• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.123-129
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• 2008

To isolate Bacillus cereus presenting at a level of 5 log CFU/g in kochujang, a primary dilution ($10^{-1}$) of kochujang was heated at $85^{\circ}C$ for 5 min. Two isolated strains Voges-Proskauer positive colony (KBC) and a negative colony (KBM) were identified as B. cereus and Bacillus mycoides, respectively, by biochemical test and 16S rDNA sequencing. $D_{100^{\circ}C}$-Values of KBC and KBM strains was 8.37 and 7.08 min, respectively. When spores of KBC strain were inoculated to kochujang at the level of 4-5 log spores/g, the number of spores was no significant difference (p<0.05) for each sample from 1 up to 60 day of aging. When kochujang was inoculated with 4 log spores/g and heated at $85^{\circ}C$ for 15 min, the number of spores was similar to that of unheated kochujang. Therefore, we estimated that B. cereus isolated from kochujang resistant on the heat treatment ($85^{\circ}C$, 15 min) and its heat resistance characteristics could be used to count the number in kochtjang.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.96-103
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• 2017

Nocardia species (spp.) are opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised hosts. The genus Nocardia contains more than 70 species. Nocardia takedensis has been recently reported as a new species of the genus Nocardia. In this study, we describes the first clinical isolate of N. takedensis from the skin lesion in Busan, Korea. For the identification of clinical isolate to the species level as N. takedensis, classical methods (colony morphology, biochemical characteristics, and antimicrobial susceptibility), molecular method (16S rRNA gene sequencing), and MS (mass spectrometry) analysis were conducted. Clinical isolates grew slowly on the culture media (5% sheep blood agar and chocolate agar) under 5% $CO_2$ condition. Especially, carotene pigmentation was detected well on the media. Using mass spectrometry, Nocardia isolate was not identified to the species level. However, molecular method based on 16S rRNA sequencing confirmed the isolate as N. takedensis correctly. N. takedensis isolate was partial positive for acid-fast bacilli on the Ziehl-Neelsen method. And it was observed to be resistance to amoxicillin/clavulanic acid and ciprofloxacin. Our results provide useful information to develop optimal identification protocol of N. takedensis in clinical diagnostic laboratories.

• Mycobiology
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.171-175
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• 2010

Metacordyceps yongmunensis is a newly reported species from Korea, which is very similar to Cordyceps species in morphological characters. It grows on large lepidopteran pupa, and numerous white stromata grow on a single host. Mycelial growth characteristics of M. yongmunensis isolates were studied in different media and at different temperatures. Also, different carbon sources, nitrogen sources, and mineral salts were tested for mycelial growth of M. yongmunensis. Schizophyllum (mushroom) genetics complete medium plus yeast extract, Schizophyllum (mushroom) genetics minimal medium, and Martin's peptone dextrose agar produced longer colony diameters and more compact mycelial density than other media. The optimum temperature for mycelial growth was $25^{\circ}C$. Carbon sources such as sucrose, soluble starch, dextrose, glucose, dextrin, maltose, and fructose showed better mycelial growth, whereas peptone, yeast extract and tryptone resulted in the best mycelial growth of all of the nitrogen sources tested. All of the mineral salts tested showed similar growth as the control, except $K_2HPO_4$ which showed longer colony diameter and more compact mycelial density. The compact colonies were white and cottony with a greenish margin. The results showed that M. yongmunensis is an easy fungus to growas it grew from 30 to more than 50 mm in 2 wk.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.227-233
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• 2000

