Shin Haruta, Professor and Department Head
Department of Biological Sciences
Tokyo Metropolitan University
Microbial Functions Exerted by Interspecies Interactions: Learning from Thermophilic Microbial Communities in Hot Springs
This seminar presents various fascination aspects of microbe-microbe
interactions in microbial communities at terrestrial hot springs.
Photosynthesis-driven thermophilic microbial communities form colorful matlike biofabrics (microbial mats) in hot spring waters. The thermophilic
communities are valuable sources to explore novel microbes and microbial
functions determined by interspecies interactions. We found that invasive
interactions help to construct the mats and inhibitory chemicals are effective mediators for metabolic interactions. These findings lead us to discuss how microbe-microbe interactions govern microbial ecosystems.
Wednesday, September 21, 2022
11:30 AM, Beadle E228 (or https://unl.zoom.us/j/99862928633)
• Please contact Dr. Hyun-Seob Song (hsong5@unl.edu) if you would like to have a meeting with Dr.
Haruta.
• This seminar is co-organized by the Departments of Biological Systems Engineering and Food Science and Technology.
More details at: https://unl.zoom.us/j/99862928633