• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.386-396
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• 2013

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation in tomato plants by Ralstonia solanacearum infection and the role of hydrogen peroxide ($H_2O_2$) and nitric oxide in tomato bacterial wilt control were demonstrated. During disease development of tomato bacterial wilt, accumulation of superoxide anion ($O_2{^-}$) and $H_2O_2$ was observed and lipid peroxidation also occurred in the tomato leaf tissues. High doses of $H_2O_2$ and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) nitric oxide donor showed phytotoxicity to detached tomato leaves 1 day after petiole feeding showing reduced fresh weight. Both $H_2O_2$ and SNP have in vitro antibacterial activities against R. solanacearum in a dose-dependent manner, as well as plant protection in detached tomato leaves against bacterial wilt by $10^6$ and $10^7$ cfu/ml of R. solanacearum. $H_2O_2$- and SNP-mediated protection was also evaluated in pots using soil-drench treatment with the bacterial inoculation, and relative 'area under the disease progressive curve (AUDPC)' was calculated to compare disease protection by $H_2O_2$ and/or SNP with untreated control. Neither $H_2O_2$ nor SNP protect the tomato seedlings from the bacterial wilt, but $H_2O_2$ + SNP mixture significantly decreased disease severity with reduced relative AUDPC. These results suggest that $H_2O_2$ and SNP could be used together to control bacterial wilt in tomato plants as bactericidal agents.

• Animal Bioscience
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• 제36권9호
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• pp.1453-1464
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• 2023

Objective: This study investigated the changes in bacterial communities within decomposing swine microcosms, comparing soil with or without intact microbial communities, and under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Methods: The experimental microcosms consisted of four conditions: UA, unsterilized soil-aerobic condition; SA, sterilized soil-aerobic condition; UAn, unsterilized soil-anaerobic condition; and San, sterilized soil-anaerobic condition. The microcosms were prepared by mixing 112.5 g of soil and 37.5 g of ground carcass, which were then placed in sterile containers. The carcass-soil mixture was sampled at day 0, 5, 10, 30, and 60 of decomposition, and the bacterial communities that formed during carcass decomposition were assessed using Illumina MiSeq sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene. Results: A total of 1,687 amplicon sequence variants representing 22 phyla and 805 genera were identified in the microcosms. The Chao1 and Shannon diversity indices varied in between microcosms at each period (p<0.05). Metagenomic analysis showed variation in the taxa composition across the burial microcosms during decomposition, with Firmicutes being the dominant phylum, followed by Proteobacteria. At the genus level, Bacillus and Clostridium were the main genera within Firmicutes. Functional prediction revealed that the most abundant Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes metabolic functions were carbohydrate and amino acid metabolisms. Conclusion: This study demonstrated a higher bacteria diversity in UA and UAn microcosms than in SA and SAn microcosms. In addition, the taxonomic composition of the microbial community also exhibited changes, highlighting the impact of soil sterilization and oxygen on carcass decomposition. Furthermore, this study provided insights into the microbial communities associated with decomposing swine carcasses in microcosm.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.269-275
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• 1988

연제품의 보존제로서 lysozyme의 효과를 검토하기 위하여, 부패된 연제품에서 7종의 대표 균주를 분리 선정하여 lysozyme에 의한 발육조지 효과와 hexametaphosphate와 pyrophosphate을 병용 첨가하였을 때의 발육조지 효과를 측정하고 각 균에 대한 항균제의 발육조지 농도를 측정한 후 가장 효과적인 농도를 게맛살, 어묵과 튀김어묵에 첨가 또는 침지하여 $30^{\circ}C$에 7일간 저장하면서 생균수, pH 및 VBN을 검사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 분리 세균 7종 중 6종의 균은 lysozyme에 의하열 발육이 억제되었으며, sodium hexametaphosphate와 sodium pyrophosphate를 병용 첨가하였을 때 그 발육조지 효과가 상승하였다. 발육조지 효과는 lysozyme + sodium hexametaphosphate + sodium pyrophosphate, lysozyme + sodium pyrophosphate, lysozyme + sodium hexametaphosphate, lysozyme의 순으로 높았으며 저항력이 제일 강하였던 1균주도 lysozyme$(0.05\%)$ + sodium pyrophosphate$(0.5\%)$ + sodium hexametaphosphate$(0.1\%)$를 첨가하였을 때 발육조지 효과가 비교적 좋았다.2. 게맛갈과 어묵은 lysozyme$(0.05\%)$ 단독 첨가보다 sodium pyrophosphate$(0.5)\%$와 sodium hexametaphosphate$(0.1\%)$를 병용 첨가하였을 때 세균발육 억제효과가 상승하였으나 직접 균의 배양 시험에서 보다 효과가 적었다. 튀김어묵을 lysozyme$(0.05\%)$ 단독 그리고, lysozyme$(0.05\%)$ + sodium pyrophosphate $(0.5\%)$ + sodium hexametaphosphate$(0.1\%)$ 용액에 5분간 침지 처리하였을 때 약간의 방부효과는 인정되었으나 sorbic acid$(0.2\%)$을 첨가한 것보다 효과가 적었다.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.245-251
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• 2007

