• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.807-813
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• 2016

Two experiments were conducted assessing the effects of presence or absence of rumen protozoa and dietary nitrate addition on rumen fermentation characteristics and in vitro methane production in Brahman heifers. The first experiment assessed changes in rumen fermentation pattern and in vitro methane production post-refaunation and the second experiment investigated whether addition of nitrate to the incubation would give rise to methane mitigation additional to that contributed by defaunation. Ten Brahman heifers were progressively adapted to a diet containing 4.5% coconut oil distillate for 18 d and then all heifers were defaunated using sodium 1-(2-sulfonatooxyethoxy) dodecane (Empicol). After 15 d, the heifers were given a second dose of Empicol. Fifteen days after the second dosing, all heifers were allocated to defaunated or refaunated groups by stratified randomisation, and the experiment commenced (d 0). On d 0, an oral dose of rumen fluid collected from unrelated faunated cattle was used to inoculate 5 heifers and form a refaunated group so that the effects of re-establishment of protozoa on fermentation characteristics could be investigated. Samples of rumen fluid collected from each animal using oesophageal intubation before feeding on d 0, 7, 14, and 21 were incubated for in vitro methane production. On d 35, 2% nitrate (as $NaNO_3$) was included in in vitro incubations to test for additivity of nitrate and absence of protozoa effects on fermentation and methane production. It was concluded that increasing protozoal numbers were associated with increased methane production in refaunated heifers 7, 14, and 21 d after refaunation. Methane production rate was significantly higher from refaunated heifers than from defaunated heifers 35 d after refaunation. Concentration and proportions of major volatile fatty acids, however, were not affected by protozoal treatments. There is scope for further reducing methane output through combining defaunation and dietary nitrate as the addition of nitrate in the defaunated heifers resulted in 86% reduction in methane production in vitro.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권8호
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• pp.1513-1518
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• 2017

Anaerobic mono- and co-digestion of sewage sludge and food waste leachate (FWL) were performed by assessing methane production and characterizing microbial communities. Anaerobic digestion (AD) of waste activated sludge (WAS) alone produced the lowest methane ($281ml\;CH_4$), but an approximately 80% increase in methane production was achieved via co-digestion of WAS and FWL ($506ml\;CH_4$). There were less differences in the diversity of bacterial communities in anaerobic digesters, while archaeal (ARC) and bacterial (BAC) amounts reflected AD performance. Compared with the total ARC and BAC amounts in the mono-digestion of WAS, the ARC and BAC amounts increased two and three times, respectively, during co-digestion of FWL and WAS. In characterized archaeal communities, the dominant ratio of hydrogenotrophic methanogens in the mono-digestion of WAS approached nearly a 1:1 ratio of the two acetoclastic and hydrogenotrophic methanogens in the co-digestion of FWL and WAS. The ARC/BAC ratio in the digesters varied in the range of 5.9% to 9.1%, indicating a positive correlation with the methane production of AD.

• 한국대기환경학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.712-718
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• 2006

In order to investigate the analytical uncertainties associated with sampling and analysis of major greenhouse gaseous pollutants(carbon dioxide and methane), we attempted to quantify their adsorptive loss due to the contact with the container wall(such as Tedlar bag and vial). Using the GC/FID method, some basic experimental parameters(such as reproducibility and method detection limit) have been evaluated as part of the essential QA/QC The reproducibilities of carbon dioxide and methane were estimated as 2.02 and 0.2%, respectively. In addition, method detection limits were measured as 0.61 and 0.06 ng, respectively. A test of sample loss rate has also been made for Tedlar bag and vial by assessing the absolute amount of sample loss on the wall. By transferring the samples contained in Tedlar bag to various sizes of Tedlar bags, we measured differences in the absolute loss quantity due to such transfer. In addition, we also examined such loss mechanism as a function of elapsed time and light penetration rate for vial. As results, carbon dioxide and methane have shown about 2% of sample loss due to such contact. It is also noticed that the amount of loss with vial surface is lower than that of Tedlar bag. Therefore, field collection of greenhouse gases using various container types should be made more cautiously to minimize the possibility of sample loss and bias related to such loss.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제60권11호
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• pp.26.1-26.9
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• 2018