Preset study was carried out to evaluate characteristics of lactic acid producing bacteria(LAB) in hen's cecum as probiotics value. Distribution of LAB in intestinal tracts was investigated using 5∼25 weeks - old hens. So, 12 strains to LAB with different morphology were isolated purely. Acid tolerance of LAB tested at pH 1, 2, 3, and 4, and bile resistant also tested at 0, 0.3% and 0.5% bile salt concentration. Growth pattern of LAB observed to 60h. All strains of cecal LAB couldn't survive at pH 1, and decreased linearly survival colony after incubation at pH 2 although some strains could survive for 2h. Most of LAB maintained constant number at pH 3 and 4. The bacterial action could increase linearly at 0% bile salt concentration in all of tested strains. However, only one strain could multiply at 0.3% bile salt, others were influenced by bile salt. That tendency was similar at 0.5% bile salt. Growth was peaked at 12 to 18 h after innoculation. After peak, the decreasing pattern of colony was different to strains which some strains decreased rapidly or maintained for long time. The LAB of hen's cecum was similar to intolerance acidity, but different to resistant to bile salt and growth pattern by strain. So, we choose three strains which have probiocs value, and identified as Lactobacillus amylovorus LLA7, Lactobacillus crispatus LLA9 and Lactobacillus vaginalis LLA11.

• 한국임상수의학회지
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.323-329
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• 2023

Peripheral blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells (PB-MSCs) have shown promise in cell-based therapy, as they can be harvested with ease through minimally invasive procedures. This study aimed to isolate PB-MSCs from foals and mares and to compare the proliferation and cellular characteristics of the PB-MSCs between the two groups. Six pairs of mares and their foals were used in this study. MSCs were isolated from PB by direct plating in a tissue culture medium, and cell proliferation (population doubling time [PDT], and colony-forming unit-fibroblast assay [CFU-F]), and characterization (morphology, plastic adhesiveness, colony formation, trilineage differentiation) were examined. There was no significant difference in the PB-MSC yield, CFU-F, and PDT between the mares and foals. PB-MSCs from both mares and foals showed typical MSC characteristics in terms of spindle-shaped morphology, plastic adhesive properties, formation of colonies, trilineage differentiation. These results suggest that PB-MSCs isolated from horses, both adult horses, and foals, can be used for equine cell-based therapy.

• Current Research on Agriculture and Life Sciences
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• 제12권
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• pp.69-82
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• 1994

6개(個) 품종(品種)의 대두(大豆)로 부터 분리(分離)된 대두(大豆) 근류균(根瘤菌)의 생리적(生理的) 특성(特性) 및 plasmid DNA의 분리(分離)를 조사(調査)한 결과(結果)는 다음과 같다. YEM 배지(培地)에서 S117, S118, 011, DY-1균주(菌株)는 생육속도(生育速度)가 느리고 alkaline 반응(反應)을 나타내었으며, S110, S111, S114, S115, S116, S120, 010균주(菌株)들은 생육속도(生育速度)가 빠르고 산반응(酸反應)을 나타내었다. fast-growing형(型)과 slow-growing형(型) R. japonicum은 모두 극모성 또는 주모성 편모(鞭毛)를 가진 그람 음성(陰性) 간균(桿菌)이며, 한천 평판에서 점액성(粘液性)이 있는 유백색(乳白色) colony를 형성(形成) 하였다. 접종(接種) 7일후(後), fast-growing형(型)의 colony는 직경(直徑)이 2.0-4.0mm였고, slow-growing 형(型)의 colony는 대체로 0.5-1.5였다. fast-growing형(型)은 pH4.5에서 한결같이 감수성(感受性)이 있고, pH9.5에 내성(耐性)이 있는 반면 slow-growing형(型)은 정반대로 나타났다. 조사(調査)된 균주(菌株)들은 모두 생육(生育)을 위한 탄소원(炭素源)으로써 glucose를 이용(利用)하였으며, 010과 321을 제외하고 모든 균주는 starch는 전혀 이용(利用)하지 못하였으며 fast-growing형(型) 만이 sucrose를 이용(利用)하였다. 조사(調査)된 slow-growing R. japonicum은 일반적으로 15-250kb 정도(程度)의 1-3개(個)의 plasmid DNA를 함유하는 반면, fast-growing R. japonicum은 20-250kb정도(程度)의 1-3개(個)의 plamid DNA를 함유(含有)하고 있었다.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.139-143
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• 2016

