Advisor ID: D3118
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Education Background
- B.Sc. (Biology), Kasetsart University, Thailand, March 1983, major in microbiology
- M.Sc. (Microbiology), Kasetsart University, Thailand, March 1987
- Diploma (Microbiology) International Post-Graduate University Course, Osaka University Japan, September 1990
- Ph. D (Biotechnology) Osaka University Japan, January 1995
Research Focus
- Noparatnaraporn, N., Trakulnaleamsai, S. and Duangsawat, S. 1987.
Tentative Utilization of Photosynthetic Bacteria as a Multiple Purpose Animal Feed Supplement to Fresh Water Fish I: The Goldfish, Carassius auratus. J. Science Society Thailand Vol. 13, No. 1, p. 15-27 - Noparatnaraporn, N., Trakulnaleamsai, S., Silveyra, R,G., Nishizawa, Y.
and Nagai, S. 1987. SCP Production by Mixed Culture of Rhodocyclus gelatinosus and Rhodobacter sphaeroides from Cassava Waste. J. Fermentation Technology, Vol 65 No.1, p. 11-16 - Trakulnaleamsai, S., Aihara, S., Miyai, K., Suga, Y., Sota, M., Yomo, T.
and Urabe, I. 1992. Revised Sequence and Activity of Bacillus stearothermophilus Catalase I (formerly peroxidase). J. Fermentation and Bioengineering, Vol. 74, p. 234-237 - Trakulnaleamsai, S., Yomo, T. and Urabe, I. 1992. Promenade in the Sequence Space of Bacillus stearothermophilus Catalase by Random Mutagenesis. Annals New York. Academic Science, Vol., 672, p. 103-105
- Trakulnaleamsai, S., Yomo, T., Yoshikawa, M., Aihara, S. and Urabe, I.
- Experimental Sketch of Landscape in Protein Sequence Space. J. Fermentation and Bioengineering, Vol. 79, No. 2, p. 107-118
- Matsuura, T., Yomo, T., Trakulnaleamsai, S., Ohashi,Y., Yamamoto, K.
and Urabe, I. 1998. Nonadditivity of Mutational Effects on The Properties of Catalase I and Its Application to Efficient Directed Evolution. Protein Engineering, Vol.11, No.9, p.789-795 - Matsuura, T., Kouji, M., Trakulnaleamsai, S., Yomo, T., Shima, Y., Miki, S., Yamamoto, K. and Urabe, I. 1999. Evolutionary Molecular Engineering by Random Elongation Mutagenesis. Nature Biotechnology, Vol., 17, January
- Deevong, S., Hongoh, Y., Moriya, S., Inoue, T., Trakulnaleamsai, S., Ohkuma, M., Kudo, T. and Noparatnaraporn, N. 2001.Comparison of the Bacterial Community Structure in the Gut of the Wood-feeding termite, Microcerotermes crassus (Termitidae,Termitinae), between different Colonies in Different Areas. Proceeding in Joint Seminar on “ Termite Bio-recycle Project” Organized by Kasetsart University Research and Development Institute and Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Phuket Merlin Hotel, Phuket Thailand, June, 28-30
- Ekpornprasit, L., Hongoh, Y., Moriya, S., Inoue, T., Jojima,T., Trakulnaleamsai, S., Ohkuma, M., Kudo, T. and Noparatnaraporn, N. 2001. Comparison of the Bacterial Community Structure in the Gut of a Fungus-growing Termite, Macrotermes gilvus (Termitidae, Macrotermitinae), between different Castes and Different Ages. Proceeding in Joint Seminar on “ Termite Bio-recycle Project” Organized by Kasetsart University Research and Development Institute and Japan Science and Technology Corporation, June, 28-30, Phuket Merlin Hotel, Phuket Thailand
- Trakulnaleamsai, S., Hongoh, Y., Deevong, P., Ekpornprasit, L., Inoue, T., Jojima,T., Moriya, S., Ohkuma, M., Kudo, T. and Noparatnaraporn, N. 2002. Examination of Identity of Gut bacterial Community Structure within One Termite Species. Proceeding in International Symposium “ Bio-recycle Research on Termites and Their Symbiotic Microorganisms” Organized by Kasetsart University Research and Development Institute and Japan Science and Technology Corporation, 26-27 th February, Suzuki Umetaro Hall, Bioscience Building, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan
- Thongaram, T., Kosono, S., Ohkuma, M., Hongoh, Y., Kitada, M., Yoshinaka, T., Trakulnaleamsai, S., Noparatnaraporn, N. and Kudo, T. 2003. Gut of Higher Termites as a Niche for Alkaliphiles as Shown by Culture-Based and Culture-Independent Studies. Microbes Environ. Vol. 18, No. 3
- Trakulnaleamsai, S., Hongoh, Y., Deevong, P. and Noparatnaraporn, N. 2004. Phylogenetic Diversity of Bacterial Symbionts in the Guts of Wood-Feeding Termites. Proceeding in Kasetsart Academic Conference 42 th, 3-6 February, Kasetsart University, Bangkhen, Bangkok 10900, Thailand
- Pinsurang Deevong, Satoshi Hattori, Akinori Yamada, Savitr
Trakulnaleamsai, Moriya Ohkuma, Napavarn Noparatnaraporn and Toshiaki Kudo. 2004. Isolation and Detection of Methanogens from the Gut of Higher Termites. Microbes Environ Vol. 19, No.3, 221-226. - Taksawan Thongaram, Yuichi Hongoh, Saori Kosono, Moriya Ohkuma, Savitr Trakulnaleamsai, Napavarn Noparatnaraporn and Toshiaki Kudo. 2005. Comparison of bacterial communities in the alkaline gut segment among various species of higher termites. Extremophiles 9:229-238
- Taprab, Y., Johjima, T., Maeda, S., Trakulnaleamsai, S., Noparatnaraporn, N., Ohkuma, M., and Kudo, T. 2005. Symbiotic fungi produce laccases potentially involved in phenol degradation in fungus combs of fungus-growing termites in Thailand. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 71:7696-7704.
- Yuichi Hongoh, Pinsurang Deevong, Tetsushi Inoue, Shigeharu Moriya, Savitr Trakulnaleamsai, Moriya Ohkuma, Charunee Vongkaluang, Napavarn Noparatnaraporn and Toshiaki Kudo. 2005. Intra- and Interspecific Comparisons of Bacterial Diversity and Community Structure Support Coevolution of Gut Microbiota and Termite Host. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Nov. 2005, p. 6590-6599
- Savaporn Supaphol, Supamard Panichsakpatana, Savitr Trakulnaleamsai,
Nipon Tungkananuruk, Pinnapar Roughjanajirapa and Anthony Gerard O’Donnell. 2005. The selection of mixed microbial inocula in environmental biotechnology:Example using petroleum contaminated tropical soils. J. of
Microbiological Methods (in press) - Y. Hongoh, L. Ekpornprasit, T. Inoue, S. Moriya, S. Trakulnaleamsai, M. Ohkuma, N. Noparatnaraporn and T. Kudo. 2006. Intra-colony variation of bacterial gut microbiota among castes and ages in the fungus-growing termite Macrotermes gilvus. Molecular Ecology 15,505-516
- Deevong, P., Hongoh, Y., Inoue, T., Trakulnaleamsai, S., Kudo, T.,
Noparatnaraporn, N., and Ohkuma, M. 2006. Effect of temporal sample
preservation on molecular study of complex microbial community in the gut
of the termite Microcerotermes sp. Microbes Environ vol. 21 No. 2, 78-85