Department of Animal Science
Faunal Diversity Sciences
In the process of producing research results
Large Japanese Wood mouse (left), microscopic view of a novel tannase producing gram-positive rod-shaped strain (middle), and its taxonomic position in a 16S rRNA based phylogenetic tree of the genus Lactobacilli (right).
Research and education for development of new biotechnologies as well as establishment of a sustainable ecological system through investigations on animals'abilities to adapt to various environments and the species preservation of wildlife.
Colonies of Bifidobacterium longum formed on an agar plate (left),
its microscopic view (middle),
and DNA “fingerprints” of B. longum strains from various sources (right).
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