Background: This experiment aimed at assessing polyphenol-rich plant biomass to use in complete feed making for the feeding of ruminants. Methods: An in vitro ruminal evaluation of complete blocks (CFB) with (Acacia nilotica, Ziziphus nummularia leaves) and without (Vigna sinensis hay) polyphenol rich plant leaves was conducted by applying Menke's in vitro gas production (IVGP) technique. A total of six substrates, viz. three forages and three CFBs were subjected to in vitro ruminal fermentation in glass syringes to assess gas and methane production, substrate degradability, and rumen fermentation metabolites. Results: Total polyphenol content (g/Kg) was 163 in A. nilotica compared to 52.5 in Z. nummularia with a contrasting difference in tannin fractions, higher hydrolysable tannins (HT) in the former (140.1 vs 2.8) and higher condensed (CT) tannins in the later (28.3 vs 7.9). The potential gas production was lower with a higher lag phase (L) in CT containing Z. nummularia and the component feed block. A. nilotica alone and as a constituent of CFB produced higher total gas but with lower methane while the partitioning factor (PF) was higher in Z. nummularia and its CFB. Substrate digestibility (both DM and OM) was lower (P < 0.001) in Z. nummularia compared to other forages and CFBs. The fermentation metabolites showed a different pattern for forages and their CFBs. The forages showed higher TCA precipitable N and lower acetate: propionate ratio in Z. nummularia while the related trend was found in CFB with V. sinensis. Total volatile fatty acid concentration was higher (P < 0.001) in A. nilotica leaves than V. sinensis hay and Z. nummularia leaves. It has implication on widening the forage resources and providing opportunity to use forage biomass rich in polyphenolic constituents in judicious proportion for reducing methane and enhancing green livestock production. Conclusion: Above all, higher substrate degradability, propionate production, lower methanogenesis in CFB with A. nilotica leaves may be considered useful. Nevertheless, CFB with Z. nummularia also proved its usefulness with higher TCA precipitable N and PF. It has implication on widening the forage resources and providing opportunity to use polyphenol-rich forage biomass for reducing methane and enhancing green livestock production.

• International Journal of Fluid Machinery and Systems
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.143-151
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• 2012

Predicting the future condition of machine and assessing the remaining useful life are the center of prognostics. This paper contributes a new prognostic method based on grey model and survival probability. The first step of the method is building a normal condition model then determining the error indicator. In the second step, the survival probability value is obtained based on the error indicator. Finally, grey model coupled with one-step-ahead forecasting technique are employed in the last step. This work has developed a modified grey model in order to improve the accuracy of prediction. For evaluating the proposed method, real trending data of low methane compressor acquired from condition monitoring routine were employed.

• 한국축산시설환경학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.155-162
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• 2011

기후변화협약 대응을 위해 IPCC 온실가스 인벤토리 가이드라인에 따라 축산분야 온실가스인 $CH_4$, $N_2O$가스의 배출량을 평가하고 배출계수를 산출하여 국가 Database 확보 및 측정기준을 제시하기 위하여 본 연구를 수행하였다. 본 연구에서는 돈사 슬러리 피트에 샘플링 챔버를 설치 운영하기 위해 돈분뇨위에 띄울 수 있는 반구형태의 플로팅 챔버(Open chamber method or flow-through steady-state)를 고안 제작하였다. Open chamber method의 특성상 외부의 공기를 일정한 제어를 통해 챔버내로 유입시켜 돈사 슬러리에서 발생된 가스를 희석하고 정상상태의 최적조건에서 발생된 가스의 일정량을 제어하여 포집하는 장치로 시스템을 구성하였다. 돈분뇨 슬러리에서 온실가스 발생 특성상 돈사 내부에 위치에 따라 10개의 챔버를 투입하여 Data의 신뢰성을 갖출 수 있게 하였다. 유입유량을 $5{\sim}9{\ell}/min$, 포집유량을 $1{\ell}/min$으로 변경하면서 포집된 가스를 GC/ECD를 통해 분석하였고 챔버로 유입되는 공기가 슬러리 표면을 직접 접촉하지 않는 방법으로 기구를 구성하고 잉여 공급공기는 챔버 상부를 통해 외부로 배출하는 방법으로 최적조건의 정상상태 온실가스를 샘플링 할 수 있었다. 포집 가스를 GC/ECD 분석결과 $N_2O$ 가스의 배출형태는 대기중의 신선한 공기에 포함된 $N_2O$ 농도와 돈사 10곳의 샘플링 가스 시료의 농도를 볼 때 오차 범위 안의 농도로 슬러리 돈사내 분뇨에서는 $N_2O$의 발생은 없다고 판단된다. $CH_4$ 가스 발생량은 $0.15{\sim}1.02mg/m^2{\cdot}s$로 나타났다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.267-277
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• 2004

Effects of elevated $CO_2$ on soil microorganisms are known to be mediated by various interactions with plants, for which such effects are relatively poorly documented. In this review, we summarize and syn­thesize results from studies assessing impacts of elevated $CO_2$ on soil ecosystems, focusing primarily on plants and a variety the of microbial processes. The processes considered include changes in microbial biomass of C and N, microbial number, respiration rates, organic matter decomposition, soil enzyme activities, microbial community composition, and functional groups of bacteria mediating trace gas emission such as methane and nitrous oxide. Elevated $CO_2$ in atmosphere may enhance certain micro­bial processes such as $CH_4$ emission from wetlands due to enhanced carbon supply from plants. How­ever, responses of extracellular enzyme activities and microbial community structure are still controversy, because interferences with other factors such as the types of plants, nutrient availabilitial in soil, soil types, analysis methods, and types of $CO_2$ fumigation systems are not fully understood.

