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Bacterial Community Migration in the Ripening of Doenjang, a Traditional Korean Fermented Soybean Food

  • Jeong, Do-Won;Kim, Hye-Rim;Jung, Gwangsick;Han, Seulhwa;Kim, Cheong-Tae;Lee, Jong-Hoon
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제24권5호
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    • pp.648-660
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    • 2014
  • Doenjang, a traditional Korean fermented soybean paste, is made by mixing and ripening meju with high salt brine (approximately 18%). Meju is a naturally fermented soybean block prepared by soaking, steaming, and molding soybean. To understand living bacterial community migration and the roles of bacteria in the manufacturing process of doenjang, the diversity of culturable bacteria in meju and doenjang was examined using media supplemented with NaCl, and some physiological activities of predominant isolates were determined. Bacilli were the major bacteria involved throughout the entire manufacturing process from meju to doenjang; some of these bacteria might be present as spores during the doenjang ripening process. Bacillus siamensis was the most populous species of the genus, and Bacillus licheniformis exhibited sufficient salt tolerance to maintain its growth during doenjang ripening. Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium, the major lactic acid bacteria (LAB) identified in this study, did not continue to grow under high NaCl conditions in doenjang. Enterococci and certain species of coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) were the predominant acid-producing bacteria in meju fermentation, whereas Tetragenococcus halophilus and CNS were the major acid-producing bacteria in doenjang fermentation. We conclude that bacilli, LAB, and CNS may be the major bacterial groups involved in meju fermentation and that these bacterial communities undergo a shift toward salt-tolerant bacilli, CNS, and T. halophilus during the doenjang fermentation process.

Bacterial Community Structure in Activated Sludge Reactors Treating Free or Metal-Complexed Cyanides

  • Quan Zhe-Xue;Rhee Sung-Keun;Bae Jin-Woo;Baek Jong-Hwan;Park Yong-Ha;Lee Sung-Taik
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제16권2호
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    • pp.232-239
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    • 2006
  • The microbial activity and bacterial community structure of activated sludge reactors, which treated free cyanide (FC), zinc-complexed cyanide (ZC), or nickel-complexed cyanide (NC), were studied. The three reactors (designated as re-FC, re-ZC, and re-NC) were operated for 50 days with a stepwise decrease of hydraulic retention time. In the re-FC and re-ZC reactors, FC or ZC was almost completely removed, whereas approximately 80-87% of NC was removed in re-NC. This result might be attributed to the high toxicity of nickel released after degradation of NC. In the batch test, the sludges taken from re-FC and re-ZC completely degraded FC, ZC, and NC, whereas the sludge from re-NC degraded only NC. Although re-FC and re-ZC showed similar properties in regard to cyanide degradation, denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analysis of the 16S rRNA gene of the bacterial communities in the three reactors showed that bacterial community was specifically acclimated to each reactor. We found several bacterial sequences in DGGE bands that showed high similarity to known cyanide-degrading bacteria such as Klebsiella spp., Acidovorax spp., and Achromobacter xylosoxidans. Flocforming microorganism might also be one of the major microorganisms, since many sequences related to Zoogloea, Microbacterium, and phylum TM7 were detected in all the reactors.

생물활성탄 부착세균 분포 실태에 관한 연구 (A Study of the Distribution of a Bacterial Community in Biological-Activated Carbon (BAC))

  • 박홍기;정은영;차동진;김정아;빈재훈
    • 생명과학회지
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    • 제22권9호
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    • pp.1237-1242
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    • 2012
  • 정수처리 공정에서 생물활성탄(BAC) 공정은 미생물의 유기물 제거능을 극대화시킨 일종의 생물여과 공정이다. 본 연구는 낙동강 원수를 이용하여 재질이 다른 생물활성탄을 사용하고 있는 정수장을 대상으로 세균 군집을 조사하였다. 실험결과 석탄계 재질의 BAC 부착세균 생체량 및 활성도가 각각 $1.20{\sim}34.0{\times}10^7$ CFU/g, 0.61~1.10 mg-C/$m^3{\cdot}h$의 범위를 보여 세균 생체량과 DOC 제거율은 석탄계 재질이 가장 높은 것으로 나타났다. 부착세균을 동정한 결과 Pseudomonas 속이 우점하였으며, 그 다음으로 Chryseomonas 속, Flavobacterium 속, Alcaligenes 속, Acinetobacter 속, Sphingomonas 속 등의 순으로 동정되었다. 그리고 Pseudomonas cepacia는 석탄계 재질, Chryseomonas luteola는 목탄계 재질의 우점세균으로 조사되었다.

