• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.54 no.4
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• pp.428-435
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• 2018

In this study, we isolated and identified bacteria from freshwater and soil collected from Osang reservoir, to screen antimicrobial bacteria against various pathogenic bacteria. 38 strains were isolated and assigned to the class Proteobacteria (22 strains), Actinobacteria (7 strains), Bacteroidets (6 strains), and Firmicutes (3 strains) based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. Among them, strain OS17 showed a good growth inhibition against 5 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus strains and Bacillus cereus, Bacillus subtilis, Filobasidium neoformans. As a result of the 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, strain OS17 show the high similarity with Burkholderia ambifaria $AMMD^T$, B. diffusa $AM747629^T$, B. tettitorii $LK023503^T$ 99.8%, 99.7%, 99.6%, respectively. We investigated cell growth and antimicrobial activity according to commercial culture medium, temperature, pH for culture optimization of strain OS17. Optimal conditions for growth and antimicrobial activity in strain OS17 were found to be: YPD medium, $35^{\circ}C$ and pH 6.5. When the strain was cultured in LB, NB, TSB, R2A media at $20^{\circ}C$ and $25^{\circ}C$, the antimicrobial activity did not show. Culture filtrate of strain OS17 showed antimicrobial activity against 5 MRSA strains, Bacillus cereus, Bacillus subtilis, and Filobasidium neoformans with inhibition zones from 2 to 8 mm. Optimal reaction time was 48 h in YPD medium, 100 rpm and 0.3 vvm in 2 L-scale fed-batch fermentation process for antimicrobial activity. Culture optimization of strain OS17 can be improved on antimicrobial activity. Therefore, the antimicrobial activity of Burkholderia sp. OS17 had potential as antibiotics for pathogens including MRSA.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.366-371
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• 2010

Accompanying the rapid advance of nanotechnology, various nano-particles have shown promise as strong antimicrobial agents against a broad spectrum of microorganisms. These nanoparticles also have potential applications in medical devices, water treatments systems, environmental sensors and so on. However, with increasing concerns about the impact of engineered nanoparticles, many researchers are recently reporting the cytotoxicity of nanoparticles. In this review paper, we summarized the antimicrobial activities and mechanisms of various kinds of engineered nanoparticles to imprale understanding about these characteristics of nanoparticles.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.77-83
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• 2001

To clarify functionality of depolymerized alginate obtained by hydrolysis of alginate through a heating process at $121^{\circ}C$ on gastrointestinal physiology, the effects of a depolymerized alginate on fecal microflora and the intestinal environment were studied in rats. Rats were fed with diets containing 1, 5 and $10\%$ of each depolymerized alginate (HAG-10, HAG-50 and HAG-100) and alginate for 35 days, Among 20 species of authentic intestinal bacteria, Bacteroides ovatus showed the abilities to ferment HAG-10 HAG-50, HAG-100 and alginate, The 1, 5 and $10\%$ of HAG-50 and $1\%$ of alginate diets resulted in the increased ratio of Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus to total bacteria, while the 5 and $10\%$ alginate diets decreased in feces of rats, significantly (p<0.01). These results suggested that $5\%$ HAG-50 diets contribute to an improvement of intestinal microflora in rats.

• Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.324-329
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• 2013

This study investigated and evaluated contamination levels of bacteria on tomatoes at farms stage to evaluate potential hazards associated with fresh tomatoes. A total of 170 samples, 90 samples from 5 sampling sites from 18 farms and 80 samples from 1 sampling site from 4 farms every month for four months, were analyzed to enumerate aerobic bacterial counts, coliforms, E. coli, Bacillus cereus, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella spp., and Listeria monocytogenes. Aerobic bacterial counts ranged from 0.48 to 6.15 Log CFU/g, with the lowest and the highest bacterial cell counts recorded for A site and E site, respectively. Thirty five percent of the samples from the E site contained more than 2 Log CFU/g. Six samples (6.6%) of 90 samples contained B. cereus less than 1 Log CFU/g. In addition, the contamination level of indicator bacteria and B. cereus in tomatoes were higher on March than on April, May and June (P < 0.05). S. aureus, E. coli, E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella spp. and L. monocytogenes were not detected in the tomato samples. The microbial contamination levels of tomatoes determined in this study may be used as the data for microbiological risk assessment.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.248-259
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• 2021

