Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2015

Presentation information

Print

International Session (Poster)

Symbol B (Biogeosciences) » B-AO Astrobiology & the Origin of Life

[B-AO01] Astrobiology: Origins, Evolution, Distribution of Life

Wed. May 27, 2015 6:15 PM - 7:30 PM Convention Hall (2F)

Convener:*Kensei Kobayashi(Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University), Akihiko Yamagishi(Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, Department of Molecular Biology), Masatoshi Ohishi(Astronomy Data Center, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan), Eiichi Tajika(Department of Complexity Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo), Takeshi Kakegawa(Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University), Shigeru Ida(Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

6:15 PM - 7:30 PM

[BAO01-P04] Tolerance of heavy ions in a terrestrial cyanobacterium, {i}Nostoc{/i} sp. HK-01

*Kotomi INOUE1, Shunta KIMURA1, Reiko AJIOKA1, Haruka FUJISHIRO1, Hiroshi KATOH2, Mayumi ARAI3, Kaori TOMITA-YOKOTANI1, Seigo SATO1, Working group TANPOPO4 (1.University of Tsukuba, 2.Mie University, 3.National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, 4.JAXA/ISAS)

Keywords:Cyanobacteria, Heavy ions tolerance, {i}Nostoc{/i} sp. HK-01

A terrestrial cyanobacterium, Nostoc sp. HK-01, is a candidate species for the Tanpopo Project because of several tolerances to severe Sapce environments. Heavy ions are especially severe environmental elements and can cause DNA and other serious damages to living organisms. We showed the tolerance to heavy ions in Nostoc sp. HK-01.
A dried colony of HK-01 was exposed to heavy ions ( He and Ar) in HIMAC. Survival abilities were investigated by FDA cell staining and a growth method. We will present the results on HK-01as a candidate organism for the Tanpopo Project.