Research field (2):
Environmental agriculture
, Applied microbiology
Research keywords (3):
metabolic engineering
, microbial metabolism
, lignin
Research theme for competitive and other funds (7):
2021 - 2024 Elucidation of in situ lignin biodegradation using bacterial sensor
2023 - 2024 リグニンからのプラスチック原料生産を促進するバイオセンサーの開発
2020 - 2022 Exploration of major lignin linkage cleaving microbe and its application to polymer raw material production from lignin
2018 - 2021 リグニン由来の低分子芳香族を特異的に検出する革新的環境センサーの開発
2017 - 2018 微生物分解と化学変換を組み合わせた樹木バイオマスからの工業原料生産
2016 - 2017 リグニン有効利用の鍵となるβ-アリールエーテル代謝酵素遺伝子の探索と解析
2014 - 2016 デッドエンド化合物の生成を回避する細菌の代謝機構
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Papers (65):
Akihiro Yoshida, Irwan Kurnia, Yudai Higuchi, Yuta Osaka, Chieko Yasuta, Chiho Sakamoto, Mina Tamura, Tsubasa Takamatsu, Naofumi Kamimura, Eiji Masai, et al. Direct catalytic oxidation of rice husk lignin with hydroxide nanorod-modified copper foam and muconate production by engineered Pseudomonas sp. NGC7. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering. 2024
Han Jia, Keiya Jimbo, Koichi Mayumi, Tatsuro Oda, Toshiki Sawada, Takeshi Serizawa, Takuma Araki, Naofumi Kamimura, Eiji Masai, Eiji Togawa, et al. Ionic Conductive Organogels Based on Cellulose and Lignin-Derived Metabolic Intermediates. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. 2024. 12. 1. 501-511
Mitsuru Kawazoe, Kenji Takahashi, Yosuke Tokue, Shojiro Hishiyama, Hayato Seki, Yudai Higuchi, Naofumi Kamimura, Eiji Masai. Catabolic System of 5-Formylferulic Acid, a Downstream Metabolite of a β-5-Type Lignin-Derived Dimer, in Sphingobium lignivorans SYK-6. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 2023. 71. 49. 19663-19671
Alissa Bleem, Ryo Kato, Zoe A Kellermyer, Rui Katahira, Masahiro Miyamoto, Koh Niinuma, Naofumi Kamimura, Eiji Masai, Gregg T Beckham. Multiplexed fitness profiling by RB-TnSeq elucidates pathways for lignin-related aromatic catabolism in Sphingobium sp. SYK-6. Cell reports. 2023. 42. 8. 112847-112847
Yudai Higuchi, Hiroya Ishimaru, Takuya Yoshikawa, Takao Masuda, Chiho Sakamoto, Naofumi Kamimura, Eiji Masai, Daisuke Takeuchi, Tomonori Sonoki. Successful selective production of vanillic acid from depolymerized sulfite lignin and its application to poly(ethylene vanillate) synthesis. Bioresource Technology. 2023. 129450-129450
村木香渚美, 鎌田真未, 大関さおり, 池田和磨, 児玉直弥, 石丸裕也, 樋口雄大, 吉川琢也, 吉田曉弘, 上村直史, et al. Selective production of aromatic compounds from lignin (III): An engineered bacterial strain that produces vanillate from a mixture of aromatic compounds derived from bagasse organosolv lignin. 日本生物工学会大会講演要旨集. 2023. 75th
池田和磨, 児玉直弥, 村木香渚美, 大川全, 樋口雄大, 上村直史, 政井英司, 園木和典. Selective production of aromatic compounds from lignin (IV): Identification of an effective mutation for the development of a bacterial strain that produces vanillate from bagasse organosolve lignin. 日本生物工学会大会講演要旨集. 2023. 75th
入山就, 鎌田真未, 増井ゆい, 樋口雄大, 大関さおり, 坂本千穂, 上村直史, 政井英司, 園木和典. Selective production of aromatic compounds from lignin(II): Application of the enzymes for acetovanillone catabolism from Pseudomonas sp.MHK4 to vanillate production. 日本生物工学会大会講演要旨集. 2023. 75th
- 2011 Nagaoka University of Technology Graduate School, Division of Engineering
Professional career (1):
工学 (長岡技術科学大学)
Work history (2):
2022/04 - 現在 Nagaoka University of Technology Department of Materials Science and Bioengineering Associate Professor
2013/04 - 2022/03 Nagaoka University of Technology Graduate School of Engineering Department of Bioengineering
Awards (2):
2021/08 - The Lignin Society The Lignin Society Progress Award Bacterial degradation system of lignin-derived aromatics
2016/06 - Lignobiotech IV Symposium BEST POSTER AWARD Essential Aldehyde Dehydrogenases for Lignin Degradation in Sphingobium sp. Strain SYK-6
Association Membership(s) (5):
Japanese Humic Substance Society
, The Japan Wood Research Society
, The Lignin Society
, Japan society for environmental biotechnology
, Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry