Masanobu Munekata

TL;DR: The engineered PHA synthase gene was introduced into the resultant recombinant strain and confirmed the one-step biosynthesis of the LA-incorporated copolyester, P, with a number-average molecular weight of 1.9 × 105, as revealed by gel permeation chromatography, gas chromatography/MS, and NMR.

TL;DR: A role is proposed for poly(P) in inducing the expression of rpoS, particularly in katG (catalase HPI) mutants, implying a major role for the other catalase, the stationary-phase KatE (HPII), which is rPOS dependent.

TL;DR: The cellulose synthesizing terminal complex in Acetobacter xylinum spans the outer and inner cell membranes to synthesize and extrude glucan chains, which are assembled into subelementary fibrils and further into a ribbon.

TL;DR: The results suggest that the gel employed for biomaterials can be fabricated from low Td fish collagen by EDC cross-linking during fibril formation.

TL;DR: A gram-positive bacterium (designated strain INT005) that accumulated polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) was isolated from gas field soil and it was suggested that de novo fatty acid synthesis and beta-oxidation are involved in the PHA synthesis of Bacillus sp.