• Journal of Oral Medicine and Pain
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.10-26
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• 2022

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether various saliva collection methods affect the observed salivary microbiome and whether microbiomes of stimulated and unstimulated saliva and plaque differ in richness and diversity. Methods: Seven sampling methods for unstimulated saliva, stimulated saliva, and plaque samples were applied to six orally and systemically healthy participants. Bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA genes of 10 major oral bacterial species, namely, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, Porphyromonas gingivalis, Tannerella forsythia, Treponema denticola, Fusobacterium nucleatum, Prevotella intermedia, Prevotella nigrescens, Streptococcus mitis, Streptococcus sobrinus, and Lactobacillus casei, were analyzed by real-time polymerase chain reaction. We comprehensively examined the dependence of the amount of bacterial ribosomal DNA (rDNA), bacterial-community composition, and relative abundance of each species on sample collection methods. Results: There were significant differences in the bacterial rDNA copy number depending on the collection method in three species: F. nucleatum, P. nigrescens, and S. mitis. The species with the highest richness was S. mitis, with the range from 89.31% to 100.00%, followed by F. nucleatum, P. nigrescens, T. denticola, T. forsythia, and P. intermedia, and the sum of the proportions of the remaining five species was less than 1%. The species with the lowest observed richness was P. gingivalis (<0.1%). The Shannon diversity index was the highest in unstimulated saliva collected with a funnel (4.449). The Shannon diversity index was higher in plaque samples (3.623) than in unstimulated (3.171) and stimulated (3.129) saliva and in mouthwash saliva samples (2.061). Conclusions: The oral microbial profile of saliva samples can be affected by sample collection methods, and saliva differs from plaque in the microbiome. An easy and rapid technique for saliva collection is desirable; however, observed microbial-community composition may more accurately reflect the actual microbiome when unstimulated saliva is assayed.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제44권5호
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• pp.572-576
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• 2006

To obtain primary idea on oral bacterium species that are generally present in periodotally healthy Koreans, the oral bacterial flora in the saliva of four periodontally healthy Koreans at different ages (5, 32, 35, 65) was investigated in this study. For this investigation, 16S rRNA gene clone libraries were generated from the saliva of the four healthy Koreans, and 50 clones were randomly selected from each saliva clone library and sequenced. Totally, 37 different kinds of bacterial 16S rRNA gene sequences were identified based on sequence homology search through GenBank database. The 37 kinds of saliva clone sequences were classified to 14 genera and 2 uncultured and 1 unidentified bacteria. Among the 14 identified genera, Streptococcus, Prevotella, and Veillollella were common genera, and Streptococcus was dominant genus that accounted for 7 different species. Among the seven Streptococcus species, S. salivarius appeared as the most common species. More numbers of species belonging to the genera Streptococcus and Prevotella was present in saliva from ages 32 and 35. While saliva from ages 5 and 65 showed more numbers of species belonging to the genera Rothia, including potential pathogenic species. Overall, saliva of a young child and a senior showed higher bacterial diversity than that of young adults.

• 보존과학회지
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• 제37권4호
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• pp.357-361
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• 2021

In order to determine the changes in microbial community due to termites, soil microorganisms surrounding the termites were investigated. First, bacterial communities from soil with termites collected at Seonamsa temple, Suncheon city, Korea were compared by next-generation sequencing (NGS, Illumina Miseq). The bacterial composition of soil from Daeungjeon without termites and the soil from Josadang, Palsangjeon, and Samjeon with termites were compared. Next, the bacterial composition of these soils was also compared with that of humus soil cultured with termites. A total high-quality sequences of 71,942 and 72,429 reads were identified in Seonamsa temple's soil and humus soil, respectively. The dominant phyla in the collected Seonamsa temple's soil were Proteobacteria (27%), Firmicutes (24%) and Actinobacteria (21%), whereas those in the humus soil were Bacteriodetes (56%) and Proteobacteria (37%). Using a two-dimensional plot to explain the principal coordinate analysis of operational taxonomic unit compositions of the soil samples, it was confirmed that the samples were divided into soil with and without termites, and it was especially confirmed that the Proteobacteria phylum was increased in humus soil with termites than in humus soil without termites.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.255-261
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• 2010

