• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.195-203
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• 2012

In reared populations of Allomyrina dichotoma, commercial insects, the skin of last instar larvae was changed softer with opaque white, and infested grubs eventually died. To clarify the cause of the symptom, we collected the larvae of A. dichotoma from five farms and examined their intestinal bacterial florae using pyrosequencing technique. From those results, a member of Paenibacillus was found only in the larvae showing the symptom of disease. Through PCR analysis using a Paenibacillus specific primer set, we obtained the partial 16S rRNA gene sequence and confirmed the microbe as Paenibacillus sp. For clear identification, a whole guts was extracted from each larva showing the sign of the disease and incubated at $70^{\circ}C$ for 15 min to isolate spore forming bacteria. After then, each content of guts was cultured on $MYPGP_{NAL}$ agar medium($12.5{\mu}g/ml$ of nalidixic acid) at $30^{\circ}C$. The 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis for the isolated bacteria showed that they were closely related to P. rigui(97.9% similarity), to P. chinjuensis(96.1% similarity), and to P. soli(95.3% similarity). Additional tests including API test and cellular fatty acid composition analysis were performed, but the strain couldn't be identified at species level, suggesting it may represent novel species of the genus Paenibacillus.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.227-235
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• 2018

Foodborne illness represents a major threat to public health and is frequently attributed to pathogenic microorganisms on fresh produce. Recurrent outbreaks often come from vegetables that are grown close to or within the ground. Therefore, the first step to understanding the public health risk of microorganisms on fresh vegetables is to identify and describe microbial communities. We investigated the phyllospheres on Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis, N = 54). 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing targeting the V5-V6 region of 16S rRNA genes was conducted by employing the Illumina MiSeq system. Sequence quality was assessed, and phylogenetic assessments were performed using the RDP classifier implemented in QIIME with a bootstrap cutoff of 80%. Principal coordinate analysis was performed using a weighted Fast UniFrac matrix. The average number of sequence reads generated per sample was 34,584. At the phylum level, bacterial communities were composed primarily of Proteobacteria and Bacteroidetes. The most abundant genera on Chinese cabbages were Chryseobacterium, Aurantimonadaceae_g, Sphingomonas, and Pseudomonas. Diverse potential pathogens, such as Pantoea, Erwinia, Klebsiella, Yersinia, Bacillus, Staphylococcus, Salmonella, and Clostridium were also detected from the samples. Although further epidemiological studies will be required to determine whether the detected potential pathogens are associated with foodborne illness, our results imply that a metagenomic approach can be used to detect pathogenic bacteria on fresh vegetables.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제28권11호
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• pp.1823-1833
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• 2018

Fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) is a common and popular method used to investigate microbial communities in natural and engineered environments. In this study, two specific 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes, CLZ and KCLZ, were designed and verified to quantify the genus Clostridium and the species Clostridium kluyveri. The optimal concentration of hybridization buffer solution for both probes was 30% (w/v). The specificity of the designed probes was high due to the use of pellets from pure reference strains. Feasibility was tested using samples of Chinese liquor from the famed Luzhou manufacturing cellar. The effectiveness of detecting target cells appears to vary widely in different environments. In pit mud, the detection effectiveness of the target cell by probes CLZ and KCLZ was 49.11% and 32.14%, respectively. Quantitative analysis by FISH technique of microbes in pit mud and fermented grains showed consistency with the results detected by qPCR and PCR-DGGE techniques, which showed that the probes CLZ and KCLZ were suitable to analyze the biomass of Clostridium spp. and C. kluyveri during liquor fermentation. Therefore, this study provides a method for quantitative analysis of Clostridium spp. and C. kluyveri and monitoring their community dynamics in microecosystems.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.170-179
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• 2017