Water extract of Cordyceps militaris grown upon Protuetja dreujtarsis (CMPD) was examined for the genetic toxicity-bacterial mutagenicity, chromosome aberration, and micronucleus formation. For mutagenicity assay, bacterial reversion test with Salmonella typhimurium TA98, TA100, TA1535, TA 1537, and E. coli WP2uvrA were performed. The extract at the concentrations of $50{\sim}5,000{\mu}g/plate$ did not induce mutagenicity at all. Chromosome aberration test was performed by using Chinese lung (CHL) cells. There was no significant chromosome aberration in CHL cells with S-9 mixture at the concentrations of $312.5{\sim}1,250{\mu}g/ml$ of the extract and without S-9 mixture at the concentrations of $1.2{\sim}19.5{\mu}g/ml$ of the extract. For micronucleus test, ICR mice were treated with the extract at the dose of 0.5, 1, and 2g/Kg. The frequencies of the micronucleated polychromatic erythrocytes (MNPCE) in bone marrow preparations of the extract-treated group were not increased compared to the untreated control group. Taken together, our results show that water extract of CMPD did not induce any harmful genotoxicity.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.244-248
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• 1987

자연 발효과정중에 GRam 향성 및 음성세균의 수를 신속하고동시에 측정할 t ndlT는 방법을 검토하였다. 본 연구에서는 일반적으로 사용되고 있는 Gram 염색법을 응용하였다. 그 결과로써 Gram 염색법에의 세균수는 분광광도계에 의한 혼탁도와 A610=0.7의 범위내에서 비례관계가 성립하였다. 염색조작중 세척에 의한 균의 제거는 약 8%를 초과하지 않았다. 그리고 Escherichia coli와 Micrococcus luteus의 혼합액에서 이들의 분리 측정에 대한 표준오차는 $5.1\pm2.3$%이었다. 계수가능범위는 $5.5\times 10^{7}-1.0\times 10^{9}$세포 / ml 이었다. 그러므로 일반적인 Gram 염색법은 Gram 양성 및 음성 개체군이 혼합된 배양약에서 이들을 분별 측정하는데도 적용될 수 있다고 본다. 실제적으로, 대마침지와 김치 발효과정에서 균 생장의 동역학적 관계를 검토하였다.

• 자원환경지질
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.335-342
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• 2009

감마선을 조사(照射)하거나 조사하지 않은 두 경우의 Bacillus Subtilis를 대상으로 하여 박테리아 세포 붕괴(lysis)를 유도한 후 방출된 유기 분자가 pH 7 조건에서 석영 용해 속도에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 시간이 경과하며 석영과 박테리아 혼합 슬러리에서 용존 유기탄소(dissolved organic carbon; DOC) 함량이 증가하였으며 이는 박테리아 투입량과 대체적으로 비례하는 것으로 보아 박테리아 세포 붕괴의 결과인 것으로 판단되었다. 방사선을 조사하지 않은 박테리아를 투입하였을 경우, 시간이 경과하며 박테리아를 투입하지 않은 화학적 비교 슬러리에 비해 높은 함량의 규소가 용출되어 나왔다. DOC 함량과 용해되어 나온 규소 함량간에 나타난 좋은 상관관계는 규소 용출의 원인이 박테리아 세포 붕괴에 의해 방출된 DOC에서 비롯되었음을 나타낸다. 한편 방사선을 조사한 박테리아의 세포 붕괴 산물은 방사선을 조사하지 않은 경우에 비하여 단위 DOC 함량당 매우 높은 농도의 규소를 용출시켰다. 이 때 관찰되는 규소 용출은 방사선이 조사되었을 때 교란된 박테리아 내부의 유기 분자가 방사선을 조사하지 않은 박테리아에 비하여 석영을 보다 효과적으로 용해할 수 있는 유기 분자로 변화하였기 때문으로 판단된다. 이 결과는 고준위 방사성 폐기물 처 분장에서 누출된 핵종이 지표 생태계에 도달하는데 소요되는 시간을 예측할 때 처분장 주변 대수층 암석의 풍화 속도 촉진에 미치는 박테리아 세포 붕괴의 영향을 고려해야 함을 나타낸다.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.165-173
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• 2011

Five types of meju were prepared from 100% defatted soybean (DFSG0), a mixture of 90% DFS and 10% glasswort (DFSG1), a mixture of 80% DFS and 20% glasswort (DFSG2), a mixture of 70% DFS and 30% glasswort (DFSG3), and a mixture of 60% DFS and 40% glasswort (DFSG4). Five types of kanjang were separately prepared from the 5 types of meju by ripening in brine for 6 months. The contents of certain minerals (Mg, Ca, Fe, Mn, and Zn), organic acids (citric acid, malic acid) and the antioxidative effects in the kanjang were increased in proportion to the glasswort content in the meju. However, the free amino acid contents in the kanjang were reduced in proportion to the glasswort content in the meju. DFSG1- and DFSG2-kanjang did not show distinct differences from DFSG0-kanjang based on aroma, flavor, and taste that were compared simply by panel tests. The bacterial and fungal community in the fermented meju and kanjang was not affected by the addition of glasswort to the meju-making process. Bacteria belonging to the Lactobacillus and Bacillus genera and the Lactobacillus family predominated, and yeasts belonging to the Saccharomyces genus and fungi belonging to the Aspergillus genus predominated in the fermented meju and kanjang. In conclusion, the glasswort was a supplement that nutritionally improved the kanjang (except for free amino acid contents) but didn't influence the growth of microorganisms that are responsible for the fermentation of meju and kanjang.