남태평양에 서식하는 두 종의 해면 Hyrtios sp. 604와 Callyspongia sp. 612로부터 16S rDNA DGGE 방법을 이용하여 공생세균 군집의 다양성을 분석하였다. DGGE band로부터 염기서열 분석 결과, Hytrios sp. 604의 공생세균은 Alphaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria, Acidobacteria, Actinobacteria, Chloroflexi, Cyanobacteria, Firmicutes로 나타났으며, Callyspongia sp. 612의 공생세균 그룹은 Alphaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria, Chloroflexi, Cyanobacteria로 나타났다. 풍부한 이차대사산물의 생산자로 보고된 Hyrtios 해면 속의 Hyrtios sp. 604는 Callyspongia sp. 612에 비해 더 다양한 공생세균 군집을 나타내었으며 주요 공생세균 군집으로 Actionobacteria가 포함되었다. 동일 지역에 서식하나 화학적 특성이 다른 두 해면 종의 세균 군집은 서로 다른 것으로 나타났다. 발견된 공생세균의 염기서열은 90% 이상이 uncultured clone들과 높은 상동성을 나타내었다.

• Journal of Veterinary Science
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.37.1-37.14
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• 2021

Background: Ticks are one of the most common external parasites in dogs, and are associated with the transmission of a number of major zoonoses, which result in serious harm to human health and even death. Also, the increasing number of pet dogs and pet owners in China has caused concern regarding human tick-borne illnesses. Accordingly, studies are needed to gain a complete understanding of the bacterial composition and diversity of the ticks that parasitize dogs. Objectives: To date, there have been relatively few reports on the analysis of the bacterial community structure and diversity in ticks that parasitize dogs. The objective of this study was to investigate the microbial composition and diversity of parasitic ticks of dogs, and assessed the effect of tick sex and geographical region on the bacterial composition in two tick genera collected from dogs in China. Methods: A total of 178 whole ticks were subjected to a 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) next generation sequencing analysis. The Illumina MiSeq platform targeting the V3-V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene was used to characterize the bacterial communities of the collected ticks. Sequence analysis and taxonomic assignment were performed using QIIME 2 and the GreenGene database, respectively. After clustering the sequences into taxonomic units, the sequences were quality-filtered and rarefied. Results: After pooling 24 tick samples, we identified a total of 2,081 operational taxonomic units, which were assigned to 23 phyla and 328 genera, revealing a diverse bacterial community profile. The high, moderate and low prevalent taxa include 46, 101, and 182 genera, respectively. Among them, dominant taxa include environmental bacterial genera, such as Psychrobacter and Burkholderia. Additionally, some known tick-associated endosymbionts were also detected, including Coxiella, Rickettsia, and Ricketssiella. Also, the potentially pathogenic genera Staphylococcus and Pseudomonas were detected in the tick pools. Moreover, our preliminary study found that the differences in microbial communities are more dependent on the sampling location than tick sex in the tick specimens collected from dogs. Conclusions: The findings of this study support the need for future research on the microbial population present in ticks collected from dogs in China.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.441-453
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• 2019

Organic farming is considered an effective form of sustainable agricultural management. However, understanding of soil microbial diversity and composition under long-term organic and conventional farming is still limited and controversial. In this study, the Illumina MiSeq platform was applied to investigate the responses of soil bacterial and fungal diversity and compositions to organic farming (OF) and improved conventional farming (CF, applied straw retention) in the rice-wheat rotation system. The results highlighted that the alpha diversity of microbial communities did not differ significantly, except for higher bacterial diversity under OF. However, there were significant differences in the compositions of the soil bacterial and fungal communities between organic and conventional farming. Under our experimental conditions, through the ecological functional analysis of significant different or unique bacterial and fungal taxonomic members at the phyla and genus level, OF enhanced nitrogen, sulfur, phosphorus and carbon dynamic cycling in soil with the presence of Nodosilinea, Nitrospira, LCP-6, HB118, Lyngbya, GOUTA19, Mesorhizobium, Sandaracinobacter, Syntrophobacter and Sphingosinicella, and has the potential to strengthen soil metabolic ability with Novosphingobium. On the other hand, CF increased the intensity of nitrogen cycling with Ardenscatena, KD1-23, Iamia, Nitrosovibrio and Devosia, but enriched several pathogen fungal members, including Coniochaeta, Corallomycetella, Cyclaneusma, Cystostereum, Fistulina, Curvularia and Dissoconium.

