• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.777-782
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• 2004

The arylsulfatase gene (astA, 984 bp ORF) from the P. carrageenovora genome was amplified by PCR and subcloned into the pET21a vector. When the constructed plasmid pAST-A1 (6.4 kb) was introduced into E. coli BL21(DE3), the transformant on the LB plate containing IPTG showed a hydrolyzing activity for 4-methylumbelliferyl sulfate and p-nitrophenyl sulfate. The highest arylsulfatase activity (2.1 unit/ml) was obtained at 10 mM IPTG. Most arylsulfatase activity was found in the cell lysate, whereas no significant activity was detected in the culture supernatant. The molecular weight of the recombinant enzyme was estimated to be 33.1 kDa by SDS-PAGE. After the reaction of agar with arylsulfatase for 12 h at $40^{\circ}C$, the gel strength of the agar increased by 2-fold, and 73% of the sulfate in the agar had been removed. This result suggests that arylsulfatase expressed in E. coli could be useful in the production of electrophoretic grade agarose.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.103-108
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• 2008

Agar로부터 oligosaccharides를 제조하기 위하여 효소(agarase)를 이용한 분해법이 시도되면서 agarase의 균주의 분리 및 유전자에 대한 많은 연구가 수행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 해양으로부터 agarase를 생성하는 균주를 분리 동정하고 균주의 특성을 조사하였다. 분리된 균주는 VITEK 2 compact version 분석 결과 Sphingomonas paucimobilis AS-1로 동정되었다. 정제된 효소의 최적 활성 조건 및 agar 분해산물의 항산화활성을 조사하였다. 분리된 균주의 최적배양조건은 marine broth 2216에서 온도 $27^{\circ}C$, pH 7일 때 가장 균주의 생육이 높았다. Agarase 효소는 salt침전, ion exchange와 gel filtration chromatography에 의해 114.4 units/mg으로 104배 정제되었다. 정제된 agarase의 SDS-PACE 결과 분자량이 약 80 kDa의 band를 얻었다. 최적 효소활성은 온도 $40^{\circ}C$, pH 7일 때 나타났다. Agar 첨가한 배지에 agar 분해균을 접종한 후 분해산물의 시간에 따른 항산화활성은 12시간 배양 후 72%의 가장 높은 전자소거능(EDA)을 나타내었다. Agar 분해산물은 식중독균의 생육은 저해하는 것으로 나타났으며 젖산균의 생육은 약간 촉진하는 경향을 나타냈다.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.320-324
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• 1998

Agar degrading enzyme-agarase-was purified from the culture fluid of Cytophaga so/ ACLJ-18, by acetone precipitation, DEAE-Cellulose, Sephadex G-100 and CM-Sephadex C25 column chromatographies. The molecular weight of purified agarase was estimated to be 24,700 dalton by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The optimum pH and temperature for agarase activity were 7.0 and 40$^{\circ}C$, respectively. this agarase was stable in the pH range of 6.5 - 8.0 and 40$^{\circ}C$, and required 0.35M NaCl for optimum activity. And this agarase was inhibited by metal ions such as Ba2+, Cu2+, Co2+, Mn2+, Hg2+, Zn2+, and showed specificity on agar.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.818-821
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• 2011

An agar-degrading bacterium was isolated from the guts of spiny turban shells. It was identified as a Pseudoalteromonas species and named Pseudoalteromonas sp. JYBCL 1. The viscosity of the inoculated agar medium decreased by more than 60% after 20 h cultivation. The agarase produced by the isolate had optimal activities at $35^{\circ}C$ and pH 7. The enzyme had extremely strong resistance to ionic stress compared with other known agarases. Its molecular mass was estimated at about 60 kDa by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The agarase could saccharify Gelidium amansii directly, with an efficiency about half that compared with agar saccharification.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제45권6호
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• pp.515-520
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• 2007

Vaginal lactic acid-producing bacteria of 80 pre-menopausal women were studied by isolation on Blood and DeMan-Rogosa-Sharpe agar, PCR with group-specific primers for Lactobacillus-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE), and PCR with specific primers for V3 region in 16S rRNA-temporal temperature gel electrophoresis (TTGE). Conventional isolation method on media detected only one lactobacillus (Lactobacillus brevis) while TTGE detected only Lactobacillus sp. DGGE detected seven Lactobacillus species; L. coleohominis, L. crispatus, L. iners, L. reuteri, L. rhamnosus, L. vaginalis, and Leuconostoc lactis. L. acidophilus and L. gasseri, which are prevalent in Western women, were not detected in Korean women. Furthermore, L. rhamnosus, Leuc. lactis, L. coleohominis, and Weissella cibaria, which were not previously reported in the vaginal microbiota of Korean women, were detected. The five most prevalent LABs in vaginal microbiota in Korean women were L. iners, Enterococcus faecalis, L. crispatus, Leuc. lactis, and W. cibaria.

