• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권10호
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• pp.1700-1703
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• 2007

Microorganisms capable of degrading crude oil were isolated and grown in soybean oil as a sole carbon source. The microbial cultures were used to control green peach aphids in vitro. Approximately 60% mortality of aphids was observed when the cultures were applied alone onto aphids. To examine the cultures as a pesticide formulation mixture, the cultures were combined with a low dose of the insecticide imidacloprid (one-fourth dose of recommended field-application rate) and applied onto aphids. The cultures enhanced significantly the insecticidal effectiveness of imidacloprid, which was higher than imidacloprid alone applied at the low dose. The isolated microorganisms exhibited high emulsifying index values and decreased surface tension values after being grown in soybean oil media. GC/MS analyses showed that microorganisms degraded soybean oil to fatty acids. The cultures were suggested to play the roles of wetting, spreading, and sticking agents to improve the effectiveness of imidacloprid. This is the first report on the control of aphids by using oil-degrading microbial cultures.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.101-107
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• 1998

지속성영양염제(Slow Release Fertilizer, SRF)와 유류분해미생물을 이용한 생물학적 방법으로 오염된 자갈환경으로부터 유류를 제거하는 방법을 연구하기 위해 microcosm 실험을 수행하였다. Microcosm은 직경 40 mm 이하의 자갈을 직경 10 cm 높이 20 cm의 glass column에 충진하여 준비하였으며, 전 실험구에 유류 약 2.4%(w/v)를 첨가하였다. 실험구 I은 대조구로서 아무것도 첨가되지 않았으며, 실험구 II에는 Inipol EAP-22(Elf Aquitaine, France)와 미생물제제, 실험구 III에는 SRF와 미생물제제, 실험구 IV에는 Inipol EAP-22가 첨가되었다. 유류의 생물학적 분해도를 $C_{17}$/Pristane과 $C_{18}$/Phytane 비율료 나타내었을 때, 실험구 III에서 유류분해도가 가장 높을 것으로 나타났다. 종속영양미생물 및 유유분해미생물의 전체적인 변화와 전자전달계 활성도는 유류분해도의 변화와 유사한 양상을 보이며 변화하는 것으로 나타났다. 무기영양염류의 분석 결과 실험구 III 에서는 전 실험기간에 걸쳐 질소와 인이 제한요인으로 작용하지 않은 것으로 나타났으며, 이는 SRF가 지용성영양염제인 Inipol EAP-22에 비해 지속적으로 영양염류를 제공함으로써 자갈환경에서 유류분해가 증가되었다고 추정할 수 있다. 따라서 본 실험결과로부터 SRF와 유류분해 미생물제제를 사용하여 해안 자갈지역의 유류오염을 효율적으로 제거할 수 있는 가능성이 확인되었다.

• Ocean and Polar Research
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.47-53
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• 2002

To evaluate the effect of reed population on the distribution and activities of microorganisms, vertical distribution of heterotrophic bacteria, degradation rate of cellulose, extracellular aminopeptidase activity (APA) and metabolic diversity based on GN2 Microlog plate were measured at two salt marsh stations in Hogok-ri, Namyang Bay, west coast of Korea. The number of heterotrophic bacteria at station 1 (reed population inhabited area) showed 2 to 6 times higher than that of station 2 (exposed area) with exception in the surface layer. Cellulose degradation rates in station 1 showed more than 50%. month-I and higher than that of station 2 (10.2 to 38.4%. $month^{-1}$). Yet the APA at two stations did not show difference except surface layer and suggested that APA might not be a significant factor in degrading marsh plant debris. Lipid class compounds, cell wall polymers and L-alanine were widely used by microorganisms. The number and activities of bacterial populations especially concerned in plant debris degradation seemed to be stimulated by the reed communities.

