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Environmental Microbial Ecology Lab
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A lab that tackles environmental problems through the activities of microorganisms in the environment.
AboutAbout the lab
Tackling environmental problems through the work of microbes.
The Environmental Microbial Ecology Lab studies, at the ecosystem level, how microorganisms in the environment are involved in the purification and behavior of hazardous substances.
To comprehensively understand and solve environmental problems, the lab aims to clarify the functions and responses of microbial communities that interact with chemical changes in the environment.
In addition to environmental microbiology and geochemistry, the lab incorporates metagenomic analysis, aiming to reveal the whole picture of the interactions between the natural environment and biological activity.
The symbiotic microbiomes of wild animals are also a subject of research.
Key terms
- Metagenomic analysis
- A method for collectively examining the genetic information of the microbes present in samples collected from the environment
- Microbiome
- The community of microorganisms that live in a particular environment or in the body of an organism
- Extremophiles
- Microorganisms that live in special environments where ordinary organisms have difficulty surviving
ResearchResearch themes
Human activity releases a variety of chemicals into the environment, and global-scale environmental destruction has become a problem. The lab investigates how microorganisms in the environment are involved in the purification and behavior of hazardous substances, and addresses environmental problems from a microbiological perspective.
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MembersFaculty
The lab's members consist of faculty, undergraduate students, and technical staff.As of 2026
- ProfessorNatsuko Hamamura
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Bioremediation at INL” ENERGY.GOV / Public domain (cropped)
- Microbial Activity and Its Relationship with the Environment: “Microbial growth on culture media and their antibiogram patterns” Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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