• KSBB Journal
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.183-187
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• 2014

Sick-building syndrome occurs when indoor air is polluted with harmful volatile organic compounds such as formaldehyde which are contained in furniture or new building materials. In this study, formaldehyde-shielding chitosangel sheet was developed and its performance was evaluated. Chitosan and agar were dissolved in acetic acid solution. The optimal concentrations of chitosan, acetic acid and agar were 3, 3, and 2.5 %(w/w). Formaldehyde was spreaded on gypsum board and then wall paper was attached on it by using glue. When chitosan-gel sheet was attached on this control board, the amount of formaldehyde released from the board was decreased by 63% than in control board. On the other hand, decrease in formaldehyde releasing was only 32% when liquid solution of chitosan was spreaded on the control board. This result clearly indicates that chitosan-gel sheet removes formaldehyde more effectively than liqud solution of chitosan. Furthermore, this type of sheet is more applicable to new building than spraying type.

• 한국동물학회지
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.83-84
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• 1968

DNA-agar 법에 의한 hybridization에 의하여 사람의 DNA 와 박테리아의 DNA 사이의 유사점을 찾아보고자 시도하였다. HeLa DNA 를 agar에 교착시키고, Xanthomonas pelargonii의 $^14C-DNA$ 를 절단하여 용액상태로 이용하였다. 사람의 DNA와 박테리아의 DNA 사이에는 그 유사성을 발견할 수 없었다. 만일 두 DNA 사이에 유사성이 존재한다고 하더라도 인간의 染色體의 0.01% 미만 밖에 안될 것으로 본다. 이것은 한 cistron 이 포함되는 염기쌍의 수를 1,000이라 가정한다면, $2\times10^5$의 염기쌍, 즉 200의 박테리아 cistron이 사람의 DNA에 보존되어 있는 셈이 된다.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.11-14
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• 1979

짙은 연색의 모자익병징을 나타내는 이병 시금치를 채집하여 Broad bean wilt virus(BBWV)를 분리동정 하였다. 분리된 Broad bean wilt virus (BBWV)를 지표식물에 즙액접종한 결과, 명아주(Chenopodium amaranticolor), 명아주(Chenopodium quinoa) ,잠두(Vicia faba)에서는 접종엽에 국부병반이 나타났고 접종상엽에서는 모자익(전신감염)병징이 나타났으며 꽈리(Physalis floridana), 시금치, 담배 (W.B), 담배 (Nicotiana glutinosa)에는 모자익 병징이 나타났다. 이병시금치로부터 분리한 병원바이러스와 BBWV의 항혈청을 한천내확산법(Agar gel-diffusion test)으로 반응시킨 결과 양성 반응이 나타났다. 이병엽을 Dip법으로 시료를 제작하여 전자현미경에서 검경한 결과 구형의 입자가 관찰되었으며 직경은 25nm이었다. 시금치 재배포장에서 BBWV의 발생분포는 수원, 안양, 대구 진주 등 거의 전국적으로 발생하였다.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제20권4호
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• pp.276-283
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• 2015

Hydrocolloids have many applications in foods including their use in dysphagia diets. We aimed to evaluate whether hydrocolloids in foods affect the digestibility of starch and protein, and their effects on antioxidant capacity. The thickening hydrocolloids: locust bean gum and carboxymethyl cellulose, and the gel-forming agents: agar agar, konjacglucomannan, and Hot & Soft Plus were blended with corn starch and soy protein, skim milk, or grape juice and were examined for their in vitro-digestability by comparing the reducing sugar and trichloroacetic acid (TCA)-soluble peptide, for antioxidant capacity by total polyphenol contents and the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging activity. The hydrocolloids resulted in a decrease in starch digestibility with the gel-forming agents. Hydrocolloids diminished TCA-soluble peptides in skim milk compared to soy protein with the exception of locust bean gum and decreased free radical scavenging capacities and total phenolic contents in grape juice. Our findings may provide evidence for the use of hydrocolloids for people at risk of nutritional deficiencies such as dysphagia patients.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.8-12
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• 1985

두부의 제조공정중 Ca염의 농도를 전기전도도법에 의하여 측정할 수 있도록 전극을 제작하여 화학분석 방법과 비교하였다. 전극은 구리판을 재료로 3가지 종류로 제작하여 $CaCl_2$용액, 순물, -agar gel 및 두부에서 전기전도도를 측정하는데 사용하였다. 전기전도도와(Y, mho)와 Ca농도 (C, Mole $\bar{C}$, mg% 습물기준) 간에는 직선적 비례관계를 보였고, 순물과 두부에서 실험적으로 얻어진 회귀직선의 방정식은 다음과 같다. Y순물 = 0.6364C+0.0775 Y두부$=7.1503{\times}10^{-5}\bar{C}-2.9895{\times}10^{-3}$ 이들 관계식은 두부에서 r=0.91(두부)에서 r=0.99(순물)에 이르는 신뢰도를 나타냈다.