• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.377-383
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• 1986

토양으로부터 carboxymethyl cellulase 및 intra-cellular $\beta$-glucosidase생산능력이 높은 방선균 No. 109균주를 분리하고 이 균주의 배양상 내지는 형태적 특성, 생리적 특성 그리고 세포벽 구성성분 등을 조사, 균동정을 행한 결과 No. 109 분리균은 Streptomyces tanashiensis 또는 그 유연균으로 동정되었다.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제42권5호
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• pp.461-467
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• 2009

A bacterial strain was screened and identified from sea sediments in Tongyeong coastal area in order to obtain proteases or peptidase cleaving C-terminal of glutamic acid. Strain TS0611, which showed the highest activity from 5 isolated protease producing strains, was selected and its properties investigated. Strain TS0611 was a gram-positive rod, $1.2\;{\mu}m$ in cell length, catalase positive, motility-positive, melanin-negative and grew at 15~$50^{\circ}C$, and hydrolyzed gelatin and casein. This strain was identified as Bacillus thuringiensis or Bacillus cereus based on results from the API system(API 50 CHB) which examined saccharides properties, fatty acid composition of cell wall, and 16S rRNA gene sequence.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.44-49
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• 2003

Effects of supplementation with ruminal epithelial cells on fiber-degrading activity and cell growth of Ruminococcus albus (R. albus, strain 7) was tested using a basal substrate of rice straw and formulated concentrate. Cultures of R. albus alone and R. albus with rumen protozoa were grown at $39^{\circ}C$ for 48 h with an 8.4% crude protein (CP) substrate, 33% of the CP supplemented with either ruminal epithelial cells or defatted soybean meal. The ruminal epithelial cells had lower amounts of rumen soluble and degradable protein fractions as compared to defatted soybean meal, as determined by an enzymatic method, and the same was found with amino acid composition of protein hydrolysates. Ruminal epithelial cells were directly utilized by the R. albus, and resulted in greater growth of cell-wall free bacteria compared to defatted soybean meal. The effect of epithelial cells on bacterial growth was enhanced by the presence of rumen protozoa. In consistency with cultures of R. albus and R. albus with rumen protozoa, fermentative parameters such as dry matter degradability and total volatile fatty acid did not differ between supplementation with ruminal epithelial cells or defatted soybean meal.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.292-304
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• 2018

Microbes is becoming increasingly forensic possibility as a consequence of advances in massive parallel sequencing (MPS) and bioinformatics. Human DNA typing is the best identifier, but it is not always possible to extract a full DNA profile namely its degradation and low copy number, and it may have limitations for identical twins. To overcome these unsatisfactory limitations, forensic potential for bacteria found in evidence could be used to differentiate individuals. Prokaryotic cells have a cell wall that better protects the bacterial nucleoid compared to the cell membrane of eukaryotic cells. Humans have an extremely diverse microbiome that may prove useful in determining human identity and may even be possible to link the microbes to the person responsible for them. Microbial composition within the human microbiome varies across individuals. Therefore, MPS of human microbiome could be used to identify biological samples from the different individuals, specifically for twins and other cases where standard DNA typing doses not provide satisfactory results due to degradation of human DNA. Microbial forensics is a new discipline combining forensic science and microbiology, which can not to replace current STR analysis methods used for human identification but to be complementary. Among the fields of microbial forensics, this paper will briefly describe information on the current status of microbiome research such as metagenomic code, salivary microbiome, pubic hair microbiome, microbes as indicators of body fluids, soils microbes as forensic indicator, and review microbial forensics as the feasibility of microbiome-based human identification.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.39-47
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• 2009

