1. 森林微生物の炭素代謝機構解明（荒廃地植林へ向けて）
2. 森林微生物による環境浄化

主な論文・著書

• Shimada, M., Hattori, T., Umezawa, T., Higuchi, T. and Uzura K.:
  FEBS Lett., 221: 327-331 (1987).
  Regiospecific oxygenations during ring cleavage of a secondary metabolite, 3,4-dimethoxybenzyl alcohol catalyzed by lignin peroxidase.
• Tokimatsu, T., Nagai, Y., Hattori, T. and Shimada, M.:
  FEBS Letters, 437: 117-121 (1998).
  Purification and characteristics of a novel cytochrome c dependent glyoxylate dehydrogenase from a wood-destroying fungus Tyromyces palustris.
• Munir, E., Yoon, J.J., Tokimatsu, T., Hattori, T. and Shimada, M.:
  PNAS, 98: 11126-11130 (2001).
  A physiological role for oxalic acid biosynthesis in the wood-rotting basidiomycete Fomitopsis palustris.
• Munir, E., Hattori, T. and Shimada, M.:
  Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 399: 225-231 (2002).
  Purification and characterization of isocitrate lyase from the wood-destroying basidiomycete Fomitopsis palustris grown on glucose.
• Yoon, J. J., Hattori, T. and Shimada, M.:
  FEMS Microbiol. Lett., 217: 9-14 (2002).
  A metabolic role of the glyoxylate and TCA cycles for development of the copper-tolerant brown-rot fungus Fomitopsis palustris.
• Hattori, T., Ohta, A., Itaya, M. and Shimada, M:
  Canadian Journal of Botany, 81: 1285-1292 (2003).
  The ability of ectomycorrhizal fungi to utilize fatty acids and lipid as a carbon source for mycelial growth.
• Watanabe, T., Hattori, T., Tengku, S. and Shimada, M.:
  Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 37: 68-75 (2005).
  Purification and characterization of NAD-dependent formate dehydrogenase from the white-rot fungus Ceriporiopsis subvermispora and a possible role of the enzyme in oxalate metabolism.
• Sakai, S. Nishide, T., Munir, E., Baba, K., Inui, H., Nakano, Y., Hattori, T. and Shimada, M.:
  Microbiology (Microbiology-SGM), 152: 1609-1620 (2006).
  Subcellular localization of glyoxylate cycle key enzymes involved in oxalate biosynthesis of wood-destroying basidiomycete Fomitopsis palustris grown on glucose.
• Watanabe, T., Shitan, N., Umezawa, T., Yazaki, K., Shimada, M. and Hattori, T.
  FEBS Letters, 581: 1788-1792 (2007).
  Involvement of FpTRP26, a thioredoxin-related protein, in oxalic acid-resistance of the brown-rot fungus Fomitopsis palustris.
• Watanabe, T., Fujiwara, T., Umezawa, T., Shimada, M. and Hattori, T.
  FEMS Microbiology Letters, 279, 64-70 (2008).
  Cloning of a cDNA encoding a NAD-dependent formate dehydrogenase involved in oxalic acid metabolism from the white-rot fungus Ceriporiopsis subvermispora and its gene expression analysis.