• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.115-120
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• 2006

일본 청국장에서 분리된 Bacillus firmus NA-1과 재래청국장에서 분리 한 Bacillus subtilis GT-D를 이용하여 전지활성 생 대두미세분말(MFS)첨가 및 발효시간에 따른 비지 발효물의 혈전용해효소, 가수분해효소, 점질물, 펩타이드 생산 및 풍미개선 효과를 알아보았다. $84\%$의 수분함량을 포함하는 비지에 대두미세분말을 10, 15, $20\%$ 첨가함으로써 78, 74, $70\%$로 수분함량을 감소시킬 수 있으며, 발효시간이 경과할수록 tyrosine함량이 증가하였으며, B. firmus NA-1 균주보다는 B. subtilis GT-D 균주를 사용하는 경우에 높은 값을 보였다. 발효비지의 점조도는 B. firmus NA-1 균주를 이용한 발효물이 높은 값을 보였으며, 두 균주 모두 MFS $20\%$를 첨가한 후 26시간 발효한 발효물에서 2.18, $0.35\;Pa{\cdot}s^n$로 가장 높은 점조도 값을 나타내었다. 혈전용해효소 역시 B. firmus NA-1 균주를 이용한 비지 청국장에서 $10\%$ 이상의 높은 활성을 보였으며, 발효 22시간까지 증가하다가 26시간 부터는 큰 변화가 없거나 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 따라서 $20\%$의 MFS를 첨가한 후 $42^{\circ}C$에서 22시간 동안 발효하는 것이 발효취 생성을 최소화하는 조건이라 사료되었다. 비지청국장의 동결건조는 청국장 냄새 및 수분함량을 $6\%$ 수준으로 줄일 수 있었으며, 혈전용해효소의 활성을 포함하였다. B. firmus NA-1 균주를 이용한 시료에서는 615 unit/g의 가장 높은 protease의 활성을 보였으며, B. subtilis GT-D 균주를 이용한 시료에서는 $1903\;mg\%$의 tyrosine 함량 및 180 unit/g의 a-amylase의 활성을 나타내었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.61-67
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• 1995

To investigate the role of induction on CGTase production for alkalophilic Bacillus firm us var. alkalophilus H609, the constitutive mutants that form a halo around its colonies at non-inducible AG agar media containing amylose and glucose were selected. The selected constitutive mutants could produce CGTase in the range of 18.9 to 28.8 units/ml $\cdot A_{600}$ in the alkaline basal medium, and finally a constitutive mutant Bacillus firmus var. alkalophilus CM46 was selected. The constitutive nature of CM46 was also confirmed in protein level using SDS-PAGE. The effects of induction and catabolite repression for both parent strain Bacillus firmus var. alkalophilus H609 and constitutive mutant CM46 were also compared by adding soluble starch and glucose during cultivation. The selected mutant CM46 was a non-inducible but a catabolite regulated type mutant. Even though inductive regulation was released, the specific CGTase activity defined as CGTase activity per cell concentration was not increased compared with that of parent strain. The cell growth and CGTase production patterns of constitutive mutant Bacillus firmus var. alkalophilus CM46 were compared with the parent strain to identify CGTase production characteristics.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.14-20
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• 2004

Bacillus strains capable of producing fibrinolytic enzyme were isolated from traditional fermented Korean soybean paste and Japanese fermented soybean (Natto). Among the 16 strains, a selected Bacillus sp. was identified as bacillus firmus, with 80.7％ homology, by API kit analysis. Seed starter or B. firmus NA-1 was prepared with 5％ soymilk prepared from micronized soybean powder. To produce fibrinolytic enzyme by B. firmus NA-1 the liquid culture was performed with NB broth (pH 7.0) fortified with 1％ galactose, 0.1% tryptone, and 0.5% $K_2$HPO$_4$, by shaking with 180 rpm at 37$^{\circ}C$. Fibrinolytic enzyme activity reached the highest value at 7.8 unit/mL (plasmin unit) after fermentation for 72 hr. The crude fibrinolytic enzyme showed higher relative activity in the range of pH 7.0∼9.0. The activity of crude fibrinolytic enzyme was well maintained even after concentration by the vacuum evaporation at 5$0^{\circ}C$ for 1 hr.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.722-727
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• 2007