• 한국지하수토양환경학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지하수토양환경학회 2004년도 임시총회 및 추계학술발표회
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• pp.269-272
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• 2004

The use of colloidal gas aphron (CGA), as an external oxygen carrier, provides a promising alternative to promote aerobic bioremediation of BTEX in the subsurface environment. CGA is a stable bubble supported by three surfactant layers and can supply oxygen below the soil surface uniformly due to its plug-flow characteristic. Since CGA has a hydrophobic layer that can act as a partitioning medium for hydrophobic contaminants it is known to facilitate desorption of soil-sorbed contaminants. In addition, bioaugmentation and biostimulation are possibly achieved by using CGA when generated from a solution containing BTEX-degrading microorganisms and appropriate nutrients. In this study, we presented the physico-chemical characteristics of CGA generated from a solution composed of microorganisms and nutrients. The applicability of CGA as an in situ aerobic bioremediation technology of BTEX will be further evaluated.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물공학회 2001년도 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.549-551
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• 2001

본 연구는 방향족 화합물질 중 페놀폐수에 대한 생물학적 처리를 위해 본 실험실에서 분리한 페놀분해능이 우수한 Rhodococcus sp. EL-GT를 이용하여 catechol 분해 catechol 1,2-dioxygenase 분해활성을 측정하였고, 이것이 ortho-pathway임을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 다른 연구에서 보고되 Phodococcus rhodochrous NCIMB임을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 다른 연구에서 보고된 Rhodococcus rhodochrous NCIMB 13259 균주의 catechol 1,2 dioxygenase를 기초로한 primer를 이용하여 PCR을 수행하였으며 이 분해 유전자의 cloning실험을 수행 중이다. 이들 실험을 통하여 Rhodococcus sp. EL-GT의 페놀분해 균의 유전적 구조 및 특징을 검토하고 이를 이용하여 방향족 화합물의 분해능이 보다 우수한 균주의 개발을 시도하고자 한다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.128-135
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• 1999

Among oil-degrading microorganisms isolated from oil-polluted industrial areas, one yeast strain showed high degradation activity of aliphatic hydrocarbons. From the analyses of 18S rRNA sequences, fatty acid, coenzyme Q system, G+C content of DNA, and biochemical characteristics, the strain was identified as Yarrowia lipolytica 180. Y. lipolytica 180 degraded 94% of aliphatic hydrocarbons in minimal salts medium containing 0.2% (v/v) of Arabian light crude oil within 3 days at 25$^{\circ}C$. Optimal growth conditions for temperature, pH, NaCl concentration, and crude oil concentration were 30$^{\circ}C$, pH 5-7, 1%, and 2% (v/v), respectively. Y. lipolytica 180 reduced surface tension when cultured on hydrocarbon substrates (1%, v/v), and the measured values of the surface tension were in the range of 51 to 57 dynes/cm. Both the cell free culture broth and cell debris of Y. lipolytica 180 were capable of emulsifying 2% (v/v) crude oil by itself. They were also capable of degrading crude oil (2%). The strain showed a cell surface hydrophobicity higher than 90%, which did not require hydrocarbon substrates for its induction. These results suggest that Y. lipolytica has high oil-degrading activity through its high emulsifying activity and cell hydrophobicity, and further indicate that the cell surface is responsible for the metabolism of aliphatic hydrocarbons.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.128-135
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• 2007

음식물폐수, 축산폐수, 지렁이 등, 다양한 분리원으로부터 음식물류폐수내 섬유소, 지방, 단백질 등 유기 성분을 처리하기 위한 유기물분해 미생물을 분리하여 그 특징을 밝히고 균주를 동정하였다. 음식물류폐수에서 분리된 6종의 균주를 비롯하여 음식물폐수내 삼성 유기물에 대한 분해능이 우수한 11균주를 최종적으로 분리하여 동정하였다. 분자생물학적 동정결과, 9종은 Bacillus 속으로 밝혀졌고, 2종은 Enterobacter 속 및 Pantoea agglomerans로 동정되었다. 유기물분해효소 활성도 조사결과, 음식물폐수로부터 분리된 FWB-5 (Bacillus pumilus)와 FWB-6 (B. lichenisformis) 및 축산폐수로부터 분리된 OD-4 (Pantoea agglomerans)의 균주에서 섬유소에 대한 효소활성이 가장 높게 나타난 것을 비롯하여 전체적으로 효소활성도가 높게 나타났다. FWB-5 및 OD-4의 경우, 효소활성을 위한 최적 생장온도 및 pH는 각각 $37^{\circ}C$ 및 7.0으로 나타났으며, FWB-6의 경우, $25^{\circ}C$에서 단백질 및 지질에 대한 효소활성도가 높게 관찰되었다.

