimitsu Mochizuki, Shin Okazaki, Ben Nanzai, Akihiro Saito. Isolation and characterization of Bradyrhizobium elkanii as a root nodule symbiont of red sword bean Canavalia gladiata var. gladiata. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition. 2022. 68. 4. 434-441
Kazuma Fujimoto, Akihiro Saito, Yohei Kotsuchibashi. Cicada-Wing-Inspired Nanopillar Hydrogels Consisting of Poly(vinyl alcohol) and Poly(methacrylic acid) for Capturing Bacteria through Their Flexibility and Wide Range of Motion. ACS Macro Letters. 2022. 11. 727-732
中村美輝, 道羅英夫, 道羅英夫, 森内良太, 齋藤明広, 齋藤明広. Vitamin B12 content and bacterial community structure in a chitin-treated agricultural field soil. 日本微生物生態学会大会(Web). 2023. 36th