본 연구에서는 김의 위생상 안전성 확보를 위해 전자선조사 선량에 따른 미생물의 저감화 효과를 확인하고 전자선저항성 세균을 분리 동정하였다. 시중에서 시판되고 있는 건조 김에 4 kGy와 7 kGy 선량으로 전자선을 각각 조사한 후 총균수를 측정하였으며, 대조구 ($1.5{\pm}0.2){\times}10^6CFU/g$와 비교 시, ($5.4{\pm}0.5){\times}10^4CFU/g$와 ($1.1{\pm}0.6){\times}10^4CFU/g$로 각각 유의적으로 감소함을 알 수 있었다, 또한 방사선 저항성세균의 수는 조사선량이 증가함에 따라 붉은색 colony수의 변화는 거의 없었으나 노란색 colony의 수는 유의적으로 감소하여 7 kGy에서는 발견되지 않음을 알 수 있었다. 방사선 저항성 세균을 순수 분리하여 형태학적 생화학적 특성을 살펴본 결과 붉은색과 노란색 colony 모두 구균의 그람양성이었으며 catalase test에서 양성반응을 나타내었고 3%와 5%의 NaCl 함유 배지에서 생육이 가능함을 알 수 있었다. 균주 동정 결과 붉은색 colony는 D. proteolyticus와 D. piscis로, 노란색 colony는 M. flavus와 M. luteus로 각각 확인되었다.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.58-65
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• 2014

Bumblebees are important pollinators of crops and wildflowers. Bumblebees generally produce one generation per year. One of the key stages for year-round rearing of bumblebees is breaking diapause. To evaluate the effects of a combination method of $CO_2$-narcosis and cold treatment to break the diapause of B. ignitus and B. terrestris queens, we determined whether this method affected their ability to establish a colony after the diapause break. The diapause treatment regimes that were utilized were $CO_2$ ($CO_2$-narcosis), CT-1M (cold treatment at $5^{\circ}C$ for 1 mo), CT-1M-$CO_2$ ($CO_2$-narcosis after cold treatment for 1 mo), CT-2M-$CO_2$ ($CO_2$-narcosis after cold treatment for 2 mo), CT-2M (cold treatment for 2 mo), CT-2.5M-$CO_2$ ($CO_2$-narcosis after cold treatment for 2.5 mo) and CT-2.5M (cold treatment at $5^{\circ}C$ for 2.5 mo). In view of the effects on the colony developmental characteristics of B. ignitus queens, the most favorable diapause treatment was CT-1M-$CO_2$. A combination method of $CO_2$-narcosis and cold temperature treatment yielded better results than that of single $CO_2$-narcosis or cold temperature treatment on the colony development of diapause-broken B. ignitus queens. In the case of B. terrestris queens, we concluded that a combination method of $CO_2$ and cold temperature treatment yielded better results than that of a single cold-temperature (up to 2 mo) treatment. In conclusion, the findings of the present study indicated that the combined application of $CO_2$ and cold temperature was a favorable method for the colony development of diapause-broken B. ignitus and B. terrestris queens compared with only $CO_2$-narcosis or cold temperature treatments. A combination method of $CO_2$ and cold treatment reduced the side effect of $CO_2$-narcosis and shortened the duration of cold treatment by at least 1 mo.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.111-115
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• 2002

천연 황색소 생산을 위하여 Monascus anka Nakazawa et Sato IFO 4478(KCCM l1832 strain) 균주를 모균주로 하여 UV 조사 및 NTG(N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine)처리 및 이들 방법을 병용하는 방법을 사용하여 모균주와는 색소생성 특성이 다르게 황색소를 단일성분으로 생성하는 변이주를 분리하고 그 특성을 조사하였다. leucine, cystein, aspartic acid, glutamic acid 와 asparagine 등 5종의 아미노산에 대한 영양요구주를 분리하였고 이중 asparagine 영양요구주 Y7은 colony 형태와 균사의 직경에서 약간의 차이를 나타내지만 전형적인 Monascus 균주의 특성을 지니고 있었으며 특히 유성생식에 의한 번식 특성이 강하여 색소 생성에 유리한 조건을 지니고 있었다. 그리고 Y7은 밝은 색조의 황색소를 단일 성분으로 생성하며 10대 이상의 계대배양에서도 색소 생성 특성이 안정하였고 색소 생성량이 모균주보다 약 2.2배 높은 값을 나타내고 있었다. 이때 생성된 황색소는 373 nm에서 단일 흡수 peak를 나타내고 물, 에탄올 등 극성용매에 대한 용해성이 높은 특성을 나타내며 생성된 색소의 대부분이 균체 밖으로 배출되는 특성을 지니고 있었다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.395-407
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• 1999

