• 대한본초학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.7-16
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• 2013

Objectives : Brassica campestris var narinosa (BCN), Canavalia gladiata DC semen (CGD) and their combinational prescription (BCN+CGD) have been use to demonstrate to regulate hematopoiesis. In the current study, we investigated whether Brassica campestris var narinosa, Canavalia gladiata DC semen and their combinational prescription is related to hemato-potentiating function using Sca-$1^+$ hematopoietic stem cells (Sca-$1^+HSCs$) as a testing system. Methods : Sca-$1^+HSCs$ isolated from femur in C57bl/6 mice with leukopenia and thrombocytopenia induced by cyclophosphamide (CTX). Then, Real-time PCR was performed to measure the mRNA expression, ELISA and haematopoiesis-related gene (EPO, TPO, IL-3, SCF, c-kit, GM-CSF), the phosphorylation of JAK2, GATA-1 and STAT-5a/b were observed by western blot, and the numbers of $CD117^+/Sca-1^+$ cell and the number of granulocyte erythrocyte monocyte macrophage colony-forming units (CFU-GEMM) and erythroid burst forming units (BFU-E), semisolid clonogenic assay was performed. Result : When Sca-$1^+HSCs$ were treated with Brassica campestris var narinosa, Canavalia gladiata DC semen and their combinational prescription with rIL-3/rSCF, the expression of haematopoiesis-related (EPO, TPO, IL-3, SCF, c-kit, and GM-CSF) were significantly increased at the levels of mRNA as well as production in Sca-$1^+HSCs$. Additionally, CGS enhanced phosphorylation of JAK2, GATA-1, and signal transducer and activator of transcription-5a/b (STAT-5a/b) in Sca-$1^+HSCs$. Furthermore, their combinational prescription (BCN+CGD) significantly enhanced the growth rate of granulocyte erythrocyte monocyte macrophage colony-forming units (CFU-GEMM) and erythroid burst forming units (BFU-E) in vitro. Conclusion : These result suggest that Brassica campestris var narinosa (BCN) and Canavalia gladiata DC have hematopoietic enhancement via hematopoietic cytokine-mediated JAK2/GATA-1/STAT-5a/b pathway, and their combinational prescription (BCN+CGD) has superior hematopoietic enhancement to those of individual extracts.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.1286-1298
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• 2005

The genus Paenibacillus is a new group of bacilli separated from the genus Bacillus, and most of species have been isolated from soil. In the present study, we collected 450 spore-forming bacilli from the roots of winter crops, such as barley, wheat, onion, green onion, and Chinese cabbage, which were cultivated in the southern part of Korea. Among these 450 isolates, 104 Paenibacillus-like isolates were selected, based on their colony shape, odor, color, and endospore morphology, and 41 isolates were then finally identified as Paenibacillus spp. by 16S rDNA sequencing. Among the 41 Paenibacillus isolates, 23 were classified as P. polymyxa, a type species of the genus Paenibacillus, based on comparison of the 16S rDNA sequences with those of 32 type strains of the genus Paenibacillus from the GenBank database. Thirty-five isolates among the 41 Paenibacillus isolates exhibited antagonistic activity towards plant fungal and bacterial pathogens, whereas 24 isolates had a significant growth-enhancing effect on cucumber seedlings, when applied to the seeds. An assessment of the root-colonization capacity under gnotobiotic conditions revealed that all 41 isolates were able to colonize cucumber roots without any significant difference. Twenty-one of the Paenibacillus isolates were shown to contain the nifH gene, which is an indicator of $N_{2}$ fixation. However, the other 20 isolates, including the reference strain E681, did not incorporate the nifH gene. To investigate the diversity of the isolates, a BOX-PCR was performed, and the resulting electrophoresis patterns allowed the 41 Paenibacillus isolates to be divided into three groups (Groups A, B, and C). One group included Paenibacillus strains isolated mainly from barley or wheat, whereas the other two groups contained strains isolated from diverse plant samples. Accordingly, the present results showed that the Paenibacillus isolates collected from the rhizosphere of winter crops were diverse in their biological and genetic characteristics, and they are good candidates for further application studies.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제13권6호
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• pp.881-891
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• 2003

