-
-
2023.07.31招待講演 LectureInvited lecture by Satoshi Okubo at Public Symposium of Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 2023 "Food, Soil, and Fertilizer - As Basic Science for Achieving the SDGs"
-
2023.07.24招待講演 LectureInvited lecture by Satoshi Okubo and Yuichi Aoki at The Museum of Nature and Human Activities Seminar
-
2023.06.26論文 PublicationMethylocystis iwaonis sp. nov., a type II methane-oxidizing bacterium from surface soil of a rice paddy field in Japan, and emended description of the genus Methylocystis ( ex Whittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993
-
-
-
2023.06.26論文 PublicationMethylocystis iwaonis sp. nov., a type II methane-oxidizing bacterium from surface soil of a rice paddy field in Japan, and emended description of the genus Methylocystis ( ex Whittenbury et al. 1970) Bowman et al. 1993
-
2023.04.20論文 PublicationType-specific quantification of particulate methane monooxygenase gene of methane-oxidizing bacteria at the oxic-anoxic interface of a surface paddy soil by digital PCR
-
2023.04.11論文 PublicationFacilitative interaction networks in experimental microbial community dynamics
-
-
-
2023.07.31招待講演 LectureInvited lecture by Satoshi Okubo at Public Symposium of Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 2023 "Food, Soil, and Fertilizer - As Basic Science for Achieving the SDGs"
-
2023.07.24招待講演 LectureInvited lecture by Satoshi Okubo and Yuichi Aoki at The Museum of Nature and Human Activities Seminar
-
2023.03.18招待講演 LectureInvited lecture by Project Manager Kiwamu Minamisawa at The 96th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Bacteriology
-
-
from agricultural lands by optimizing
nitrogen and carbon cycles
Global warming is the cause of the recent extreme weather events. Food production generates anthropogenic greenhouse gases other than CO₂, such as nitrous oxide (N₂O) and methane (CH₄). Modifying the agricultural production system to prevent global warming has become an essential issue for human survival.
So far, we have shown that plant symbiotic microorganisms, such as rhizobia with N₂O-reducing activity and CH₄-oxidizing nitrogen-fixing bacteria in rice roots, can reduce N₂O and CH₄ emissions from soil.
Based on these results, we are conducting joint research with domestic and overseas researchers in the Moonshot project as a research hub for “Cool Earth,” aiming to reduce greenhouse gases by utilizing soil microorganisms’ functions.
We are researching the soil structures to maximize the greenhouse gas reduction potential of soil microorganisms including rhizobia and rhizosphere microorganisms.Our goal is to realize a “Cool Earth” with soil-microorganism-plant systems. We only have about ten years left before the critical point of a drastic change in the global environment!
So far, we have shown that plant symbiotic microorganisms, such as rhizobia with N₂O-reducing activity and CH₄-oxidizing nitrogen-fixing bacteria in rice roots, can reduce N₂O and CH₄ from soil from the field level to the molecular level.
microorganisms, such as rhizobia with N₂O-reducing activity and CH₄-oxidizing nitrogen-fixing bacteria in rice roots, can reduce N₂O and CH₄ emissions from soil.
Based on these results, we are conducting joint research with domestic and overseas researchers in the Moonshot project as a research hub for “Cool Earth,” aiming to reduce greenhouse gases by utilizing soil microorganisms’ functions.
We are researching the soil structures to maximize the greenhouse gas reduction potential of soil microorganisms including rhizobia and rhizosphere microorganisms. Our goal is to realize a “Cool Earth” with soil-microorganism-plant systems. We only have about ten years left before the critical point of a drastic change in the global environment!
*The project name, dSOIL, stands for designed Super Organisms In Land.