The queens of Korean native bumblebee species, Bombus ignitus were collected from the field in the spring of 1997 and reared under the various temperatures as 15$^{\circ}C$$\pm$1$^{\circ}C$, 2$0^{\circ}C$$\pm$1$^{\circ}C$, $25^{\circ}C$ $\pm$1$^{\circ}C$, 3$0^{\circ}C$$\pm$1$^{\circ}C$, 60%$\pm$5% of relative humidity and 14L : 10D, to investigate their ecological characteristics, as comparing with control(29$^{\circ}C$$\pm$1$^{\circ}C$, 60%$\pm$5% of relative humidity and red light). As a result, eggs were laid by foundation queen at 15$^{\circ}C$, but they didn't hatched out while at 2$0^{\circ}C$ eggs were laid by them and they hatched out. When a foundation queen laid eggs at $25^{\circ}C$ and they all were hatched out and normally grown. Finally they were developed to the normal colony. B. ignitus worker survived for 77days at 2$0^{\circ}C$, about 69days at $25^{\circ}C$, about 68days at 3$0^{\circ}C$ and about 63days at 29$^{\circ}C$(control). The first brood workers emerged in 25-27days from the egg which a foundation queen laid. At the various temperatures, the captive queens stand to lay eggs in about 18days at 15$^{\circ}C$, 15days at 2$0^{\circ}C$, 11days at $25^{\circ}C$, 11days at 3$0^{\circ}C$ and 4days in control. The first worker and the first drone from the egg cell of the collected queens appeared in about 27days and 72days at 2$0^{\circ}C$, 26days and 88days in $25^{\circ}C$, 24days and 65days at 3$0^{\circ}C$, 25days and 71days in control, respectively. In colony foundation, 33% of the collected queen at 2$0^{\circ}C$ and $25^{\circ}C$, 100% of the disposed queen at 3$0^{\circ}C$ and in control, and 67% of them at 3$0^{\circ}C$ and in control both produced new queens in 66days and 88days, respectively. The life span of the colony founded covered fro about 3 months at $25^{\circ}C$, 3$0^{\circ}C$ and in control. At lower temperatures, the life span of queen is shorter; 2 months at 15$^{\circ}C$ and 3 months at 2$0^{\circ}C$, respectively. A colony which normally developed, varied in size with rearing temperatures; about 20heads at 2$0^{\circ}C$, 482heads at $25^{\circ}C$, 330heads at 3$0^{\circ}C$ and 452heads in control. A foundation queen monthly oviposited 1.5egg cells at 15$^{\circ}C$, 3.0egg cells at 2 $0^{\circ}C$, 21.7egg cells at $25^{\circ}C$, 42.3egg cells at 3$0^{\circ}C$ and 47.0egg cells in control. As a colony developed in June and July, egg cells as well as daily average cells increased in number, as compared to those in May and August. Also, in June and July, interval(days) of egg laying is shorter than in May and August. Number of nectar pots during the colony development varied with rearing temperatures; 31pots at $25^{\circ}C$, 39pots at 3$0^{\circ}C$, 23pots in control. The emergence of new queen showed a distinctively different two patterns; early emerging type and late emerging type. Workers are rapidly increased from early in July to early in August at $25^{\circ}C$, but at 3$0^{\circ}C$ and in control, emergence of workers are remarkably increased from the middle of June and last until July. No new queen emerged at 15$^{\circ}C$, 2$0^{\circ}C$ and $25^{\circ}C$. New queens at 3$0^{\circ}C$ and in control emerged between late in June and early in July. Thus emergence of new queen was temperature dependent.