• 한국의류산업학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.70-74
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• 2005

This study was aimed to isolation and identification of attached bacteria on the clothes excavated from Deajeon area dating on the 16th century. From the observation with colony shape, 17 bacterial strains were isolated, and then 7 bacterial strains were identified with morphological and biochemical characteristics. Streptococcus sp., Alcaligenes faecalis, Gemella sp., Acinetobacter sp., Pseudomonas vesicularis, Aeromonas sain. salmonicida, Moraxella spp. In observation of the bacterial strains by the sort of textile, more bacterial strains were found in silk, cotton, and cotton batt than in ramie and hemp. It is suggest that hemp has antibacterial characteristics due to the presence of lignin. In the comparison washed samples with unwashed ones, there were more kinds of bacterial strains in washed samples. In the cellulase activity tests, all isolated bacteria had low level cellulase activity.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.452-459
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• 2007

부유 및 부착성장 미생물을 이용한 접촉안정형 영양염류처리 하이브리드공정은 질산화 반응조내에 EPS(Expanded Poly-Styrene) 여재를 충진하여 autotrophs와 heterotrophs의 분리성장과 질산화균의 우점화를 도모함으로써 수리학적체류시간 6시간 이내에서도 양호한 처리수질을 얻을 수 있는 공정이다. 본 공정의 운전결과 방류수의 $BOD_5,\;COD_{Mn}$, SS의 평균농도는 5.2 mg/L, 7.3 mg/L, 4.9 mg/L이었으며, T-N 및 T-P농도는 6.8 mg/L 및 0.6 mg/L로서 양호한 처리 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. 또한 본 공법의 평균 제거효율은 $BOD_5,\;COD_{Mn}$, SS의 경우 94.6%, 79.8%, 94.9%이었으며, T-N 및 T-P로서 70.8% 및 76.9%로 나타났다. EPS 여재에 부착된 부착미생물 군집의 16S-rRNA 분석결과 ammonia-oxidizing bacteria로 알려진 Nitrosomonas속, Nitrosoccus속, Gallionella속이 포함된 cluster가 EPS 여재에 부착된 biofilm의 6% 정도인 것으로 조사되었다. 결과적으로 질산화미생물의 우점화를 통해 질산화 반응시간을 단축시킴으로서 6시간 이내의 짧은 수리학적 체류시간에서도 T-N 및 T-P농도를 10 mg/L 및 1.0 mg/L 이하로 처리할 수 있었던 것으로 사료된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.659-664
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• 2011

Staphylococcus aureus (SA) bacteremia is associated with high mortality, and often results in metastatic infections. The methicillin-resistant SA (MRSA) is an urgent health care issue, as nosocomial infections with these bacteria represent limited treatment alternatives. Samples of whole blood containing challenge inoculums of SA and MRSA strains were passed through columns packed with surfaceheparinized polyethylene beads. The bound bacteria were eluted and quantitatively determined by culturing and by real-time PCR. Significant amounts of both SA and MRSA adhered to the heparinized beads (more than 65% of inoculated bacteria). After rinsing with buffer at high ionic strength, viable bacteria or bacterial DNA were eluted from the columns, indicating that the binding was specific. The conclusions that can be made from these experiments are that, as earlier reported in the literature, the high affinity of SA to heparin is retained in whole blood, and MRSA in whole blood binds to heparin with similar or higher affinity than SA. It should be possible to lower the amount of SA and/or MRSA from the blood of infected patients to levels that could be taken care of by the immune system. In previous studies, we have shown that passing blood from septic patients over beads coated with end-point-attached, biologically active heparin is a useful technique for regulating the levels of heparinbinding cytokine. These findings in combination with the present findings indicate the possibility of creating an apheresis technology for treatment of sepsis caused by SA and/or MRSA.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.582-592
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• 2012