Paenibacillus polymyxa is a plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium (PGPR) which can be used for biological control of plant diseases. Several bacterial strains were isolated from rotten roots of Korean ginseng (Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer) that were in storage. These strains were identified as P. polymyxa, based on a RAPD analysis using a P. polymyxa-specific primer, cultural and physiological characteristics, an analysis utilizing the Biolog system, gas chromatography of fatty acid methyl esters (GC-FAME), and the 16S rDNA sequence analysis. These strains were found to cause the rot in stored ginseng roots. Twenty-six P. polymyxa strains, including twenty GBR strains, were phylogenetically classified into two groups according to the ERIC and BOX-PCR analyses and 16S rDNA sequencing, and the resulting groupings systematized to the degrees of virulence of each strain in causing root rot. In particular, highly virulent GBR strains clustered together, and this group may be considered as subspecies or biovar. The virulence of the strains seemed to be related to their starch hydrolysis enzyme activity, but not their cellulase or hemicellulase activity, since strains with reduced or no starch-hydrolytic activity showed little or no virulence. Artificial inoculation of the highly virulent strain GBR-1 onto the root surfaces of Korean ginseng resulted in small brown lesions which were sunken and confined to the outer portion of the root. Ginseng root discs inoculated in vitro or two-year-old roots grown in soil drenched with the inoculum developed significant rot only when the inoculum density was $10^{6}-10^{7}$ or more colony-forming units (CFU) per ml. These results suggest that P. polymyxa might induce ginseng root rot if their population levels are high. Based on these results, it is recommended that the concentration of P. polymyxa should be monitored, when it is used as a biocontrol agent of ginseng, especially in the treatment of stored roots.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.509-516
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• 2010

토양으로부터 농화배양된 두 미생물 군집의 디젤 분해 특성과 미생물의 군집 양상을 살펴보았다. 간균 형태를 띄는 두 군집은 육안으로 뚜렷히 구별되는 황색(YE-5)과 투명한 형태(WH-5)의 콜로니를 형성하였으며 1% 디젤 오염된 배지에서 26일간 배양하였을 때 디젤 분해율은 99.07 mg-Diesel/$L{\cdot}day$와 57.82 mg-Diesel/$L{\cdot}day$로 YE-5가 약 1.7배정도의 빠른 분해속도를 나타내었다. YE-5에 의한 디젤의 분해양상은 $C_8-C_{24}$ 전반에 걸쳐고르게 분해되는 양상을 보여주었다. PCR-DGGE 기법을 이용하여 YE-5를 동정한 결과 Psedomonas, Klebsiella, Escherichia, Stenotrophomonas 등이 관찰 되었으며 모두 단백세균에 속하는 것으로 분석 되었고 YE-5에서만 Uncultured Stenotrophomonas sp.가 관찰되었다. 본 실험을 통해 디젤의 효과적 분해를 위해 적절한 군집의 조합이 필요하다는 것을 알 수 있었으며 Escherichia hermannii나 Uncultured Stenotrophomonas sp.와 같은 기 보고되지 않은 종들이 디젤 분해에 미치는 영향에 관한 후속연구가 필요할 것으로 판단하였다.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2013

연구배경 및 목적 표피성장인자수용체(EGFR)는 HER2/neu(erbB2), HER3(erbB3), HER4(erbB4)를 포함하는 receptor tyrosine ki-nase의 erbB 그룹에 속하는 수용체이다. 표피성장인자수용체의 과발현은 다양한 종류의 암, 특히 두경부편평세포암에서 예후를 악화시킨다고 알려져 있다. 이에 저자들은 하인두편평세포암에서 표피성장인자수용체의 발현 및 분포를 확인하고, 하인두암에서 표피성장인자(EGF)가 암세포의 증식과 침습에 미치는 영향에 대해 알아보고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법 57명의 하인두편평세포암 환자의 조직에서 표피성장인자수용체의 발현을 면역화학적염색을 통해 확인하고, 이에 대해 임상병리학적 요인과 생존율에 대한 분석을 시행하고, 일부 환자의 정상 및 암조직에서 Western blot을 시행하였다. 하인두편평세포암 세포주인 FaDu에서 proliferative assay, colony dispersion, wound healing assay, invasion assay를 시행하여, 하인두암의 진행에서 표피성장인자의 역할에 대하여 분석하였다. 또한 RT-PCR과 Zymography를 통하여 Matrix metalloproteinase(MMP)-2, 9의 발현을 확인하였다. 결 과 63.2%의 하인두편평세포암 조직에서 표피성장인자수용체의 발현이 확인되었다. 표피성장인자수용체의 발현은 정상조직에서 비하여 하인두암 조직에서 유의하게 증가되어 있었으며, 병리학적 병기(p=0.022)가 올라갈수록 유의하게 증가하였으나, 증례수의 제한으로 생존율에서는 통계적 유의성을 얻지는 못했다(p=0.053). in vitro의 결과로 표피성장인자를 FaDu 세포주에 처리하였을 때, FaDu 세포주의 증식이 유의하게 증가되었으며(p<0.05), Transwell invasion chamber상 침습의 증가가 확인되었다(p<0.05). RT-PCR과 zymogram 실험상 표피성장인자처리시 FaDu 세포주의 MMP-2, 9이 발현이 증가되고 활성화되는 것이 확인하였다. 결 론 본 연구에서 표피성장인자수용체의 과발현이 하인두암의 예후 인자로서의 가능성을 확인하였고, 표피성장인자가 하인두편평세포암의 증식과 침습에 관여하는 것을 확인하였다.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.26-31
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• 2009