• 한국기후변화학회지
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.249-256
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• 2014

Permafrost is frozen soil below $0^{\circ}C$ for two or more years. Surface of permafrost is called as active layer that seasonally thaws during the summer. Although the thawing of permafrost may deepen the active layer and consequently increase the microbial activity, the microbial community structure in this habitat has not yet been well described. In this study, we presented bacterial and archaeal diversity in the active layer soil from Resolute, Canada using pyrosequencing analysis. The soil sample was collected from the surface of the marsh covered with moss and Carex. A total of 7,796 bacterial reads for 40 phyla and 245 archaeal reads for 4 phyla were collected, reflecting the high diversity of bacteria. Predominant bacterial groups were Proteobacteria (37.7%) and Bacteroidetes (30.0%) in this study. Major groups in Archaea were Euryarchaeota (51.4%) and Thaumarchaeota (46.1%). Both methane producing archaea and consuming bacteria were detected in this study. Although it might be difficult to characterize microbial community with only one sample, it could be used for the basis of assessing the relative importance of the specific groups with a high resolution on the bacterial and archaeal community in this habitat.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2006년도 총회 및 춘계학술발표회
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• pp.54-56
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• 2006

Single-well-gas-sparging tests were developed and evaluated for assessing the feasibility of in-situ aerobic cometabolism of trichloroethylene (TCE), using propane as a growth substrate. To evaluate transport characteristics of dissolved solutes [sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) or bromide (non-reactive tracers), propane (a growth substrate), ethylene, propylene (nontoxic surrogates to probe for CAH transformation activity), and DO], push-pull transport tests were performed. Mass balance showed about 90% of the injected bromide and about 80% of the injected SF6 were recovered, and the recoveries of other solutes were comparable with bromide and slightly higher than SF6. A series of Gas-Sparging Biostimulation tests were performed by sparging propane/oxygen/argon/SF6 gas mixtures, and temporal ground water samples were obtained from the injection well under natural gradient 'drift' conditions. The decreased time for propane depletion and the longer time to deplete SF6 as a conservative tracer indicate the progress of biostimulation. Gas-Sparging Activity tests were performed. .Propane utilization, DO consumption, and ethylene and propylene cometabolism were well demonstrated. The stimulated propane-utilizers cometabolized ethylene and propylene to produce ethylene oxide and propylene oxide, as cometabolic by-products, respectively. Gas-Sparging Acetylene Blocking tests were performed by sparging gas mixtures including acetylene to demonstrate the involvement of monooxygenase enzymes. Gas substrate degradation was essentially completely Inhibited in the presence of acetylene, and no production of the corresponding oxides was also observed. The Gas-Sparging tests supports the evidences that the successive stimulation of propane-oxidizing microorganisms, cometabolic transformation of ethylene and propylene by the enzyme responsible for methane and propane degradation.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제29권8호
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• pp.895-903
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• 2007

매립지를 직접 생태학적으로 모니터링하는 방법을 개발하고자, 매립지 내의 생화학적 반응에 관여하는 세균들과 효소의 양을 정량함과 동시에 지하수 수질인자와 상호 연관성을 조사하여 생태학적 인자와의 연계 이용 가능성을 평가하였다. 이를 위하여 4개의 매립 종료된 비위생 매립지(천안(C), 원주(W), 논산(N), 평택(P) 매립지)에서 계절별로 지하수 시료를 채취하였으며 동시에 16S rDNA 방법을 사용하여 미생물 다양성을 분석하였다. 이를 기반으로, 매립지에서 주로 발견되는 세균과 효소를 대표하는 유전자를 정량하기 위한 특이 프라이머 쌍을 제작하였으며 상관계수에 기초하여 수질인자와 유전자 지표 인자간의 정량적 관련성을 비교하였다. 그 결과 DSR(황환원 세균) gene과 BOD(생화학적 산소요구량)사이의 상관관계는 0.8 이상인데 반해 NSR(질산화 세균-Nitrospira sp.) gene과 질산성 질소는 0.9 이상이었다. 안정화지표(BOD/COD)와 MTOT(메탄 산화 세균), MCR(Methyl coenzyme M reductase), Dde(Dechloromonas denitrificans) gene들은 0.8 이상의 상관관계를 가졌으나 3가 철과 Fli(Ferribacterium limineticm) gene은 0.7로 낮았다. MTOT gene의 경우, BOD/COD과의 관련성이 100%에 가깝게 높았다. 또한, 혐기성 유전자들(nirS-아질산 환훤효소, MCR, Dde, DSR)과 DO 역시 0.8 이상으로 나타나 일반적인 매립지 혐기성 반응들이 DO에 크게 의존함을 보였다. 결론적으로 분자생물학적 조사와 수질인자가 높은 상호연관성이 있었으며 real-time PCR이 전통적인 모니터링 인자들과 동시에 상호 보완적으로 모니터링에 사용됨으로써 매립지안정화 및 주변 영향을 평가하는데 효율적으로 사용 될 수 있음을 알 수 있었다.