KONO Lab
Bioinformatics, Systems biology, Synthetic biology
Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University
Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
Design Biology
Bioinformatics
Systems biology
Synthetic biology
Molecular biology
Microbiology
Genomics
Molecular ecology
Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University
403-1, Daihouji, Tsuruoka, Yamagata, 997-0017, Japan
Phone: +81-235-29-0526
Email: ciconia [at] sfc.keio.ac.jp
Latest Publication
Takegawa and Kono, 2026
Species selection criteria for sustainable bacterial single cell protein
NPJ Sci Food, PMID: 42129182
Single cell protein (SCP) is a promising alternative to animal-derived protein, offering high productivity with low environmental impact. However, SCP performance varies widely across microbial species. This review systematically and quantitatively compares 57 bacterial SCP candidates in terms of safety, protein quality, and production efficiency, integrating multivariate analysis to highlight representative high-performing species and remaining data gaps, and providing a framework for rational species selection toward sustainable protein supply.