Gaegurin 4(GGN 4), an antimicrobial peptide isolated from a Korean frog, is five times more potent against Gram-positive than Gram-negative bacteria, but has little hemolytic activity. To understand the mechanism of such cell selectivity, we examined GGN4-induced $K^+$ efflux from target cells, and membrane conductances in planar lipid bilayers. The $K^+$ efflux from Gram-positive M. luteus(2.5 ${\mu}g/ml$) was faster and larger than that from Gram-negative E. coli(75 ${\mu}g/ml$), while that from RBC was negligible even at higher concentration(100 ${\mu}g/ml$). GGN4 induced larger conductances in the planar bilayers which were formed with lipids extracted from Gram-positive B. subtilis than in those from E. coli(p<0.01), however, the effects of GGN4 were not selective in the bilayers formed with lipids from E. coli and red blood cells. Addition of an acidic phospholipid, phosphatidylserine to planar bilayers increased the GGN4-induced membrane conductance(p<0.05), but addition of phosphatidylcholine or cholesterol reduced it(p<0.05). Transmission electron microscopy revealed that GGN4 induced pore-like damages in M. luteus and dis-layering damages on the outer wall of E. coli. Taken together, the present results indicate that the selectivity of GGN4 toward Gram-positive over Gram-negative bacteria is due to negative surface charges, and interaction of GGN4 with outer walls. The selectivity toward bacteria over RBC is due to the presence of phosphatidylcholine and cholesterol, and the trans-bilayer lipid asymmetry in RBC. The results suggest that design of selective antimicrobial peptides should be based on the composition and topology of membrane lipids in the target cells.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.66-70
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• 2018

Helminthostachys zeylanica is a rare plant grows in lightly shaded areas. The fern was traditionally used as antipyretic and antiphlogistic agents. This study was aimed to evaluate the antibacterial potential of H. zeylanica on foodborne Bacillus cereus. The chemical composition of its ethanolic extract was also determined. The plant samples were collected at Kampung Kebun Relong, Kedah, Malaysia. The ethanolic extract showed significant inhibitory activity on B. cereus with a sizeable clear zone detected on disc diffusion assay. On broth microdilution assay, the MIC of the extract on B. cereus was 6.25 mg/ml and the MBC was 12.5 mg/ml. The inhibitory activity of the extract on B. cereus was bactericidal. In the growth dynamic study, the antibacterial efficacy of the extract was concentration dependent, where a lower colony forming unit count was obtained with increased extract concentration. The SEM micrograph of extract treated B. cereus cells showed invaginations of cell wall. The bacterial cell structure collapsed after 24 h exposure to the extract. The GCMS analysis of the extract showed that the major constituents of the extract were phenol (36.26%) and quercetin (29.70%). This study is important as it shows the potential use of H. zeylanica as an effective agent to control B. cereus related infections.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.11-18
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• 2008

국내 간척지에서 생장한 양마(kenaf)의 생장특성을 이해하기 위하여 전보(이 등, 2007)와 동일한 시료를 이용하여 생장기간과 높이에 따른 조직 및 구성 세포의 비율, 섬유 길이 및 도관 직경을 광학현미경을 이용하여 측정하였다. 또한, 세포벽 중의 셀룰로오스 상대결정화도와 결정 폭을 X선회절법으로 측정하였다. 양마의 구성 비율은 사부 10~15%, 목부 66~82%, 수 7~19% 정도였는데, 줄기 높이와 생장기간에 따른 차이를 보였다. 사부내에서는 사부방사조직이 약 50%, 인피섬유가 약 20%, 피층, 사관 등 기타 요소가 30% 정도인 것으로 나타났다. 반면, 목부의 구성 비율은 목부섬유가 약 75%, 방사조직이 약 15%, 도관이 약 10%를 차지하였다. 양마목부의 세포벽 비율은 기부 30.92%, 최상부 46.40%로 최상부가 기부보다 높게 나타났다. 인피섬유의 길이는 줄기 기부에서 약 2.8 mm이고 높이가 증가할수록 감소되며 생장기간이 길어지면 다소 증가하는 경향을 보인 반면, 목부섬유 길이는 생장기간과 줄기 높이에 관계없이 약 0.9 mm의 안정된 값을 나타내었다. 도관의 방사 및 접선방향 직경은 생장기간이 길어질수록 증가하였고, 줄기 높이가 높아질수록 감소하였다. 상대결정화도는 사부에서 70~79%, 목부에서 50~56%로 사부가 높았고, 줄기 기부가 상부보다 다소 높게 나타났다. 셀룰로오스 결정 폭은 사부와 목부에서 약 3 nm로 거의 차이가 없었다. 결론적으로 각 조직과 조직 구성 요소의 비율 및 세포의 치수는 양마의 줄기 높이와 생장기간에 따라 차이를 보였지만 셀룰로오스의 결정구조는 차이가 없는 것으로 확인되었다.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제23권4호통권75호
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• pp.285-297
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• 1995