• 환경생물
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.53-61
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• 2000

서울시 소재 지하수 중 중금속으로 오염되어 음용수 이외의 생활 용수로 사용하고 있는 1개 정점과 음용수로 사용하고 있는 1개 정점, 대조군으로 강화도 천연 동굴의 1개 정점을 대상으로 실험을 실시하였다. 지하수 세균군집의 유전적 다양성의 변화를 보기 위해 지하수 세균 군집에서 16SrDNA를 증폭하는 primer로 PCR(polymerase chain reaction)을 실시한 후 ARDRA(amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis) 지문 분석으로 비교하였다. 16S rDNA를 증폭하여 제한효소 지문분석을 한 결과 in situ와 음용수에서 유전적 다양성이 상대적으로 크게 나타났다. 지하수 세균 군집의 ARDRA지문 분석은 상이한 환경과 서식지를 반영한 유전적 차이를 빠르게 비교 분석할 수 있었으며 지하수의 오염도에 따른 미생물의 다양성(천연 동굴>음용수>오염수)을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.292-296
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• 2019

Soils amended for long-term with high levels of compost demonstrated greater abundance of bacterial members of the phylum Bacteroidetes whereas a decreasing trend in the relative abundance of phylum Acidobacteria was noted with increasing levels of compost. Metabolic profiles predicted by PICRUSt demonstrated differences in functional responses of the bacterial community according to the treatments. Soils amended with lower compost levels were characterized by abundance of genes encoding enzymes contributing to membrane transport and cell growth whereas genes encoding enzymes related to protein folding and transcription were enriched in soils amended with high levels of compost. Thus, the results of the current study provide extensive evidence of the influence of different compost levels on bacterial diversity and community structure in paddy soils.

• 한국해양학회지:바다
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.147-154
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• 2014

해양 환경에서 세균은 다양한 생지화학적 순환에 있어서 중요한 역할을 수행하고 있으며, 그들의 다양성에 대한 정보는 생태계에서 세균의 생지화학적 기능을 이해하는데 중요하다. 본 연구는 $CO_2$ 해양지중저장의 후보지인 동해 남부해역의 표층 퇴적물과 퇴적물 위의 저층 해수에서 최신 연구 기법인 pyrosequencing을 통하여 세균의 계절적 다양성을 분석함으로써, 동해 퇴적물 세균상의 특성을 이해하고자 하였다. 퇴적물에서는 대부분의 시기에 Gammaproteobacteria가 우점한 반면, 저층 해수에서는 Alphaproteobacteria가 우점하여 두 서식처에서 세균의 다양성은 큰 차이를 보였다. 또한 속 수준의 다양성 분석에서도 저층 해수에서는 대부분의 시기에 SAR11 그룹에 속하는 Pelagibacter가 가장 우점한 반면, 퇴적물 시료에서는 Gammaproteobacteria에 속하는 미동정 속이 가장 우점하였다. 그러나 두 서식처 모두에서 5% 이상의 점유율을 보인 속의 수는 10 속 미만으로 소수였으며, 낮은 점유율을 갖는 많은 종류의 세균들이 군집 내에 공존하는 공통적인 특성이 나타났다. 본 연구의 세균 다양성 연구는 동해 저층 해수 및 퇴적물의 세균 다양성에 대한 특성의 이해와 더불어 $CO_2$ 해양지중저장 사업의 진행에 따른 세균의 다양성 및 기능 변화에 대한 사전 자료 및 해역이용영향평가 배경 자료로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국환경과학회지
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• 제28권10호
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• pp.899-905
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• 2019

Recently, an innovative method for wastewater treatment and nutrient removal was developed by combining the sequence batch reactor and membrane bioreactor to overcome pollution caused by shipboard sewage. This system is a modified form of the activated sludge process and involves repeated cycles of mixing and aeration. In the present study, the bacterial diversity and dominant microbial community in this wastewater treatment system were studied using the MACROGEN next generation sequencing technique. A high diversity of bacteria was observed in anaerobic and aerobic bioreactors, with approximately 486 species. Microbial diversity and the presence of beneficial species are crucial for an effective biological shipboard wastewater treatment system. The Arcobacter genus was dominant in the anaerobic tank, which mainly contained Arcobacter lanthieri (8.24%), followed by Acinetobacter jahnsonii (5.81%). However, the dominant bacterial species in the aerobic bioreactor were Terrimonas lutea (7.24%) and Rubrivivax gelatinosus (4.95%).