Mucilage containing ${\gamma}-polyglutamic$ acid (PGA) was efficiently generated by the solid-state fermentation (SSF) of soybean grit by Bacillus firmus NA-1. B. firmus NA-1 was shown to be a glutamate-dependent strain for PGA production. The SSF of soybean grit was optimized in order to produce mucilage with a fortification of 5% glutamate, resulting in higher levels of mucilage production (6.14%) and a higher consistency index ($1.1\;Pa\;sec^n$). The sticky mucilage was comprised of 38% PGA, 7% levan, and some biopolymers. With regard to the viscoelastic properties of the mucilage solution, the viscous modulus (G") obtained from soybean grit fortified with 5% glutamate was approximately 64 times higher titan that of the mucilage solution obtained without glutamate. Although the addition of glutamate in the SSF of soybean grit influenced the rate of PGA production, the molecular weight of PGA remained unaltered, and was detected in a range between 1,400-1,440 kDa.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제15권5호
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• pp.704-709
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• 2006

The mucilage production and tyrosine content in soy milk cake (SMC) fermented by Bacillus firmus NA-1, Bacillus subtilis GT-D, and B. subtilis KU-A was improved by fortification with 10% defatted soybean flour. The fibrinolytic activity and consistency of the SMC were drastically increased by solid-state fermentation for 1 day. However, the consistency of the fermented SMC gradually decreased during fermentation for 3 days. Furthermore, the tyrosine content of the freeze-dried powder of SMC fermented by three Bacillus sp. was 9 times higher than that of unfermented SMC. The soybean proteins, including the 7S and 11S subunits, were partially digested during alkaline fermentation, producing lower molecular-weight peptides. The fibrinolytic enzyme produced in SMC fermented by B. firmus NA-l and B. subtilis KU-A exhibited higher thermal stability than that of B. subtilis GT-D fermentation. The powder obtained from B. subtilis GT-D fermentation had an ${\alpha}$-amylase activity and lower consistency compared to those of B. firmus NA-1 and B. subtilis KU-A. In addition, this powder contained 6.3% moisture content, 27% crude protein content and 9 units of fibrinolytic activity and proteolytic activity.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제37권5호
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• pp.428-436
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• 2021

Stem rot is a serious disease in Jerusalem artichoke (JA). To reduce the impact of this disease on yield and quality farmers often use fungicides, but this control method can be expensive and leave chemical residues. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of two biological control agents, Trichoderma harzianum T9 and Bacillus firmus BSR032 for control of Sclerotium rolfsii under field conditions. Four accessions of JA (HEL246, HEL65, JA47, and JA12) were treated or notreated with T. harzianum T9 and B. firmus BSR032 in a 4 × 2 × 2 factorial experiment in two fields (environments), one unfertilized and one fertilized. Plants were inoculated with S. rolfsii and disease was evaluated at 3-day intervals for 46 days. T. harzianum T9 and B. firmus BSR032 reduced disease incidence by 48% and 49%, respectively, whereas T. harzianum T9 + B. firmus BSR032 reduced disease incidence by 37%. The efficacy of T. harzianum T9 and B. firmus BSR032 for control of S. rolfsii was dependent on environments and genotypes. The expression of host plant resistance also depended on the environment. However, HEL246 showed consistently low disease incidence and severity index in both environments (fertilized and unfertilized). Individually, T. harzianum T9, B. firmus BSR032, or host plant resistance control stem rot caused by S. rolfsii in JA. However, no combination of these treatments provided more effective control than each alone.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.904-909
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• 2005