Microorganisms present in the rhizosphere soil plays a vital role in improving the plant growth and soil fertility. Many kinds of fertilizers including chemical and organic has been approached to improve the productivity. Though some of them showed significant improvement in yield, they failed to maintain the soil properties. Rather they negatively affected soil eventually, the land became unsuitable for agricultural. To overcome these problems, microorganisms have been used as effective alternative. For past few decades, plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) have been used as effective inoculants to enhance the plant growth and productivity. PGPR improves the plant growth and helps the plant to withstand biotic and abiotic stresses. AM fungi are known to colonize roots of plants and they increase the plant nutrient uptake. Spore associated bacteria (SAB) are attached to spore wall or hyphae and known to increase the AMF germination and root colonization but their mechanism of interaction is poorly known. Better understanding the interactions among AMF, SAB and PGPR are necessary to enhance the quality of inoculants as a biofertilizers. In this paper, current knowledge about the interactions between fungi and bacteria are reviewed and discussed about AMF spore associated bacteria.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제29권7호
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• pp.833-838
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 양전하를 띤 여재 입자에서 박테리아의 부착 및 이동에 관한 연구를 위하여 회분 및 칼럼실험을 수행하였다. 본 실험에 사용된 박테리아는 E. coli ATCC 11105(길이: 2.2 ${\mu}m$ 직경: 0.6 ${\mu}m$)이었고, 여재는 석영모래(입경분포: 0.5-2.0 mm, 평균 입경: 1.0 mm)와 철코팅 모래이었다. 회분실험결과에 의하면 철코팅 함량이 증가함에 따라, 박테리아의 부착량이 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 철코팅 모래의 함량 0%(석영모래 100%)에서는 약 46% 정도의 박테리아가 부착되었고, 철코팅 모래의 함량 100%(석영모래 0%)에서는 약 97% 정도의 박테리아가 부착되었다. 칼럼실험결과 또한 철코팅 함량이 증가함에 따라, 박테리아의 부착량이 증가하는 것을 보여주고 있다. 철코팅 모래의 함량이 0에서 100%로 증가함에 따라 박테리아의 부착량이 8에서 94%로 증가하였다. 본 연구의 실험결과를 통해 양전하를 띤 여재 입자가 박테리아의 이동에 영향을 미칠 수 있음을 알 수 있다.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.71-78
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• 2010

To understand the effects of acclimation schemes on the formation of anode biofilms, different electrical performances are characterized in this study, with the roles of suspended and attached bacteria in single-chamber microbial fuel cells (MFCs). The results show that the generation of current in single-chamber MFCs is significantly affected by the development of a biofilm matrix on the anode surface containing abundant immobilized microorganisms. The long-term operation with suspended microorganisms was demonstrated to form a dense biofilm matrix that was able to reduce the activation loss in MFCs. Also, a Pt-coated anode was not favorable for the initial or long-term bacterial attachment due to its high hydrophobicity (contact angle = $124^{\circ}$), which promotes easy detachment of the biofilm from the anode surface. Maximum power ($655.0\;mW/m^2$) was obtained at a current density of $3,358.8\;mA/m^2$ in the MFCs with longer acclimation periods. It was found that a dense biofilm was able to enhance the charge transfer rates due to the complex development of a biofilm matrix anchoring the electrochemically active microorganisms together on the anode surface. Among the major components of the extracellular polymeric substance, carbohydrates ($85.7\;mg/m^2_{anode}$) and proteins ($81.0\;mg/m^2_{anode}$) in the dense anode biofilm accounted for 17 and 19%, respectively, which are greater than those in the sparse anode biofilm.

• 한국물환경학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.608-613
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• 2010

Electricity generation of microbial fuel cells (MFC) is greatly affected by the kind of feed substrates because substrates would change microbial community of electrochemically active bacteria (EAB) able to transfer electrons to electrode. The effect of different substrates on electricity generation and microbial community of MFC was investigated. Two-chamber MFCs fed with acetate (A-MFC), butyrate (B-MFC), propionate (P-MFC), glucose (G-MFC) and a mixture (M-MFC) of the 4 substrates (acetate : butyrate : propionate : glucose = 1 : 1 : 1 : 1 as $COD_{Cr}$ base) were operated under continuous mode. The maximum power density was found from the M-MFC ($190W/m^3$) which showed the lowest internal resistance ($89{\Omega}$). The maximum power densities of the pure substrates feed MFCs were in order of A-MFC ($25W/m^3$), P-MFC ($21W/m^3$), B-MFC ($20W/m^3$) and G-MFC ($9W/m^3$). In DGGE analysis, the microbial community structure in suspension was quite different from each others depending on feed substrates, while the community structure in the biofilm was relatively similar regardless of the substrates. This result suggests that the feed substrates would affect the microbial community of suspended growth bacteria than attached growth bacteria resulting in difference of electricity generation in MFCs.