Characterization of the Bacterial Community Associated with Methane and Odor in a Pilot-Scale Landfill Biocover under Moderately Thermophilic Conditions

  • Yang, Hyoju;Jung, Hyekyeng;Oh, Kyungcheol;Jeon, Jun-Min;Cho, Kyung-Suk
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제31권6호
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    • pp.803-814
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    • 2021
  • A pilot-scale biocover was constructed at a sanitary landfill and the mitigation of methane and odor compounds was compared between the summer and non-summer seasons. The average inlet methane concentrations were 22.0%, 16.3%, and 31.3%, and the outlet concentrations were 0.1%, 0.1%, and 0.2% during winter, spring, and summer, respectively. The odor removal efficiency was 98.0% during summer, compared to 96.6% and 99.6% during winter and spring, respectively. No deterioration in methane and odor removal performance was observed even when the internal temperature of the biocover increased to more than 40℃ at midday during summer. During summer, the packing material simultaneously degraded methane and dimethyl sulfide (DMS) under both moderately thermophilic (40-50℃) and mesophilic conditions (30℃). Hyphomicrobium and Brevibacillus, which can degrade methane and DMS at 40℃ and 50℃, were isolated. The diversity of the bacterial community in the biocover during summer did not decrease significantly compared to other seasons. The thermophilic environment of the biocover during summer promoted the growth of thermotolerant and thermophilic bacterial populations. In particular, the major methane-oxidizing species were Methylocaldum spp. during summer and Methylobacter spp. during the non-summer seasons. The performance of the biocover remained stable under moderately thermophilic conditions due to the replacement of the main species and the maintenance of bacterial diversity. The information obtained in this study could be used to design biological processes for methane and odor removal during summer and/or in subtropical countries.

Responses of Soil Rare and Abundant Sub-Communities and Physicochemical Properties after Application of Different Chinese Herb Residue Soil Amendments

  • Chang, Fan;Jia, Fengan;Guan, Min;Jia, Qingan;Sun, Yan;Li, Zhi
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제32권5호
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    • pp.564-574
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    • 2022
  • Microbial diversity in the soil is responsive to changes in soil composition. However, the impact of soil amendments on the diversity and structure of rare and abundant sub-communities in agricultural systems is poorly understood. We investigated the effects of different Chinese herb residue (CHR) soil amendments and cropping systems on bacterial rare and abundant sub-communities. Our results showed that the bacterial diversity and structure of these sub-communities in soil had a specific distribution under the application of different soil amendments. The CHR soil amendments with high nitrogen and organic matter additives significantly increased the relative abundance and stability of rare taxa, which increased the structural and functional redundancy of soil bacterial communities. Rare and abundant sub-communities also showed different preferences in terms of bacterial community composition, as the former was enriched with Bacteroidetes while the latter had more Alphaproteobacteria and Betaproteobacteria. All applications of soil amendments significantly improved soil quality of newly created farmlands in whole maize cropping system. Rare sub-communitiy genera Niastella and Ohtaekwangia were enriched during the maize cropping process, and Nitrososphaera was enriched under the application of simple amendment group soil. Thus, Chinese medicine residue soil amendments with appropriate additives could affect soil rare and abundant sub-communities and enhance physicochemical properties. These findings suggest that applying soil composite amendments based on CHR in the field could improve soil microbial diversity, microbial redundancy, and soil fertility for sustainable agriculture on the Loess Plateau.

Metagenomic Analysis of BTEX-Contaminated Forest Soil Microcosm

  • Ji, Sang-Chun;Kim, Doc-Kyu;Yoon, Jung-Hoon;Lee, Choong-Hwan
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • 제17권4호
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    • pp.668-672
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    • 2007
  • A microcosmal experiment using a metagenomic technique was designed to assess the effect of BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes) on an indigenous bacterial community in a Daejeon forest soil. A compositional shift of bacterial groups in an artificial BTEX-contaminated soil was examined by the 16S rDNA PCR-DGGE method. Phylogenetic analysis of 16S rDNAs in the dominant DGGE bands showed that the number of Actinobacteria and Bacillus populations increased. To confirm these observations, we performed PCR to amplify the 23S rDNA and 16S rDNA against the sample metagenome using Actinobacteria-targeting and Bacilli-specific primer sets, respectively. The result further confirmed that a bacterial community containing Actinobacteria and Bacillus was affected by BTEX.

Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis Analysis of Bacterial Populations in 5-Stage Biological Nutrient Removal Process with Step Feed System for Wastewater Treatment

  • Lee, Soo-Youn;Kim, Hyeon-Guk;Park, Jong-Bok;Park, Yong-Keun
    • Journal of Microbiology
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    • 제42권1호
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    • pp.1-8
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    • 2004
  • Changes in the bacterial populations of a 5-stage biological nutrient removal (BNR) process, with a step feed system for wastewater treatment, were monitored by denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) of PCR-amplified 16S ribosomal DNA fragments. DGGE analysis indicated seasonal community changes were observed, however, community profiles of the total bacteria of each reactor showed only minor differences in the samples obtained from the same season. The number of major bands was higher in the summer samples, and decreased during the winter period, indicating that the microbial community structure became simpler at low temperatures. Since the nitrogen and phosphate removal efficiencies were highly maintained throughout the winter operation period, the bacteria which still remaining in the winter sample can be considered important, playing a key role in the present 5-stage BNR sludge. The prominent DGGE bands were excised, and sequenced to gain insight into the identities of the predominant bacterial populations present, and most were found to not be closely related to previously characterized bacteria. These data suggest the importance of culture-independent methods for the quality control of wastewater treatment.

입상활성탄 부착세균과 염소소독 연구 (Bacterial attachment on granular activated carbon and effect of chlorine disinfection)

  • 백영애;조우현;홍병의;최영준;안승구
    • 상하수도학회지
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    • 제23권3호
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    • pp.339-344
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    • 2009
  • The authors investigated the bacterial community attached to granular activated carbon(GAC) particles and the susceptibility of the community to chlorine disinfection. The study was carried out at the G Water Treatment Plant in Seoul, which was in full-scale operation. Bacteria attached to the surface of GAC increased gradually with treatment from $0.4{\times}106{\sim}8.5{\times}106 CFU/g$. TOC removal was under 1.0 mg/L due to increased bacterial community on the surface of GAC. It was found that TOC removal was closely related with physical and biological parameters such as pore volume and the number of attached bacteria. When the washed and the attached cells were disinfected with 1.0mg/L of chlorine for 1 hour, the washed cells with chlorination could be controlled, but the number of the attached cells increased gradually. The results suggest a possibility that the treatment and disinfection barriers can be penetrated and pathogenic bacteria may break into the drinking water supplying system.

과 부영양형 호수의 유기물 변동에 따른 박테리아 군집의 그램 염색 특성 (The Gram-Stain Characteristics of the Bacterial Community as a Function of the Dynamics of Organic Debris in a Hypereutrophic Lake)

  • 강헌
    • 한국해양학회지
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    • 제24권3호
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    • pp.148-156
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    • 1989
  • 본 연구는 여러 수생생태계에서 유기물의 동적순환에 따른 부유성 박테리아와 부착성 박테리아의 그램염색(gram-stain) 특성을 알아보기 위한 일련의 시도로서 일본에서 두번째로 크며 부영양화가 상당히 진전된 가스미가우라 호수에서 1년간, 매주 실시했다. 이 전형적인 부영양형(eutrophic) 수생생태계의 박테리아군집의 그램염색 특성은 중영양형(mesotrophic) 환경과 같이 유기물의 유입에 따라 변화함을 보여준다. 그램음성(negative) 박테리아군집은 부유성 박테리아군집이 약 57%, 부착성 박테리아군집이 약 53%이며, 두 군집의 통계분석은 서로 다른 특성을 보여준다. 부착성 박테리아군집은 그램 양성, 음성 모두 쇄설성 유기물 형성과 분해에 영향을 미친다. 또한 그램 음성 부유박테리아는 특히 용존 유기물의 동적순환에 관여한다.

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메탄, 벤젠 및 톨루엔 제거용 바이오커버의 세균 군집 특성 (Characterization of the Bacterial Community in a Biocover for the Removal of Methane, Benzene and Toluene)

  • 류희욱;조경숙
    • 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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    • 제40권1호
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    • pp.76-81
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    • 2012
  • Removal of methane, benzene and toluene was evaluated in a lab-scale biocover packed with a soil mixture of forest soil and earthworm cast (75:25 weight ratio). The bacterial community in the biocover was characterized using quantitative real-time PCR and terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism. Methane was removed at the upper layer of the biocover (-0.1 ~ -0.4 m), where the oxygen concentration was remarkably lower. The average removal efficiencies for methane and benzene/toluene were 90% and 99%, respectively. The pmoA gene copy numbers, responsible for methane oxidation, in the upper layer were higher than those in the lower layer. While type I methanotrohs dominated the lower layer, type II methanotrophs, such as Methylocystis and Methylosinus, were noted to be predominant in the upper layer. Benzene and toluene were removed from the lower layer (-0.6 ~ -0.9 m) as well as the upper layer. Moreover, the tmoA gene copy number, responsible for benzene/toluene oxidation, seen in the upper layer was not significantly different from those seen in the lower layer. These results suggest that a biocover packed with a soil and earthworm cast mixture is a promising method which could be utilized for the control of methane and volatile organic compounds such as benzene and toluene.