BACKGROUND: Contaminated water was a major source of food-borne pathogens in various recent fresh produce-related outbreaks. This study was conducted to investigate the microbial contamination level and correlations between the level of sanitary indicator bacteria and the detection ratio of pathogens in agricultural water by logistic regression analysis. METHODS AND RESULTS: Agricultural water was collected from 457 sites including surface water (n=300 sites) and groundwater (n=157 sites) in South Korea from 2018 to 2020. Sanitary indicator bacteria (total coliform, fecal coliform, and Escherichia coli) and food-borne pathogens (pathogenic E. coli, E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella spp., and Listeria monocytogenes) were analyzed. In surface water, the coliform, fecal coliform, and E. coli were 3.27±0.89 log CFU/100 mL, 1.90±1.19 log CFU/100 mL, and 1.39±1.26 log CFU/100 mL, respectively. For groundwater, three kinds of sanitary indicators ranged in the level from 0.09 - 0.57 log CFU/100 mL. Pathogenic E. coli, Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes were detected from 3%-site, 1.5%- site, and 0.6%-site water samples, respectively. According to the results of correlations between the level of sanitary indicator bacteria and the detection ratio of pathogens by logistic regression analysis, the probability of pathogen detection increased individually by 1.45 and 1.34 times as each total coliform and E. coli concentration increased by 1 log CFU/100mL. The accuracy of the model was 70.4%, and sensitivity and specificity were 81.5% and 51.7%, respectively. CONCLUSION(S): The results indicate the need to manage the microbial risk of agricultural water to enhance the safety of fresh produce. In addition, logistic regression analysis is useful to analyze the correlation between the level of sanitary indicator bacteria and the detection ratio of pathogens in agricultural water.

• Food preservation and processing industry
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.2-2
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• 2008

발효는 인류의 역사와 함께 해 왔으며 과학 기술발전에 따라 자연 발효에서 관리하는 방법으로 급격히 변하고 있다. 발효는 미생물과 미생물이 생산한 효소의 작용으로 일어나는바 미생물 관리를 통하여 실로 다양한 제품 생산이 가능하고 역할의 범위도 지극히 넓다. 즉 원하는 최종 제품의 종류에 따라 미생물을 선택하거나 발효조건을 관리하여 목적 지향적 완제품 생산이 가능한 경우가 많다. 한국인의 식단을 이루는 기본은 각종 발효 제품을 근간으로 하는 조미료이며, 조미료에 따라 맛의 변화가 온다. 발효를 통하여 소화성의 증대, 비타민 등 새로운 미량물질의 생산, 풍미의 개선 혹은 새롭게 창조하거나 저장기간을 연장하기도 하며, 사용하는 원료와는 완전히 다른 신제품을 만들어 내기도 한다. 근래의 연구 결과들을 살펴보면 여러 기능성 물질이 발효를 통하여 생성되며 이들이 인체 내에서 긍정적 역활을 한다는 것이 밝혀지고 있다. 전통식품 중 발효식품은 가장 큰 비중을 차지하며 곡류 중심의 식단에 맛을 부여하여 먹는 즐거움을 주고 전망있는 다른 산업으로 발전 해 나갈 수 있는 특성이 있다. 발효식품은 다양한 원료를 사용 할 수 있고 원료에 따라 많은 서로 다른 제품생산이 가능하다. 우리나라에서 생산되는 주요 발효식품은 김치를 포함한 절임류, 곡물 또는 과실을 이용한 주류, 어류로 각종 젓갈을 만들 수 있으며 근래 수요가 늘고 있는 요구르트 등도 인기 있는 발효식품이다. 특히 발효식품에 관여하는 미생물들이 probiotic으로 작용하여 장내 미생물의 항산성 유지 및 유해 세균의 증식억제 등 긍정적 역할을 하며 우유 발효균으로 알려진 젖산균류 뿐만 아니라 다른 세균들도 probiotic으로 작용한다는 것이 밝혀지고 있으며, 특히 장류에 많이 관여하는 Bacillus 속 들의 긍정적 역할이 속속 알려지고 있다. 또한 발효를 통하여prebiotic도 만들어지는 것을 알 수 있다. 앞으로 발효식품의 기능성의 과학적 입증 발효의 과학적 관리, 제품의 다양화와 함께 안전성도 검토할 대상이다. 또한 심도있게 발효 관여 미생물을 탐색, 동동하고 발효기반의 이용확대, 맞춤형 특수 미생물의 탐색과 용도 확인 등 노력이 필요하다. 우리나라 전통식품 중 큰 비중을 차지하는 발효식품을 세계화하기 위해서는 건강기능성의 과학적 기반 구축과 전문 학술 활동을 통한 홍보, 현지 식품에 맞는 fusion food의 개발도 필요하다. 발효식품을 포함한 전통식품은 경제적 측면과 함께 문화적 가치가 동시에 고려되어야 하고 다문화 추세에 따라 유연성 있게 변화를 수용 할 필요도 있다. 전통 발효식품을 우리 식문화를 세계에 전파시키는 좋은 매체로 활용 할 수 있을 것이다.

• Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.222-227
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• 2017

This study aimed to explore the potential for food-industry application of atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharge plasma (atmospheric pressure DBD plasma) as a non-thermal sterilization technology for microorganism. The effects of the key parameters such as power, oxygen ratio, exposure time and distance on Escherichia coli KCCM 21052 sterilization by the atmospheric pressure DBD plasma treatment were investigated. The experimental results revealed that increasing the power, exposure time or oxygen ratio and decreasing the exposure distance led to an improvement in the sterilization efficiency of E. coli. Furthermore, the atmospheric pressure DBD plasma (1.0 kW power, 1.0% (v/v) $O_2$, 5 min exposure time and 20 mm exposure distance) treatment was very effective for the sterilization of food-borne pathogenic bacteria. The sterilization rate of E. coli, Bacillus cereus KCCM 40935, Bacillus subtilis KCCM 12027, Bacillus thuringiensis KCCM 11429 and Bacillus atrophaeus KCCM 11314 were 72.3%, 74.6%, 88.5%, 84.7% and 91.3%, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.39 no.4
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• pp.637-642
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• 2010

Pre-treatment steps of fresh produce as Saengshik raw materials are followed by initial clean-up, dipping, primary washing, and cutting. Hypochlorous acid solution was applied in the dipping step to reduce natural microflora. Also, procedures were changed by cutting, dipping and then primary washing, and the efficacy of hypochlorus acid was evaluated. Potatoes, carrots, kales, and angelicas were submerged in water or 100 ppm of hypochlorous acid for 5 min. After initial clean-up, the aerobic plate counts of potatoes, carrots, kales and angelicas were 4.7, 5.3, 5.6, and 5.7 log CFU/g, respectively. When samples were submerged into water, it only reduced the population of natural microflora by 0.2 to 1.1 log CFU/g, whereas when treated with hypochlorous acid, it reduced the population by 0.5 to 2.8 log CFU/g. Reductions of natural microflora in green leafy vegetables were more highly achieved than bulbs such as potatoes and carrots. However, the numbers of natural microflora were increased after cutting step. To control the cross contamination at the cutting process, the process was changed as follows: initial clean-up, cutting, dipping in hypochlorous acid, and then primary washing. It showed effective reduction of the population by 2.3 to 3.2 log CFU/g. Hypochlorous acid solution could be useful as a sanitizer for surface washing of fresh vegetables.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.28 no.12
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• pp.1477-1488
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• 2018

This study investigated the muscles, intestines, and gonads of Sulculus diversicolor supertexta to examine the diversity of microbial communities within examples collected from the Jeju Coast. Using different media, initial pure isolation in MA, 1% BHIA, and 1% TSA indicated that the muscles, intestines, and gonads supported more communities, respectively. In analysis of relative similarity with 16s rRNA sequencing, 190 pure colonies were isolated, and further analysis with NBLAST identified 71 species, 39 genera, 25 families, and five phyla. Homogeny with the reference strain was 91-100%. Microbial communities in S. supertexta consisted of gamma and alpha Proteobacteria (48%), Actinobacteria (32.5%), Firmicutes (16.9%), Deinococcus-Thermus (1.3%), and Bacteroides (1.3%). In all tissue, Psychrobacter cibarius in Moraxellaceae was dominant. Alteromonadaceae, Enterobacteriaceae, Pasturellaceae, Moraxellaceae, Rhodobacteraceae, Geminicoccaceae, Dietziaceae, Intrasporangiaceae, Microbacteriaceae, Micrococcaceae, Micromonosporaceae, Streptomycetaceae, Aerococcaceae, Bacillaceae, Paenibacillaceae, Planococcaceae, and Staphylcoccaceae were commonly isolated across all tissues, and Flavobacteriaceae, Corynebacteriaceae, Yesiniaceae, Vibrionaceae, Hahellaceae, Pseudomonadaceae were also identified from the intestines. In microbial monitoring of four harmful bacteria, Streptomyces albus (96%) showed antibacterial activity against all four strains, and Agrococcus baldri (99%) and Psychrobacter nivimaris (99%) presented against E. Coli and E. aerogens. In addition, some strains with low homogeny were isolated and further experiments are therefore required, for example to refine the antimicrobial substances including new strain investigations. These additional experiments would aim to establish generic resources for the microbial communities in S. Supertexta and provide basic data for applied microbiological research.

• Monthly Korean Chicken
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• v.2 no.4 s.10
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• pp.2-8
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• 1996

한국 위생계육산업협회 시대 개막 - 도계장 위생관리 강화 - 닭고기 수출위해 생산구조 개선절실 - 미원 마니커, 특수란사업진출 - 세계가금학회 및 가금박람회 9월 인도에서 개최 - 축산사업 문제점 종합점검 - 종계생산성 저하ㅡ 대책마련 시급 - 가금인플루엔자 국내 첫발생 - 미국, 닭고기에서 유해물질 검출소동 - 닭고기가공품 개발 서둘러 - 바닥왕겨 호흡기 질병원인 - 가공, 위생업무 농림수산부로 일원화를 - 도계장, 외국인 노동자 활용가능 - 축산물도 미생물검사 - 계열업계 도매가격, 물가안정에 기여 - 식품의약품 안전본부 출범