{"id":15,"date":"2022-02-14T11:51:53","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T02:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ds27i1.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp\/~www-yu\/yamaguchi-faculty\/en\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:48:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:48:18","slug":"organization","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ds27i1.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp\/~yurctmr1\/en\/organization\/","title":{"rendered":"Organization and Activities of RCTMR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To build up an excellent research center for the utilization of thermotolerant microbes in the fields of fermentation, biomass resourcing, bioremediation, and diagnosis and prevention of infectious diseases, we are trying to establish a novel research and study field with an integrated viewpoint consisting of fermentative, environmental, and pathogenic microbiology, and to undertake pioneering studies and education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this center, we strengthen connections with foreign researchers and research organizations, as well as with many researchers from industrial research institutes, in order to promote international collaboration and also collaboration between academia and the private sector.&nbsp; Thus, we are actively undertaking research and education with the following staff members and research themes in order to reach our goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#eeeeee\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<p><strong>Director:  <strong>Hisashi Hoshida&nbsp;(Professor,&nbsp;Graduate School of Science &amp; Technology for Innovation)<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vice-director:&nbsp;Daisuke Hayasaka&nbsp;(Professor,&nbsp;Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Division of Fermentation Microorganisms<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Members: Toshiharu Yakushi (Chair), Tomoyuki Kosaka (Vice-Chair), Hisashi Hoshida, Naoya Kataoka,\u00a0Mamoru Yamada, Kazunobu Matsushita,\u00a0Rinji Akada<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>1) Research and Development of Thermotolerant Fermentative Microbes, and Creation of New Microbial Industries fitted to Southeast Asian and also to Domestic Companies under Global Warming<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;(Members:&nbsp;N. Kataoka, T. Yakushi,&nbsp;M. Yamada)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Establishment of high-temperature oxidative fermentation system with thermotolerant acetic acid bacteria<\/li><li>Analysis of molecular mechanism of thermotolerance of thermotolerant, fermentative microbes and comparative genomic analysis of mesophilic and thermotolerant microbes<\/li><li>Capacity building of fermentative microbes by energetic, metabolic engineering and its application<\/li><li>Establishment of fermentation systems applicable for Southeast Asia by using thermotolerant, fermentative microbes<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>2) Research and Development on Bioethanol Production System using Thermotolerant or Semi-thermophilic Fermentative Microbes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0 (Members: H. Hoshida,\u00a0T. Kosaka, M. Yamada, R. Akada)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Establishment of high-temperature ethanol fermentation systems using thermotolerant yeasts or bacteria<\/li><li>Exploration of cellulose biomass-degrading microbes and their application for bioethanol production<\/li><li>Establishment of bioethanol production systems with&nbsp;<em>Kluyveromyces marxianus<\/em>&nbsp;capable of growing at high temperature&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Development of experimental procedures of model yeast or expression system of useful materials and proteins<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius\" href=\"https:\/\/ds27i1.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp\/~yurctmr1\/en\/organization\/publications-fermentation-group\/\">Publications \u2013 Fermentation Group<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Division of Environmental Microorganisms<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Members: Osami Misumi (Chair), Ikuko Yuyama (Vice-Chair),\u00a0 Tsuyoshi Imai, Yuki Kobayashi, Yu Sato, Masahiro Fujishima<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>1) Research and Development on Bioremediation and Potential Biomass Utilization by Thermotolerant or Semi-thermophilic Microbes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>(Members:O. Misumi,\u00a0T. Imai,\u00a0Y. Sato)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Micro-algal production of valuable bioactive compounds<\/li><li>Recovery of energy and useful materials from unutilizable biomass by semi-thermophilic microbes<\/li><li>Bioremediation including soil and water purification by thermotolerant or semi-thermophilic microbes.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>2) Preservation of Natural Ecosystem by utilizing Intracellular and Intercellular Symbiotic Microorganisms<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0 (Members:\u00a0O. Misumi, Y. Kobayashi,\u00a0I. Yuyama, M. Watarai (Pathogenic), M. Fujishima)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Elucidation of mechanisms needed for establishment of&nbsp;intracellular and plant-microbe symbioses<\/li><li>Development of plant production system by utilization of plant-microbe interaction<\/li><li>Preservation of aquatic ecosystem by using special microbes having intracellular symbionts<\/li><li>Environmental strategy of pathogens on their transmission mechanism<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius\" href=\"https:\/\/ds27i1.