Ua komo ʻo Masaki Shimono i ke Kulanui o Agriculture, Biotechnology & Natural Resources ma ke Kulanui o Nevada, Reno ma ke ʻano he ʻepekema noiʻi, e aʻo ana i nā microbes pono e hoʻomaikaʻi a hoʻēmi i ka maʻi i ka ʻuala i ka wā mālama.
Wahi a kekahi Kulanui o Nevada ka moʻolelo nūhou, ua hui pū ʻo ia me Patricia Santos, ke kākā'ōlelo kōkua o ka launa pū ʻana o nā mea kanu-microbe i loko o ka 'Oihana i loko o kāna lab e hana i ka noiʻi no ka ʻoihana meaʻai. Ke nānā nei ʻo Shimono, he loea i nā ʻano hana kūʻē o nā mea kanu e kūʻē i ka maʻi bacteria, i ka hopena o nā kūlana mālama lōʻihi i ka ʻuala ma ke ʻano o ka nalowale wai a me ka pala o nā maʻi ma muli o ka mea kanu. nā pathogens.
ʻO ka pala maʻemaʻe a me ka maloʻo, i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka maʻi bacteria a me ka haʻo, ʻelua mau maʻi koʻikoʻi e noiʻi ʻia nei.
ʻO Shimono, e hana pū ana me Santos a me kāna hui, ke mālama nei i kēia mau ʻuala me nā ʻano microbes maikaʻi like ʻole, me ka manaʻo e kōkua i nā mea hana meaʻai me ka mālama pono ʻana i nā ʻuala no nā huahana e like me nā chips i mea e pale aku ai i ka pau ʻole o nā huahana waiwai a me nā poho kālā.
Ke hana pū nei lāua me Associate Professor Dylan Kosma a me kāna hui lab, e kōkua ana i ka lawelawe ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau. Ke nānā nei ka Kosma Lab pehea suberin, he mea kanu biopolymer i loaʻa i ka ʻili ʻuala, hiki ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā ʻuala mai ko lākou kaiapuni.
"Ua hoʻoholo wau e aʻo ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma muli o nā hana mahiʻai kūʻokoʻa," wahi a Shimono. "Ua hauʻoli wau i ka manawa kūpono e hana i ka noiʻi ma Nevada, ʻoi aku hoʻi i kahi mea kanu koʻikoʻi e like me ka ʻuala."
Ma hope o kona loaʻa ʻana i kāna kēkelē laepua ma ke Kulanui ʻo Tsukuba ma Iapana, ua hana ʻo Shimono ma ke ʻano he hoa noiʻi ma ke Kulanui Mokuʻāina ʻo Michigan e kālele ana i nā pilina microbial ma nā ala molekala o kekahi mau mea kanu.
ʻO kēia papahana hoʻokahi makahiki, i hoʻomaka ʻia i ʻOkakopa i hala, e hoʻohālike i nā kūlana i mālama ʻia ai ka ʻuala ma hope o ka ʻohi ʻia ʻana, ʻo ia hoʻi ka noho ʻana i loko o nā wahi haʻahaʻa me nā mahana ma kahi o 50 F. He kūpono kēia mau kūlana awelika no ka ulu ʻana o nā maʻi. ʻO ka pau ʻana o ka wai ʻo Tuber kahi hopena hiki ʻole ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka wā lōʻihi, ʻo ia ka mea e wīwī ai ka ʻuala a pōʻino, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia.
Ke manaʻolana nei ʻo Shimono a me ka lab Santos e hoʻomau i kēia noiʻi ke pau nā loiloi mua.