• 한국균학회지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.243-247
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• 1985

Experiments were conducted to study effects of steroidal carbamate derivatives upon mycelial growth and aflatoxin production by Aspergillus flavus ATCC 15517. The basal medium was supplemented with various concentrations of these compounds and inoculated with spores. The developing cultures were incubated for 11 days at $28^{\circ}C$ without agitation. Aflatoxins were extracted with chloroform, separated by thin layer chromatography, and quantitated by ultraviolet spectrophotometry. At a concentration of 50 mg per 30 ml of medium., stigmasteryl-N-(2-chloroethyl) carbamate, cholesteryl- N - (2-chloroethyl) carbamate, $5{\alpha}-cholestan-3-one-oximino-N-(2-chloroethyl)$ carbamate and ${\beta}-sitosteryl-N-(2-chloroethyl)$ carbamate were the most effective in reducing aflatoxin production by Aspergillus flavus. However, cholest-4-ene-3-one-oximino-N-(2-chloroethyl) carbamate, at a concentration of 100 mg per 30 ml, significantly decreased aflatoxin production. There was no significant inhibition of mycelial growth by the addition of the various concentrations of these compounds.

• Mycobiology
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.209-213
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• 2003

Aspergillus flavus K-03 isolated from poultry forming soil in Korea was studied for its ability to produce extracellular proteases on basal medium containing 2%(w/v) chicken feathers. The fungus was observed to be a potent producer of such enzymes. Keratinolytic enzyme secretion was the best at 15 days of incubation period at pH 9 and temperature $40^{\circ}C$. No relationship existed between the enzyme yield and increase of biomass. Enzyme production was suppressed by exogenous sugars in descending order arabinose>maltose>mannose>fructose. But glucose did not influence the enzyme activity. The keratinolytic enzyme released by the fungus demonstrated the ability to decompose keratin substrates as chicken feather when exogenous glucose was present. The keratinolytic activity was inhibited by $HgCl_2$ and serine-protease inhibitors such as phenymethylsulfonyl fluoride(100%), chymostain(88%), crystalline soybean trypsin inhibtor(80%), antipain(45%) and aprotinin(40%), and was not by cystein-protease and aspartyl-protease inhibitors. The enzyme activity is only partially inhibited by metallo-protease inhibitor. Thus, the enzyme secreted by A. flavus K-03 belongs to the alkaline serine-type protease.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.269-275
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• 2003

Chitosan-degrading activity induced by chitosan was founf in culture filtrate of Aspergillus flavus IAM2044. Aspergillus flavus IAM2044 had a higher level of chitosanolytic activity when chitosan was used as a carbon source, and yeast extract and peptone were supplemented as nitrogen sources. One of the chitosan-degrading enzymes was purified to homogeneity by ammonium sulfate precipitation followed by cation-exchange and gel filtration chromatographies. The enzyme was monomeric, and its molecular mass was 45 kDa. The optimum pH and temperature of the enzyme were 5.0 and $50^{\circ}C$, respectively. The activity was stable in the pH range of 3.5 to 7.0 and at a temperature below $50^{\circ}C$. Reaction products analyzed by the viscosimetric assay and thin layer chromatography clearly indicated that the enzyme was an exe-type chitosanase, $exo-{\beta}-D-glucosaminidase$, that released GlcN from the nonreducing ends of the oligosaccharide chains.

• Mycobiology
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.77-83
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• 2005

Seventy-three fungal species belonging to forty-three genera were isolated from 40 samples of Saccharrum officinarum (collected from Naage-Hamadi canal in Qena Governorate, Egypt). Aspergillus, Trichoderma, Mucor and Pythium were the most common genera on the two isolation media. The dominant species of Aspergillus were A. niger, A. flavus, A. ustus, A. terreus and A. wentii. Some species were dominant on 40 g/l sucrose such as Aspergillus niger, A. flavus, Emericella nidulans, Trichoderma viride, Torula herbarum and Mamaria echinoeotryoides, while the dominant species on 10 g/l glucose were Mucor circinelloides, Aspergillus niger, Torula herbarum and Trichoderma viride. Mycotoxins including aflatoxins $B_1,\;B_2,\;G_1\;and\;G_2$, zearalenone and diacetoxyscirpenol were detected in the examined samples of Saccharrum officinarum. The mycelial growth of A. flavus, A. niger, Fusarium moniliforme and Torula herbarum decreased with the increase in Dimethoate concentrations, although 25 ppm was less effective than the higher levels of the insecticide ($75{\sim}200\;ppm$). Dimethoate stimulated the activity of Go-Tin A. niger, F. moniliforme and T. harbarum, while the Go-T activity was inhibited in A. flavus with the Dimethoate treatments.

