Sakaguchi Kin'ichirō

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Sakaguchi Kin'ichirō ( Japanese 坂 口 謹 一郎 ; born November 17, 1897 in Takada ( Niigata Prefecture ); died December 9, 1994 ) was a Japanese microbiologist.

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Sakaguchi Kin'ichirō graduated from the Department of Chemistry in the Faculty of Agriculture at Tōkyō University in 1922 . He was at his university employee, assistant professor and was then from 1938 to 1958 professor and from 1953 the first director of the "Institute for Applied Microbiology" (応 用 微生物 研究所, Ōyō biseibutsu kenkyūjo). His research expanded the knowledge of the Aspergilus mushroom (Japanese Kōji (麹)) and other fermenting microorganisms that are necessary for rice wine (sake) production. He developed procedures for the production of artificial flavor ingredients such as inosinic acid and guanylic acid .

In addition to his scientific work, he has published books on alcoholic beverages such as "The World of Alcohol" (世界 の 酒), "Alcohol in Japan" (日本 の 酒), "Old Sake, New Sake" (古 酒 新 酒) for the general public. . He published a collection of poems he called "Hakkō" (発 酵), d. H. "Fermentation" called.

In 1950 he received the Academy of Sciences Prize . In 1967 he was honored as a person with special cultural merits and was awarded the Order of Culture in the same year .

Remarks

1. ↑ Takada (高田) is now a district of Jōetsu .

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Sakaguchi Kin'ichirō . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 1297.

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Sakaguchi is the family name, Kin'ichirō the first name.