일본 청국장에서 분리된 Bacillus firmus NA-1를 이용하여 비지의 수분함량, 생대두미세분말첨가 및 발효시간에 따른 비지 발효물의 혈전용해효소, 점질물, 펩타이드생산 및 풍미 개선 효과를 알아보았다. 비살균 D-비지는 30시간 이상부터 청국장 발효가 진행되는 반면, 살균 D-비지는 18시간부터 고초균 발효에 의하여 pH가 증가하였으며 혈전분해효소, 펩타이드 함량이 비살균 D-비지보다 높은 값을 보였다 P-비지의 경우는 18시간 발효시에 가장 높은 pH, tyrisone 함량과 혈전용해효소활성을 나타냈다. 또한 P-비지를 건조하여 초기수분함량을 $60\%$로 낮추었을 때 발효비지물의 펩타이드 함량과 혈전용해분해효소활성이 증가하였다. p-비지에 전지활성 생대두미세분말을 $10\%$수준으로 첨가함으로써 혈전분해효소 및 펩타이드 함량이 증가되는 효과를 보였으며, 점질물의 생성에 따른 점조도 값의 증가를 나타내었다. 특히, 콩미세분말을 $20\%$ 수준으로 첨가하여 발효시킨 비지는 고유한 청국장의 풍미를 나타내었으며, 건조시킨 발효비지물의 조단백질함량은 $27.3\%$를 나타내었다. 따라서 비지의 고초균 발효시에 전지활성 생대두미세분말의 첨가는 비지의 초기수분함량을 낮추면서, 고초균 발효의 촉진을 통한 콩 펩타이드 및 혈전용해효소의 증가, 점질물 생산, 풍미 개선을 비롯하여 발효비지의 단백질 보강이 가능하였다.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2001년도 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.656-659
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• 2001

Cyclodextrin glucanotransferase (CGTase) (EC 2.4.1.19) use starch to produce cyclic maltooligosaccharides (cyclodextrins, CDs) which are of interest in various applications. To obtain a novel CGTase having high CD-forming activity, ${\beta}-cyclodextrin$ glucanotransferase $({\beta}-CGTase)$ from Bacillus firmus var. alkalophilus was modified through site-directed mutagenesis and constructed five mutants, H59T, H59Q, Y96M, 9O-PPI-93, and ${\Delta}(148-154)D$, respectively. Y96M and ${\Delta}(148-154)D$ showed much higher level of conversion yields of starch into CDs from 28.6% to about 39% compared to wild-type ${\beta}-CGTase$, respectively, but 90-PPI-93 maintained similar convesion yields of starch to CDs. And their ${\beta}-CD$ ratios to total CDs were not changed and maintained, and convesion yields to linear maltooligosaccharides of all mutants were not changed significantly. These results indicates that five mutations of ${\beta}-CGTase$ from Bacillus firmus var. alkalophilus appears to be important roles for increase of overall CD production rather than change of its product specificity, especially.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.62-69
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• 1999

In order to investigate the critical amino acid residues involved in the catalytic activities of $\beta$-cyclodextrin glucanotransferase ($\beta$-CGTase) excreted by Bacillus firmus var. alkalophilus, the amino acid residues in $\beta$-CGTase were modified by various site-specific amino acid modifying reagents. The cyclizing and amylolytic activities of $\beta$-CGTase were all seriously reduced after treatment with Woodward's reagent K (WRK) modifying aspartic/glutamic acid, N-bromosuccinimde (NBS) modifying tryptophan, and diethylpyrocarbonate (DEPC) modifying histidine residues. The roles of tryptophan and histidine residues in $\beta$-CGTase were further investigated by measuring the protection effect of various substrates during chemical modification, comparing protein mobility in native and affinity polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis containing soluble starch, and comparing the $K_m$ and $V_{max}$ values of native and modified enzymes. Tryptophan residues were identified as affecting substrate-binding ability rather than influencing catalytic activities. On the other hand, histidine residues influenced catalytic ability rather than substrate-binding ability, plus histidine modification had an effect on shifting the optimum pH and pH stability.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.159-163
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• 2006

건포류 86건에 대한 시험 결과, 37건(43.0%=37/86)에서 Bacillus spp가 18건(20.9%=18/86)에서 B. cereus가 분리되었다. 분리 동정된 37주는 B. cereus 48.6%(18/37), B. mycoides 13.5%(5/37), B. coagulus 5.4%(2/37). B. firmus 5.4%(2/37), B. circulus 2.7%(1/37), B. stearothermophilus 2.7%(1/37), B. pumilus 2.7%(1/37), E. spp. 8.1%(3/37), 그리고 Brebacillus brevis 10.8%(4/37) 등으로 나타나 식중독균의 일종인 B. cereus가 가장 많이 나타나 주의를 요할 것으로 사료된다.