• 생약학회지
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.112-118
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• 1979

21 herbal drugs registered in K.P. III were tested for contamination of fungi and isolation of aflatoxin producible strains. Initially contaminated fungi were Aspergillus group (41.28%) and Penicillium (47.26%) and the other fungi were contaminated somewhat. The most frequent isolation of Aspergillus group was Cnidii Rhizoma and that of Penicillium was Piperis Fructus nigri. Cnidii Rhizoma was the most contaminated drug and Cassiae Cortex was the least among them. Aspergillus flavus was isolated from 10 samples and Aspergillus parasiticus was detected in Glycyrrhizae Radix, Phellodendri Cortex. Aspergillus ochraceus was isolated from only Scutelariae Radix, and Fusarium nivale was isolated from Cnidii Rhizoma and Torreya Semen. None of Aspergillus and Penicillium was detected in only Coptidis Rhizoma. No strains of Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus isolated from were produced aflatoxin.

• Mycobiology
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• 제35권4호
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• pp.219-225
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• 2007

A keratinolytic enzyme secreted by Aspergillus flavus K-03 cultured in feather meal basal medium (FMBM) containing 2% (w/v) chicken feather was purified and characterized. Keratinolytic enzyme secretion was the maximal at day 16 of the incubation period at pH 8 and $28^{\circ}C$. No relationship was detected between enzyme yield and increase of fungal biomass. The fraction obtained at 80% ammonium sulfate saturation showed 2.39-fold purification and was further purified by gel filtration in Sephadex G-100 followed by ion exchange chromatography on DEAE-Sephadex A-50, yielding an active protein peak showing 11.53-fold purification. Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and zymograms indicated that the purified keratinase is a monomeric enzyme with 31 kDa molecular weight. The extracellular keratinase of A. flavus was active in a board range of pH ($7{\sim}10$) and temperature ($30^{\circ}C{\sim}70^{\circ}C$) profiles with the optimal for keratinase activity at pH 8 and $45^{\circ}C$. The keratinase activity was totally inhibited by protease inhibitors such as phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF), iodoacetic acid, and ethylenediaminetetraacetate (EDTA) while no reduction of activity by the addition of dithiothreitol (DTT) was observed. N-terminal amino acid sequences were up to 80% homologous with the fungal subtilisins produced by Fusarium culmorum. Therefore, on the basis of these characteristics, the keratinase of A. flavus K-03 is determined to be subtilisins-like.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.206-211
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• 2001

곰팡이독소 생성균과 비생성균의 혼합배양이 곰팡이독소 생성에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위하여 Aspergillus flavus (aflatoxin 생성균), Aspergillus nigey(비생성균) 그리고 Penicillium griseofulvum (patulin 생성균)을 5 ml의 SLS 배지에서 15일동안 단독 혹은 혼합배양하였다. Afatoxin의 생성능의 측정은 직접경쟁 ELISA법으로, patulin은 HPLC 법으로 생성능을 측정하였으며, 균의 생육도, pH 그리고 산생성량을 상법에 따라 측정하였다. 그 결과 혼합배양은 전체적으로 균의 생육도를 크게 저하시키지 않은 반면, 산의 생성증가로 pH의 감소를 보였다. Aflatoxin은 12일간의 단독배양시 145 $\mu\textrm{g}$/ml이 생성되었으나 혼합배양으로 93%이상이 감소되어 10.26$\mu\textrm{g}$/ml을 생성하였다. Patulin의 경우도 혼합배양으로 단독배양시의 77.82$\mu\textrm{g}$/ml에 비하여 69.5%가 감소된 23.72$\mu\textrm{g}$/ml 수준을 나타내었다.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.7-12
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• 1977