우리나라의 전통 발효 식품인 젓갈로부터 배양 분리법과 분자생물학적 분석법을 이용하여 원핵 세균 군집을 분석하고, 신규 미생물 분리를 목표로 하였다. 젓갈은 생산 지역과 주재료를 고려하여 17 종을 선정하였으며, 이들 젓갈 시료를 적정 희석배수로 희석하여 12종류의 미생물 선택배지에 도말, 배양한 후 나타난 집락(colony)을 형태학적 특성에 따라 무작위로 308개를 선정하여 분리하였다. 순수 분리된 미생물은 PCR 방법을 이용하여 16S rRNA 유전자의 염기서열을 분석한 후, 기존에 보고된 미생물 database와 비교함으로서 17종의 젓갈 내 미생물 군집을 확인하였다. 젓갈의 발효 및 숙성 과정에 관여하는 lactic acid bacteria (Leuconostoc 속, Weisella 속, Lactococcus 속, Lactobacillus 속, Carnobacterium 속, Marinilactibacillus 속, Tetragenococcus 속)와 Bacillus 속, Pseudomonas 속, Micrococcus 속, Brevibacterium 속, Microbacterium 속과 Kocuria 속이 17가지 젓갈에서 광범위하게 분리되었으며, Salinicoccus 속, Halomonas 속, Cobetia 속, Lentibacillus 속, Paracoccus 속, Psychrobacter 속이 소수 분리되었다. 또한 분리된 미생물의 계통학적 분석을 통하여 기존에 보고된 적이 없는 신규 미생물 14종을 분리하였다.

• 생태와환경
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• 제46권3호
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• pp.360-366
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• 2013

본 연구는 하수 및 가축분뇨 처리장 방류수, 하천수를 이용하여 반코마이신 내성 장구균(Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci, VRE)의 검출여부를 확인하고 검출된 장구균의 표현형을 분석함으로써 하천에 대한 공공처리시설의 방류수에 포함되어있는 엔테로코커스의 영향을 파악하여 항생제 내성균이 환경에 미치는 영향 및 항생제 내성 연구에 기초 자료가 되고자 하였다. 엔테로코커스의 동정시험 결과 모두 32균주가 검출되었고 이는 모두 E. faecium으로 동정되었다. Multiplex PCR 시행한 결과 32균주 모두 Van A 표현형에 해당하는 반코마이신 내성 장구균으로 확인되었다. 조사지점별 세균의 E. faecium 집락수의 측정 결과 하수처리장 지역에서 평균적으로 가장 높게 나타났고, 하천 지역의 경우 상류지점에서 하류 지점으로 갈수록 세균의 colony 숫자도 늘어나는 것으로 조사되었다. 하수처리장 방류수 시료 26균주에 대한 최소억제농도 검사 결과, 19개의 항생제 중 내성, 감수성을 보인항생제 수는 각각 14, 5종으로 내성을 보이는 항생제의 수가 약 70% 이상으로 대부분을 차지하였다. 하천 시료 6균주에 대한 최소억제농도 검사 결과, 19개의 항생제 중 내성, 감수성을 보인 항생제 수는 각각 14, 5종으로 내성을 보이는 항생제의 수가 약 70% 이상으로 대부분을 차지하여 하수처리장 방류수 시료의 검사 결과와 동일하였다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제22권12호
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• pp.1718-1723
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• 2012