• BMB Reports
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.112-119
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• 2000

Three kinds of serine protease inhibitors, members of the Bowman-Birk trypsin inhibitor, were purified from Dolichos lablab seeds and named Dolichos protease inhibitor 1, 2 and 3 (DI-1, DI-2 and DI-3), respectively. Each inhibitor showed a single band with gel mobility at around 15.9, 12.1 and 14.6 kDa on 20% SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions. To characterize inhibitory specificity, the inhibition constant (Ki) for these inhibitors was measured against several known serine proteases. All three Dolichos protease inhibitors (DI-1, DI-2 and DI-3) inhibited the activity of trypsin and plasmin, but had no effect on thrombin and kallikrein (either for human plasma kallikrein or for porcine pancreas kallikrein). DI-1 inhibited chymotrypsin most effectively (Ki = $3.6{\times}10^{-9}\;M$), while DI-2 displayed inhibitory activity for porcine pancreatic elastase (Ki = $6.2{\times}10^{-8}\;M$). Pre-treatment of the 33 mg/kg of DI-mixture (active fractions from $C_{18}$ open column chromatography that included DI-1, DI-2 and DI-3) inhibited the induction of pseudomonal elastase-induced septic hypotension and prevented an increase in bradykinin generation in pseudomonal elastase-treated guinea pig plasma. Also, the increase of kallikrein activity, by injection of pseudomonal elastase, was inhibited by the pretreatment of the DI-mixture in a guinea pig. Since the DI-mixture had no inhibitory effect on kallikrein activity when Z-Phe-Arg-MCA was used as a substrate in vitro, its inhibitory activity in the pseudomonal elastase-induced septic hypotension model might not be due to a direct inhibition of plasma kallikrein in the activation cascade of the Hageman factor and prekallikrein system. These results suggest that the Dolichos DI-mixture might be used as an inhibitor in pathogenic bacterial protease-induced septic shock.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.569-575
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• 2002

Two bacterial strains capable of degrading trichloroethylene (TCE), isolated form soils contaminated with various chlorinated alkenes, were identified as Alcaligenes odorous N6 and Nocardia sp. Hl7. In addition, four KCTC strains, including three strains of Pseudomonas putida and one strain of Sphingomonas chlorophenolica, exhibited an ability to degrade toluene. A. odorans N6 and Nocardia sp. H17 degraded 84% of the initial amount of TCE in a basal salts medium (BSM), containing 0.2 mM TCE as the sole source of carbon and energy, in a day. The optimal pH for growth was within a range of 7.0-8.0. A mixed culture of the four toluene-degrading isolates degraded 95% of 0.2 mM TCE with 1.5 mM toluene as an inducer, whereas no TCE was degraded by the same mixture without an inducer. When a mixed culture of all 6 isolates was used, the degradation efficiency of 0.2 mM TCE was 72% without an inducer, in a day, and 82% with toluene as an inducer. In a continuous treatment, 1,000 mg/1 of TCE in an artificial wastewater was completely removed within 18 h when an activated sludge was used along with the microbial mixture, which was 27 h laster than when only an activated sludge was used. Accordingly, it would appear that such a microbial mixture could be effectively applied to the biological treatment of wastewater containing TCE with or without an inducer.

• 상하수도학회지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.571-580
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• 2008

The influence of bacterial stress on anaerobic hydrogen-producing microorganisms was investigated in batch tests using serum bottles. Several physical and chemical stresses (i.e., heating, adding methane producing inhibitor and chemical acidification) were adapted as a pretreament of the seed sludge. In this experiment, the cultivation temperature were set at mesophilic ($35^{\circ}C$) and thermophilic conditions ($55^{\circ}C$) with adjusting pH at 5, 6, and 7 when using the mixture of food waste and activated sludge as a substrate. In conjunction with the pretreatment, hydrogen production was significantly enhanced as compared with that from untreated sludge. However, less biogas (hydrogen and methane) was produced without the pH control, resulted from the decrease of pH to below 4, mainly due to the formation of VFAs. Hydrogen and carbon dioxide gas were analyzed as main components of the biogas while methane not detected. With an application of chemical acidification, the highest hydrogen production value of 248 ml/l/day achieved at pH 7 and $35^{\circ}C$. In addition, more hydrogen gas produced when the ratio of butyric/acetic acid ratio increased. The optimum pH and temperature for hydrogen production were found to be 7 and $35^{\circ}C$, respectively.