Hokkaido University · Environmental Science
Professor Hisashi Satoh's research lab specializes in microbial ecology and environmental biotechnology, focusing on the dynamics of nitrifying and denitrifying bacteria in wastewater treatment systems and natural aquatic environments. The lab investigates the spatial organization, activity, and community structure of ammonia- and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria using advanced techniques such as microelectrodes, FISH, and 16S rRNA gene analysis. Key research directions include understanding oxygen and substrate gradients in biofilms and sediments, and how these influence nitrogen removal processes in engineered and natural ecosystems. The lab also explores the impact of benthic organisms, such as polychaetes, on biogeochemical cycles in intertidal sediments.
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Simultaneous nitrification and denitrification (SND) was investigated in the single aeration tank of a municipal wastewater treatment plant. Microelectrode measurements and batch experiments were performed to test for the presence of SND. Microelectrodes recorded the presence of O(2) concentration gradients in individual activated sludge flocs. When the O(2) concentration in the bulk liquid was <45 microM, anoxic zones were detected within flocs with a larger diameter (approximately 3000 microm)
The effect of substrate C/N ratio on the spatial distributions of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and their activity was investigated by using microelectrodes with high spatial resolution and fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) technique. In this study, an interspecies competition for O2 between ammonia-oxidizing bacteria and heterotrophic bacteria was experimentally evaluated. An autotrophic nitrifying biofilm originally cultured at C/N=0 was used as a model biofilm to study changes in specific
The bacterial community structure, in situ spatial distributions and activities of nitrifying and denitrifying bacteria in biofilms treating industrial wastewater were investigated by combination of the 16S rRNA gene clone analysis, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and microelectrodes. These results were compared with the nitrogen removal capacity of the industrial wastewater treatment plant (IWTP). Both nitrification and denitrification occurred in the primary denitrification (PD) tank
Influences of infaunal burrows constructed by the polychaete (Tylorrhynchus heterochaetus) on O(2) concentrations and community structures and abundances of ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB) and nitrite-oxidizing bacteria (NOB) in intertidal sediments were analyzed by the combined use of a 16S rRNA gene-based molecular approach and microelectrodes. The microelectrode measurements performed in an experimental system developed in an aquarium showed direct evidence of O(2) transport down to a depth
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