순천만에 자생하는 염생식물인 칠면초의 뿌리로부터 형태적으로 다른 내생진균을 분리하였다. 10종의 내생진균의 식물생장촉진활성검증을 위하여 내생진균의 배양여과액을 난장이벼 유묘에 처리하였다. Bioassay 결과, Sj/7/4 균주가 다른 내생진균류들보다 난장이벼의 생장을 효과적으로 촉진하는 것을 확인하였다. Sj/7/4 균주가 생산하는 GA를 확인하기 위하여 GC/MS SIM을 사용하여 분석하였다. 그 결과, $GA_4$를 생산하는 것이 정량분석을 통하여 확인되었다. 분리된 내생진균은 universal primers ITS-1과 ITS-4를 사용하여 ITS 영역을 PCR로 증폭하여 분석하였다. Sj/7/4 균주의 염기서열분석은 Fusarium solani와 높은 유사성을 나타냈다. 칠면초의 뿌리로부터 분리한 Sj/7/4 균주는 F. solani Sj/7/4로 명명하였다.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제32권10호
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• pp.1528-1539
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• 2019

Objective: To evaluate the effects on microbial diversity and biochemical parameters of gradually increasing temperatures, from $5^{\circ}C$ to $25^{\circ}C$ on corn silage which was previously fermented at ambient or low temperature. Methods: Whole-plant corn silage was fermented in vacuum bag mini-silos at either $10^{\circ}C$ or $20^{\circ}C$ for two months and stored at $5^{\circ}C$ for two months. The mini-silos were then subjected to additional incubation from $5^{\circ}C$ to $25^{\circ}C$ in $5^{\circ}C$ increments. Bacterial and fungal diversity was assessed by polymerase chain reaction-denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (PCR-DGGE) profiling and biochemical analysis from mini-silos collected at each temperature. Results: A temperature of $10^{\circ}C$ during fermentation restricted silage fermentation compared to fermentation temperature of $20^{\circ}C$. As storage temperature increased from $5^{\circ}C$ to $25^{\circ}C$, little changes occurred in silages fermented at $20^{\circ}C$, in terms of most biochemical parameters as well as bacterial and fungal populations. However, a high number of enterobacteria and yeasts (4 to $5\;log_{10}$ colony forming unit/g fresh materials) were detected at $15^{\circ}C$ and above. PCR-DGGE profile showed that Candida humilis predominated the fungi flora. For silage fermented at $10^{\circ}C$, no significant changes were observed in most silage characteristics when temperature was increased from $5^{\circ}C$ to $20^{\circ}C$. However, above $20^{\circ}C$, silage fermentation resumed as observed from the significantly increased number of lactic acid bacteria colonies, acetic acid content, and the rapid decline in pH and water-soluble carbohydrates concentration. DGGE results showed that Lactobacillus buchneri started to dominate the bacterial flora as temperature increased from $20^{\circ}C$ to $25^{\circ}C$. Conclusion: Temperature during fermentation as well as temperature during storage modulates microorganism population development and fermentation patterns. Silage fermented at $20^{\circ}C$ indicated that these silages should have lower aerobic stability at opening because of better survival of yeasts and enterobacteria.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.410-416
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• 2008

The gene SfXyn10, which encodes a protease-resistant xylanase, was isolated using colony PCR screening from a genomic library of a feather-degrading bacterial strain Streptomyces fradiae var. k11. The full-length gene consists of 1,437bp and encodes 479 amino acids, which includes 41 residues of a putative signal peptide at its N terminus. The amino acid sequence shares the highest similarity (80%) to the endo-1,4-${\beta}$-xylanase from Streptomyces coelicolor A3, which belongs to the glycoside hydrolase family 10. The gene fragment encoding the mature xylanase was expressed in Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3). The recombinant protein was purified to homogeneity by acetone precipitation and anion-exchange chromatography, and subsequently characterized. The optimal pH and temperature for the purified recombinant enzyme were 7.8 and $60^{\circ}C$, respectively. The enzyme showed stability over a pH range of 4.0-10.0. The kinetic values on oat spelt xylan and birchwood xylan substrates were also determined. The enzyme activity was enhanced by $Fe^{2+}$ and strongly inhibited by $Hg^{2+}$ and SDS. The enzyme also showed resistance to neutral and alkaline proteases. Therefore, these characteristics suggest that SfXyn10 could be an important candidate for protease-resistant mechanistic research and has potential applications in the food industry, cotton scouring, and improving animal nutrition.