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp\/~yurctmr1\/en\/organization\/publications-environmental-microbiology-group\/\">Publications \u2013 Environmental microbiology Group<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Division of Pathogenic Microorganisms<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Member: Tetsuya Yanagida (Chair),\u00a0Kazunori Sasaki (Vice-Chair), Hiroyuki Azakami, Hiroshi Sato, Kazuo Nishigaki, Daisuke Hayasaka, Masahisa Watarai, Ai Takano, Takashi Shimizu, Hiroshi Shimoda, Kenta Watanabe, Alice Lau Ching Ching, Yugo Kitazawa, Kei Sakamoto, Shin-ichi\u00a0Ito<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>1) Early Stage Diagnosis and Prevention of Infectious Diseases Caused by Intracellular Parasitic Microorganisms<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>(Member: H. Azakami, S. Ito, T. Shimizu, K. Sasaki, M. Watarai, Y. Kobayashi (Environmental))<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Identification of causal pathogens of vegetable diseases occurring in the moderate- and high-temperature areas and development of genetic diagnosis methods to identify the pathogens<\/li><li>Molecular mechanisms of adhesion and colonization (biofilm formation) of pathogenic bacteria to the hosts and development of control technologies of the biofilm formation<\/li><li>Elucidation of infection mechanisms of intracellular parasitic bacteria and establishment of preventive measures against their infection<\/li><li>Mechanism for immune response towards bacterial infection<\/li><li>Immune-related diseases caused by destruction of infection protective system<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>2) Analysis of Transmission Routes of Zoonotic Diseases and Prevention of the Diseases<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0(Member: D. Hayasaka, K. Nishigaki, H. Sato, H. Shimoda,\u00a0A. Takano, M. Watarai,\u00a0T. Yanagida, K. Sakamoto)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Elucidation of transmission routes and infection mechanisms of trans -border emerging zoonotic diseases<\/li><li>Investigation of distribution of fruit bats as natural hosts of many pathogenic viruses to human in Southeast Asia<\/li><li>Elucidation of infection mechanisms of zoonotic bacteria,&nbsp;<em>Brucella<\/em>,&nbsp;<em>Listeria<\/em>, and&nbsp;<em>Salmonella<\/em><\/li><li>Epidemiological and pathological studies on arthropod-borne infectious diseases and development of methods for the control<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link no-border-radius\" href=\"https:\/\/ds27i1.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp\/~yurctmr1\/en\/organization\/publications-micobial-disease-group\/\">Publications \u2013 Micobial disease Group<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>Division of&nbsp;Common Infrastructure Research and Development<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p> &nbsp;Member: Hisashi Hoshida (Chair), Masato Tachibana (Vice-Chair), Yoshiyuki Asai, Manabu Sugii, Yuki Terauchi, Ikufumi Tomimoto, Shintaro Maeno<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>1) Management\u00a0of\u00a0culture\u00a0collection<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>  (Member: S. Maeno, M. Tachibana, Y. Terauchi )<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>2) Development\u00a0of\u00a0new\u00a0seeds\u00a0for\u00a0collaborative\u00a0researches<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>  (Member: Y. Asai, M. Sugii, I. Tomimoto)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/ds27i1.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp\/~yurctmr1\/en\/organization\/publications-common-infrastructure-group\/\">Publications &#8211; Common infrastructure Group<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">July 9th, 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To build up an excellent research center for the utilization of thermotolerant microbes in the fields of ferme [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":40,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ds27i1.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp\/~yurctmr1\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ds27i1.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp\/~yurctmr1\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ds27i1.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp\/~yurctmr1\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ds27i1.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp\/~yurctmr1\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ds27i1.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp\/~yurctmr1\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/ds27i1.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp\/~yurctmr1\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":367,"href":"https:\/\/ds27i1.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp\/~yurctmr1\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ds27i1.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp\/~yurctmr1\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}