시판(市販) 재래식(在來式) 메주와 개량식(改良式) 메주를 특징(特徵)에 따라 각(各) 3점(點)씩 선정(選定)하고 건국대학교(建國大學校) 응용과학연구소(應用科學硏究所)에서 선발(選拔)한 A-113(Aspergillus oryzae)을 표준균주(標準菌株)로 하여 메주를 제조(製造)하여 공시재료(供試材料)로 하고 여기서 분리(分離)한 진균(眞菌)들이 분비한 취소활성(醉素活性)을 검토(檢討)하였다. 1. 재래식(在來式) 메주 3점(點)에서 분리한 진균(眞菌)은 25 주(株)였으며 Aspergillus oryzae 2주(株)와 Aspergillus flavus 14주(株), Penicillium spp. 6주(株), Rhizopus sp 1주(株), Candida sp 1주(株), Spicaria 1주(株)를 동정(同定)하였다. 2. 재래식(在來式) 메주에서 전분액화활성(澱粉液化活性)이 가장 좋은 균주(菌株)는 A-8로써 Aspergillus flavus 중에서 선발(選拔)되었으며 개량(改良)메주에서 분리(分離)된 균주와 비슷하다. 3. 전분당화활성(澱粉糖化活性)이 가장 좋은 균주(菌株)도 Aspergillus flavus에서 선발(選拔)되었으며 개량(改良)메주에서 분리(分離)한 것보다 우수(優秀)하였다. 4. 단백질(蛋白質) 분해(分解) 활성(活性)이 가장 강(强)한 균주(菌株)도 Aspergillus flavus에서 선발(選拔)되었으며 B-3은 개량(改良)메주에서 분리된 것보다 우수(優秀)하였다. 5. 재래식(在來式) 메주에는 유용(有用)한 균주(菌株)도 분포(分布)되고 있으나 유해(有害)한 균주(菌株)도 함께 분포(分布)되고 있었다. 6. 유해(有害)한 균주(菌株)로서는 항생물질(抗生物質)을 분비(分泌)한다고 알려진 Penicillium sp., Mycotoxin을 분비(分泌)할 가능성(可能性)이 있는 Aspergillus flavus, 피부병균(皮膚病菌)일 수 있는 Candida sp. 그리고 곤충(昆蟲)의 병원균(病原菌)으로 인정된 Spicaria sp. 등도 분포(分布)하고 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.255-259
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• 1986

Aspergillus flavus ATCC 15517에 의한 aflatoxin의 생산은 Aspergillus awamori, Aspergillus kawachii, Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus oryzea 및 Aspergillus shirousamii와의 혼합 배양시 단독배 양에 비하여 각각 1.3%, 13.8%, 1.3%, 0.7% 및 38.5%로 감소되었다. 또한 이들 고오지 곰팡이들은 $aflatoxin\;B_1$을 $791{\mu}g/50ml$ 함유하는 배지에서 7일 배양시 $75{\sim}100%$의 aflatoxin 분해율을 보였다. A. awamori는 배양중 aflatoxin을 분해하는 물질을 분비하였으며 가열처리로 이는 불황성화 되었다. 이 물질에 의한 aflatoxin의 분해산물은 Bacillus megaterium NRRL B-1368에 대한 독성도 소멸되었다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.209-215
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• 2016

In this study, the treatment of pistachio nuts by Bacillus subtilis UTBSP1, a promising isolate to degrade aflatoxin B1 (AFB1), caused to reduce the growth of Aspergillus flavus R5 and AFB1 content on pistachio nuts. Fluorescence probes revealed that the cell free supernatant fluid from UTBSP1 affects spore viability considerably. Using high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) method, 10 fractions were separated and collected from methanol extract of cell free supernatant fluid. Two fractions showed inhibition zones against A. flavus. Mass spectrometric analysis of the both antifungal fractions revealed a high similarity between these anti-A. flavus compounds and cyclic-lipopeptides of surfactin, and fengycin families. Coproduction of surfactin and fengycin acted in a synergistic manner and consequently caused a strong antifungal activity against A. flavus R5. There was a positive significant correlation between the reduction of A. flavus growth and the reduction of AFB1 contamination on pistachio nut by UTBSP1. The results indicated that fengycin and surfactin-producing B. subtilis UTBSP1 can potentially reduce A. flavus growth and AFB1 content in pistachio nut.