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):
Marco N. Allemann, Ryo Kato, William G. Alexander, Richard J. Giannone, Naofumi Kamimura, Eiji Masai, Joshua K. Michener. Laboratory evolution inNovosphingobium aromaticivoransenables rapid catabolism of a model lignin-derived aromatic dimer. 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
藤田雅也, 藤田雅也, 柴田昴耀, 菱山正二郎, 田辺幹雄, 千田俊哉, 上村直史, 政井英司. The outer membrane uptake mechanism for plant-derived aromatics in Sphingomonadaceae. 日本細菌学雑誌(Web). 2023. 78. 1
園木和典, 樋口雄大, 吉川琢也, 上村直史, 竹内大介, 政井英司. Interdisciplinary Approach to the Synthesis of Poly (ethylene vanillate) from Sulfite Lignin. Bio Industry. 2023. 40. 6
- 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