Function

With assays for the microbial functions to know the feasibility of our OML for industrial applications, various functions were discovered listed as below.

Field	Functions	Applications
Food	Ethanol production	Bioethanol
Food	Phenolic acid degradation	Flavor in Awamori
Medical Health	Gamma amino butyric acid (GABA) production	Bioactive compounds
	Antioxidative activity	Cosmetics, Functional foods
	Tyrosinase inhibition	Cosmetics
	Amylase inhibition	Functional foods, Pharmaceuticals
	Antagonistic activity	Pharmaceuticals
Biomass	Cellulase	Biomass utilization
	Chitinase	Biomass utilization, Functional foods
	Saccharide assimilation	Chemicals production
	Organic acid production	Chemicals production
Environment	Salicilic acid degradation	Wastewater treatment, Soil remediation
	Alkane degradation	Bioremediation of oil polluted area, Biocatalyst
	Lipid degradation	Wastewater treatment, Chemicals production
	Mycrocistis growth inhibition	Lake/pond remediation
Agriculture	Solubilization of insolble phosphate	Soil fertilization
	Siderophore production	Soil fertilization
	Indole acetic acid (IAA) production	Soil fertilization
Other	Anti-malarial activity	Pharmaceuticals