• 공업화학
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.666-674
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• 2022

The removal efficiencies of nutrients (N and P) and heavy metals (Cu and Ni) by Rhodobacter blasticus and R. blasticus attached to polysulfone carriers, alginate carriers, PVA carriers, and PVA + zeolite carriers in synthetic wastewater were compared. In the comparison of the nutrient removal efficiency based on varying concentrations (100, 200, 500, and 1000 mg/L), R. blasticus + polysulfone carrier treatment showed removal efficiencies of 98.9~99.84% for N and 96.92~99.21% for P. The R. blasticus + alginate carrier treatment showed removal efficiencies of 88.04~97.1% for N and 90.33~97.13% for P. The R. blasticus + PVA carrier treatment showed removal efficiencies of 18.53~44.25% for N and 14.93~43.63% for P. The R. blasticus + PVA + zeolite carrier treatment showed removal efficiencies of 26.65~64.33% for N and 23.44~64.05% for P. In addition, at the minimum inhibitory concentration of heavy metals, R. blasticus (dead cells) + polysulfone carrier treatment showed removal efficiencies of 7.77% for Cu and 12.19% for Ni. Rhodobacter blasticus (dead cells) + alginate carrier treatment showed removal efficiencies of 25.83% for Cu and 31.12% for Ni.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.138-144
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• 2005

본 연구는 질화작용에 관여하는 Nitrosomonas sp. 등의 암모니아산화세균과 Nitrobacter sp. 등 아질산산화세균이 $A^2/O$ Pilot 장치의 혐기조, 무산소조, 호기조에서 어떤 양상으로 변화하는지를 조사하는데 있다. 혼합액의 부유 질화세균군과 폐타이어로 성형 제조된 입상담체에 부착된 질화세균군은 FISH법으로 분석하였다. Pilot 장치의 질산화속도는 $1.97{\sim}2.98mg\;N/g\;MLVSS{\cdot}hr$의 값을 보였다. 각 반응조에서 총 부유 세균수중 암모니아 산화세균군 (NSO로 검출된 세균군)이 차지하는 비율은 호기조 < 무산소조 < 혐기조 순이었으나, 이와 반대로 아질산 산화세균(NIT로 검출된 세균)이 차지하는 비율은 혐기조 < 무산소조 < 호기조 순이었다. 생물막의 두께와 건조밀도 및 담체 무게당 부착된 미생물량은 각각 $180{\sim}188\;{\mu}m$, $38.5{\sim}43.9\;mg/cm^3$, $29.4{\sim}32.5\;mg/g$ 이었고, 담체에 부착된 총세균수 중 질화세균이 차지하는 비율은 NSO(3.2%)와 NIT(2.8%)가 거의 비슷하였으나, 각 반응조에 존재하는 부유성 질화세균, 즉 NSO($22.8{\sim}28.4%$)와 NIT($17{\sim}26%$)에 비해서는 부착성 질산화 세균의 비가 현저히 낮았다.

• 환경생물
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.244-251
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• 2009

두 가지 다른 기질의 담체를 이용하여 살조세균 Pseudomonas fluorescens HYK0210-SK09의 포집율과 microcosm에서 Stephanodiscus hantzschii의 살조능을 파악하였다. Active carbon polyvinyl alcohol (ACPA)담체가 cellulose sponge (CS)담체보다 SK09를 높게 포집하였다. 이를 이용한 microcosm에서 ACPA담체가 CS담체보다 S. hantzschii의 살조능이 높았으며 지속적이었다. 특히 ACPA담체에서는 낮은 전기전도도를 나타내어 S. hantzs-chii 분해에 따른 용출된 이온들을 흡수하고 있음을 판단할 수 있었다. 따라서 ACPA담체를 이용한 유해조류 제어는 지속적 제어와 함께 생태계의 교란을 최소화할 것으로 판단된다.