Utilization of the terrestrial cyanobacteria -Practical development of the cyanobacteria sheet-

Date

2016-07-10

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46th International Conference on Environmental Systems

Abstract

The terrestrial, N2-fixing cyanobacterium, Nostoc commune has expected to utilize for agriculture, food and terraforming cause of its extracellular polysaccharide, desiccation tolerance and nitrogen fixation. Potential abilities of N. commune were shown previously (Katoh et al. 44th ICES, 2014). To exhibit the potential abilities, the N. commune sheet is made to use convenient and evaluated by plant growth and radioactive accumulation. We will discuss utilization of terrestrial cyanobacteria under closed environment.

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Japan
Mie University
University of Tsukuba
MicroAlgae Corporation
Takino Filter Inc
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ICES204: Bioregenerative Life Support
Vienna, Austria
Hiroshi Katoh, Mie University, Japan
Mika Yokoshima, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Shunta Kimura, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Jun Furukawa, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Kaori Tomita-Yokotani, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Yuji Yamaguchi, MicroAlgae Corporation, Japan
Hiroyuki Takenaka, MicroAlgae Corporation, Japan
Nobuyuki Kohno, Takino Filter Inc., Japan
The 46th International Conference on Environmental Systems was held in Vienna, Austria, USA on 10 July 2016 through 14 July 2016.

Keywords

desiccation, terrestrial cyanobacteria, bioremediation, agriculture

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