차는 세계적으로 인기있는 음료로 불발효차(녹차), 반발효차(우롱차), 완전발효차(홍차)와 흑차(미생물발효차 or 후발효차)를 포함하고 구분된다. 미생물발효차는 차나무(Camellia sinensis)의 잎을 미생물 발효과정을 통해 제조된다. 삼국시대부터 전해 내려온 청태전은 한국 남해안지역에서 제조되며 돈차 또는 떡차로 불리는 독창적인 한국의 미생물발효차이다. 본 연구에서는 청태전에 우점하는 미생물군집구조 분석을 위해 16S rRNA 유전자를 이용하였다. 청태전에 우점하는 미생물은 ${\gamma}$-proteobacteria에 속하는 Pantoea sp.와 Klebsiella oxytoca가 우점하였다. 미생물 군집크기 분석을 통해 청태전의 미생물 군집크기가 다른 미생물발효차와 비교해 가장 큰 것을 확인하였다.

• 한국어병학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.25-31
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• 2007

비브리오증은 해수어의 중요한 질병중 하나로 알려져 있다. 본 연구에서 maroon clownfish (Premnas biaculeatus)를 대상으로 해수 관상어 종묘 생산 기술 개발 과정 중 부화 3～7일령 사이에 섭이를 하지 않고 힘없이 유영하면서 폐사하는 개체들로부터 Vibrio 균주를 분리하였다.분리균주의 16S rRNA gene 염기서열 분석결과 Vibrio ponticus CECT5869 와 99.8%의 상동성을 보여 Vibrio ponticus KJS1으로 동정하였다.GN2 microplate (BioLog, USA)를 이용한 생화학 시험결과에서 dextrin 및 sucrose를 포함한 35가지 기질 이용능이 확인되었고, α-cyclodextrin을 비롯한 52가지 기질은 분해하지 못하였으며, glycogen을 비롯한 7가지 기질은 약한 이용능을 나타내었다.분리 균주에 대한 항생제 감수성 실험 결과에서는 oxolinic acid, flumequine, ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, norfloxacin, nalidixic acid, pefloxacin, oxycycline hydrochloride에 높은 감수성을 나타내었다.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.545-550
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• 2004

생태학, 환경공학, 임상진단 등 생물학 분야에서 미생물의 다양성 연구의 중요성이 대두되고 그 연구가 점증하고 있다. 특히 16S rRNA를 분자지표로한 DNA 염기서열 분석방법이 널리 사용되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 16S rRNA의 염기서열 분석과정을 각 단계별로 자동화하고, 생물학자들의 결과 판단이나 사용상의 편의를 도모하기 위하여 웹기반의 미생물 다양성 분석 어플리케이션을 개발하였다. 이를 위하여 단계별 자동화 및 인터페이스 개발에 적합한 폴더-프로세스-필터 모델을 고안하고 적용하였다. 제공되는 생물정보분석도구는 서열입력, 서열방향교정, 다중서열정렬 및 가시화, 서열동정 등의 분석이 있으며, 각 결과는 계통분류도구와 호환 가능하도록 하였다. 또한 신생아의 장내 세균총에 대한 분석을 수행하여 개발된 도구의 유용성을 확인하였다. 개발된 웹 어플리케이션은 리눅스 시스템 상에서 Perl 과 CGI를 이용하였으며, http://home.pusan.ac.kr/～genome/tools/rat.htm으로 접속하여 사용할 수 있다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제20권8호
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• pp.1214-1220
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• 2010

대한민국 순천의 병원 입원 환자의 검체로부터 imipenem 내성 세균을 분리하였다. 54개의 분리균을 16S rRNA 유전자와 gyrB 유전자 염기서열 비교를 기초로 하여 계통분류학적으로 동정하였다. 분리균들은 Pseudomonas aeruginosa (30균주; 55.6%), Acinetobacter baumannii (21; 38.9%), Enterobacter hormaechei (2)와 Pseudomonas putida (2)에 속했다. 22개의 균주가 metallo-$\beta$-lactamase (MBL)를 생산하였으며 종별 구성은 다음과 같다; Acinetobacter baumannii 12균주, Pseudomonas aeruginosa 7균주, P. putida 2균주 그리고 Enterobacter hormaechei 1균주. 분리균들의 항생제 감수성은 디스크 확산법과 Vitek 을 이용하여 조사하였다. IMP 와 VIM 형의 metallo-$\beta$-lactamase를 생산하는 균주들은 OXA 와 SHV 형 $\beta$-lactamase를 생산하는 균주들에 비해 ceftazidime, aztreonam, amikacin과 gentamicin에 대한 내성율이 높았다.