영지의 균사체를 분획화하여 ${\beta}-glucan$성 다당류인 ganoderan을 분리한 결과, 12%의 균체외성, 13%의 세포질성, 그리고 75%의 세포벽성 분획으로 각각 수획되었다. 각각의 분획들은 추출 부위와는 상관없이 포도당을 가장 많이 포함하고 있었으며, ${\beta}-glucan$의 특정을 지닌 다당류이었다. Ganoderan의 구성당 및 구성 아미노산은 균사체 추출부위에 따라 상이한 비율을 나타내었다. 이들의 생리적 활성을 검색한 결과, 항 보체 활성은 균체외성이며 수용성인 EXO-WS 분획이 38%로 가장 우수하였으며, 세포벽에서 추출한 알칼리 가용성이며 수용성인 CW-AS-WS 분획이 37%를 나타내었다. 항암활성은 CW-AS-WS 분획이 가장 우수하였으며 94%의 종양 억제율을 보였다. CW-AS-WS 는 평균 분자량 20kD로 80% 의 포도당으로 이루어진 ${\beta}-glucan$성 다당류이다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제32권3호
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• pp.249-255
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• 2022

대사는 생존과 번식에 필수적이다. 2020년에 업그레이드된 COG (cluster of orthologous proteins) 데이터베이스에는 "pathways" 항목이 있다. 본 연구에서는 COG pathways를 이용하여 1,309개의 원핵생물의 대사 경로를 분석하였다. 63개의 대사경로와 관련된 822개의 COG가 있었고, 각 분류단위의 대사관련 COG의 평균은 200.50개(phylum Mollicutes)에서 527.07개(phylum Cyanobacteria)의 사이였다. MPCR을 대사경로구성율(하나의 게놈에 존재하는 COG 수 / 각 대사 경로를 구성하는 COG의 총 수)로 정의하였다. MPCR이 100%인 대사경로의 수는 원핵생물에 따라 0에서 26의 범위였다. 다수의 원핵생물에서 100% MPCR인 대사경로는 세포벽 합성과 관련된 murein biosynthesis (922종), glycine cleavage (918종), ribosome 30S subunits (903종) 등이었다. MPCR이 0%인 대사경로(종의 수)는 photosystem I (1,263종), A/V (archaea/vacuolar)-type ATP synthase (1,028종) 및 Na⁺-translocation NADH dehydrogenase (976종) 등이었다. 원핵생물에 따라 3~49개의 대사경로를 전혀 수행할 수 없었다. MPCR의 보존성이 높은 대사경로의 순서는 ribosome 30S subunit (1,309종의 96.1%), murein biosynthesis (86.8%), arginine biosynthesis (80.4%), serine biosynthesis (80.3%) 및 aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (82.2%) 등이었다. 단백질과 세포벽 합성이 원핵생물에서 중요한 대사경로인 것을 알 수 있었다. 본 연구의 결과와 원핵생물 사이의 대사경로와 관련된 COG는 항생제 및 인공세포의 개발 등에 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.51-61
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• 2016

In order to provide recommendations on the most useful forage species to smallholder farmers, eleven grass and eleven legume forages grown in Abomey-Calavi in Republic of Benin were investigated for nutritive value (i.e. chemical composition and energy content) and fermentation characteristics (i.e. gas and volatile fatty acid production, organic matter degradability). The in vitro gas production technique was used, incubating the forages for 120 h under anaerobic condition with buffalo rumen fluid. Compared to legume, tropical grass forages showed lower energy (8.07 vs 10.57 MJ/kg dry matter [DM]) and crude protein level (16.10% vs 19.91% DM) and higher cell wall content (neutral detergent fiber: 63.8% vs 40.45% DM), respectively. In grass forages, the chemical composition showed a quite high crude protein content; the in vitro degradability was slightly lower than the range of tropical pasture. The woody legumes were richer in protein and energy and lower in structural carbohydrates than herbaceous plants, however, their in vitro results are influenced by the presence of complex compounds (i.e. tannins). Significant correlations were found between chemical composition and in vitro fermentation characteristics. The in vitro gas production method appears to be a suitable technique for the evaluation of the nutritive value of forages in developing countries.