Kyushu University Academic Staff Educational and Research Activities Database
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KENJI SAKAI Last modified date:2012.5.30

Professor / Molecular Microbiology and Biomass Resourse Chemistry Course
Bioscience & Biotechnology
Faculty of Agriculture


Graduate School
Undergraduate School
Other Organization


E-Mail
Homepage
http://www.agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp/lab/dobi/1000en.top-framepage.html
Home Page for Laboratory of Soil Microbiology.
Phone
092-642-2861
Fax
092-642-2861
Academic Degree
Dr. of Agriculture
Field of Specialization
Applied Microbiology
Outline Activities
Basic studies on environmental microbiology and their application to conversion of waste biomass, sustainable production system, and environmental protection.
Research
Research Interests
  • Improvement of Wastewater treatment in Chemical Industry
    keyword : Pyrrosequence, Calcitrant cheicals
    2010.04.
  • Ecology and Application of Thermophilic Microorganisms
    keyword : extremely thermophile, thermophilic lactic acid-producing bacteria, composting
    1990.04~2019.04.
  • Molecular analysis of intestinal microorganisms in soil earthwarm
    keyword : earthwarm, intestinal microorganisms
    2006.10~2008.05.
  • Microbiology in treatment of waste material and waste water
    keyword : biological nitrogen removal, biofertilizer
    1981.04.
  • Studies on thermophilic microorganisms for producing functional compost from organic waste materials
    keyword : composting, thermophilic microorganism organic waste materials
    1992.01~2019.01.
  • Molecular microbiological analysis of mixed culture system
    keyword : mixed culture system, molecular microbiological analysis
    1994.08~2012.04.
  • Glycosidases of Bifidobacteria
    keyword : glycosidase,
    1982.04~2006.09.
  • Studies on prebiotics and probiotics
    keyword : probiotics, prebiothics
    1983.04~2010.04.
Academic Activities
Papers
1. Tabatabaei, M.R.Zakaria, R.A. Rahim,N. Abdullah, A.D.G Wright, Y. Shirai, K. Sakai, A. Slaiman, M. A. Hassan,Importance of the Methanogenic Archaea Populations in Anaerobic Wastewater Treatments,Process Biochemistry,Vol.45,pp.1214-1225,2010.05.
2. Kenji Sakai and Yutaka Ezaki,Open L-Lactic Acid Fermentation of Food Refuse
Using Thermophilic Bacillus coagulans and Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization Analysis of the Microflora, J. Biosci. Bioeng, 101, No. 6, 457-463,2006.05.
Educational
Educational Activities
Applied and environmental microbiology
Social
Professional and Outreach Activities
A member of Asian Core Programs between Japan and Thai, and Japan Malaysia, Supported by JSPS