• Journal of Microbiology
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.320-326
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• 1996

To analyze the effects of host versus plasmid on survival of 2, 4-degrading bacteria in environmental samples, strains Pseudomonas cepacia/pJP4, Alcaligenes JMP228/pJP4, P. cepacia/p712, and Alcaligenes JMP228/p712 were separately inoculated into samples of field soil, paddy soil, lake water, and river water, and then the changes of their populations were measured. The strains used contained a 2, 4-D degradative plasmid, either pJP4 conferring fast-growing property to the host or p712 conferring slow-growing property, and were resistant to antibiotics such that the inoculated strains could be enumerated against the indigenous microbial populations. In sterile environmental samples, these strains were stably maintained at the levels used for inoculation, except in sterile paddy soil where Alcaligenes JMP228 strains died drapidly. In natural soil samples for four strains declined steadily with time, but in naturla water samples their polulations fell rapidly at the early phase and then remained almost constant. When the environmentla samples were treated with 2, 4-D, P. cepacia/pJP4 and P. cepacia/p712 maintained significant numbers, while Alcaligenes JMP228/pJP4 and Alcaligenes JMP228/p712 declined significantly in most of the samples. The results indicated that the survivability of genetically modified microorganisms could vary depending on the environments and that their abundance in the environments under s2, 4-D selection was markedly influenced by the nature of the 2, 4-D degradative plasmid as well as type of the host strain.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.342-349
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• 2017

Polylactic acid (PLA) has been highlighted as an alternative renewable polymer for the replacement of petroleum-based plastic materials, and is considered to be biodegradable. On the other hand, the biodegradation of PLA by terminal degraders, such as microorganisms, requires a lengthy period in the natural environment, and its mechanism is not completely understood. PLA biodegradation studies have been conducted using mainly undefined mixed cultures, but only a few bacterial strains have been isolated and examined. For further characterization of PLA biodegradation, in this study, the PLA-degrading bacteria from digester sludge were isolated and identified using a polymer film-based screening method. The enrichment of sludge on PLA granules was conducted with the serial transference of a subculture into fresh media for 40 days, and the attached biofilm was inoculated on a PLA film on an agar plate. 3D optical microscopy showed that the isolates physically degraded the PLA film due to bacterial degradation. 16S rRNA gene sequencing identified the microbial colonies to be Pseudomonas sp. MYK1 and Bacillus sp. MYK2. The two isolates exhibited significantly higher specific gas production rates from PLA biodegradation compared with that of the initial sludge inoculum.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.694-699
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• 2014

토착 미생물은 친환경적 정화에 중요한 역할을 한다. 원유(crude oil)를 분해하는 80균주를 인천 연안에서 분리하고 oil film collapsing방법을 이용하여 유화능이 있는 12균주를 선별하였다. 이들 균주에 대해 ${\rho}$-nitrophenyl butylrate를 기질로 이용하여 리파아제(lipase)활성과 n-hexanedecane을 기질로 이용하여 유화(emulsification)활성을 측정하여 원유 분해 활성이 좋은 Incheon9를 선별하고 gas chromatography (FID)로 paraffine계 탄화수소를 감소시키는 것을 확인하였다. 이 균주의 16s rRNA유전자 분석을 통해 Acinetobacter sp.로 동정하고 NCBI에 등록하여 accession code (KF548540)를 부여 받았다. Acinetobacter sp. Incheon9의 성장과 유화능이 최적 배양 조건은 $20^{\circ}C$, pH 7, 1% NaCl였으며 대수증식기 기간에 가장 높은 유화능을 보였으며 탄화수소가 짧은 trybutyrin에서 분해능력이 좋았다. 이번 연구결과는 환경오염에 활용 가능한 미생물자원군의 확보를 위한 연구였으며 추후 활용을 위해서는 실제 환경에서 동일한 활성을 가지는지 여부에 대한 연구가 추가로 진행되어야 할 것이다.