• 한국어류학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.201-205
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• 2010

2008년 8월 경남 통영에서 강담돔과 돌돔의 자연교잡종 1개체가 발견되어 형태 및 유전적 특정을 강담돔 및 돌돔과 비교하였다. 형태적으로 본 총은 체측에 선명한 검은색 둥근 점을 많이 가지며 동시에 4개의 연한 가로줄을 가져 강담돔과 비슷하였다. 강담돔 및 돌돔의 계수 계측형질이 거의 일치하였으나, 체장에 대한 배지느러미길이 비에서 자연교잡종(26.7%)은 돌돔(17.2~23.6%)보다 강담돔(26.4%)에 더욱 가까웠다. 미토콘드리아 DNA 16S rRNA 510 bp를 이용한 분자분석에서 자연교잡종은 형태결과와는 달리 강담돔(d=0.020)보다 돌돔(d=0.000~0.010)에 더욱 가까웠다. 본 연구결과를 통해 경남 통영에서 발견된 자연교잡종은 암컷 돌돔과 수컷 강담돔 사이에서 태어난 것으로 추정된다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.586-593
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• 2016

A new methanogen was isolated from an anaerobic digester using pig slurry in South Korea. Only one strain, designated KOR-1, was characterized in detail. Cells of KOR-1 were straight or crooked rods, non-motile, 5 to $15{\mu}m$ long and $0.7{\mu}m$ wide. They stained Gram-positive and produced methane from $H_2+CO_2$ and formate. Strain KOR-1 grew optimally at $38^{\circ}C$. The optimum pH for growth was 7.0. The strain grew at 0.5% to 3.0% NaCl, with optimum growth at 2.5% NaCl. The G+C content of genomic DNA of strain KOR-1 was 41 mol%. The strain tolerated ampicillin, penicillin G, kanamycin and streptomycin but tetracycline inhibited cell growth. A large fragment of the 16S rRNA gene (~1,350 bp) was obtained from the isolate and sequenced. Comparison of 16S rRNA genes revealed that strain KOR-1 is related to Methanobacterium formicicum (98%, sequence similarity), Methanobacterium bryantii (95%) and Methanobacterium ivanovii (93%). Phylogenetic analysis of the deduced mcrA gene sequences confirmed the closest relative as based on mcrA gene sequence analysis was Methanobacterium formicicum strain (97% nucleic acid sequence identity). On the basis of physiological and phylogenetic characteristics, strain KOR-1 is proposed as a new strain within the genus Methanobacterium, Methanobacterium formicicum KOR-1.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.584-591
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• 2015

This study characterized the fecal bacterial community structure and inter-individual variation in 30-week-old Duroc pigs, which are known for their excellent meat quality. Pyrosequencing of the V1-V3 hypervariable regions of the 16S rRNA genes generated 108,254 valid reads and 508 operational taxonomic units at a 95% identity cut-off (genus level). Bacterial diversity and species richness as measured by the Shannon diversity index were significantly greater than those reported previously using denaturation gradient gel electrophoresis; thus, this study provides substantial information related to both known bacteria and the untapped portion of unclassified bacteria in the population. The bacterial composition of Duroc pig fecal samples was investigated at the phylum, class, family, and genus levels. Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes predominated at the phylum level, while Clostridia and Bacteroidia were most abundant at the class level. This study also detected prominent inter-individual variation starting at the family level. Among the core microbiome, which was observed at the genus level, Prevotella was consistently dominant, as well as a bacterial phylotype related to Oscillibacter valericigenes, a valerate producer. This study found high bacterial diversity and compositional variation among individuals of the same breed line, as well as high abundance of unclassified bacterial phylotypes that may have important functions in the growth performance of Duroc pigs.