• 생태와환경
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.67-79
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• 2016

Cyanotoxins in aquatic ecosystems have been investigated by many researchers worldwide. Cyanotoxins can be classified according to toxicity as neurotoxins (anatoxin-a, anatoxin-a(s), saxitoxins) or hepatotoxins (microcystins, nodularin, cylindrospermopsin). Microcystins are generally present within cyanobacterial cells and are released by damage to the cell membrane. Cyanotoxins have been reported to cause adverse effects and to accumulate in aquatic organisms in lakes, rivers and oceans. Possible pathways of microcystins in Lake Suwa, Japan, have been investigated from five perspectives: production, adsorption, physiochemical decomposition, bioaccumulation and biodegradation. In this study, temporal variability in microcystins in Lake Suwa were investigated over 25 years (1991~2015). In nature, microcystins are removed by biodegradation of microorganisms and/or feeding of predators. However, during water treatment, the use of copper sulfate to remove algal cells causes extraction of a mess of microcystins. Cyanotoxins are removed by physical, chemical and biological methods, and the reduction of nutrients inflow is a basic method to prevent cyanobacterial bloom formation. However, this method is not effective for eutrophic lakes because nutrients are already present. The presence of a cyanotoxins can be a potential threat and therefore must be considered during water treatment. A complete understanding of the mechanism of cyanotoxins degradation in the ecosystem requires more intensive study, including a quantitative enumeration of cyanotoxin degrading microbes. This should be done in conjunction with an investigation of the microbial ecological mechanism of cyanobacteria degradation.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제23권5호
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• pp.680-692
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• 2010

This paper gives an overview of the availability, nutritive quality, and possible strategies to improve the utilization of rice straw as a feed ingredient for ruminants. Approximately 80% of the rice in the world is grown by small-scale farmers in developing countries, including South East Asia. The large amount of rice straw as a by-product of the rice production is mainly used as a source of feed for ruminant livestock. Rice straw is rich in polysaccharides and has a high lignin and silica content, limiting voluntary intake and reducing degradability by ruminal microorganisms. Several methods to improve the utilization of rice straw by ruminants have been investigated in the past. However, some physical treatments are not practical because of the requirement for machinery or treatments are not economical feasible for the farmers. Chemical treatments, such as NaOH, $NH_3$ or urea, currently seem to be more practical for onfarm use. Alternative treatments to improve the nutritive value of rice straw are the use of ligninolytic fungi (white-rot fungi), with their extracellular ligninolytic enzymes, or specific enzymes degrading cellulose and/or hemicellulose. The use of fungi or enzyme treatments is expected to be a more practical and environmental-friendly approach for enhancing the nutritive value of rice straw and can be costeffective in the future. Using fungi and enzymes might be combined with the more classical chemical or physical treatments. However, available data on using fungi and enzymes for improving the quality of rice straw are relatively scarce.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제35권6호
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• pp.389-393
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• 2013

본 연구의 목적은 유류로 오염된 토양으로부터 분리된 고효율 분해균주에 의한 xylene 분해특성을 조사하고 분해과정을 밝히는 것이다. P. putida BJ10에 의해 mineral salts medium (MSM)배지내에서 24시간 배양 후 제거율은 o, m, p-xylene 각각 94, 90, 98%였으며 3% 이하의 대조군과 명확한 차이를 보였다. 또한 유류로 오염된 토양내에서의 9일 경과 후 xylene 제거율은 유류 분해균주 주입구에서 66%였으며 무처리 일반토양에서 32%, 멸균 토양에서 8%로서 P. putida BJ10에 의한 유효성을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한 시간경과에 따른 대사산물을 분석한 결과 o-xylene의 분해 경로에서는 6시간 경과 후 3-methylcatechol, 24시간 경과 후 o-toluic acid 가 분해산물로서 검출되어 최종산물로서의 o-toluic acid 가 확인되었으며 중간산물의 변환과정은 기존 발표된 연구들과 다소 다른 결과를 나타내었다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.232-239
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• 2006

The microbial activity and bacterial community structure of activated sludge reactors, which treated free cyanide (FC), zinc-complexed cyanide (ZC), or nickel-complexed cyanide (NC), were studied. The three reactors (designated as re-FC, re-ZC, and re-NC) were operated for 50 days with a stepwise decrease of hydraulic retention time. In the re-FC and re-ZC reactors, FC or ZC was almost completely removed, whereas approximately 80-87% of NC was removed in re-NC. This result might be attributed to the high toxicity of nickel released after degradation of NC. In the batch test, the sludges taken from re-FC and re-ZC completely degraded FC, ZC, and NC, whereas the sludge from re-NC degraded only NC. Although re-FC and re-ZC showed similar properties in regard to cyanide degradation, denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analysis of the 16S rRNA gene of the bacterial communities in the three reactors showed that bacterial community was specifically acclimated to each reactor. We found several bacterial sequences in DGGE bands that showed high similarity to known cyanide-degrading bacteria such as Klebsiella spp., Acidovorax spp., and Achromobacter xylosoxidans. Flocforming microorganism might also be one of the major microorganisms, since many sequences related to Zoogloea, Microbacterium, and phylum TM7 were detected in all the reactors.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.408-413
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• 1987

토양으로부터 생 쌀보리 분해 효소 생산능이 있는 170주의 곰팡이와 4주의 방선균을 분리하여 이중 생 쌀보리 분해 효소 생산능이 가장 높은 No. 281 균주를 선정하여 동정한 결과 Rhizopus sp.로 밝혀졌으며, 밀기울을 기본 배지로 한 효소 생산 조건을 검토한 결과 효소 생산 최적 온도는 3$0^{\circ}C$, pH는 4.5-5.0 이고 배양 시간 5일 후에 최고의 역가를 보였다. 생쌀보리를 이용한 무증자 알코올 발효 실험에서는 분리한 Rhizopus sp. No. 281의 효소를 이용했을 때가 시판 효소보다도 에탄올 생성이 2% 증가된 결과를 나타내었다.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제50권4호
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• pp.281-287
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• 2007

Microorganisms were isolated from earthworm intestine and examined for their ability to degrade 3-methyl-4-nitrophenol (MNP), a main degradation product of the insecticide fenitrothion. An isolate that showed the best degradation of MNP was selected for further study. The 16S rRNA analysis showed that the isolate belongs to the genus of Burkholderia, close to phenanthrene-degrading Burkholderia sp. S4.9, and is named Burkholderia sp. SH-1. When time-course degradation of MNP by SH-1 was examined by high performance liquid chromatographic analysis, almost complete degradation of MNP was observed within 26 h. Colony forming unit value assays indicated that the isolate SH-1 was capable of utilizing MNP as a sole carbon source. SH-1 could also degrade p-nitrophenol (PNP) but could not degrade ortho-substituted nitroaromatics such as 2,4-, 2,6- and 2,5-dinitrophenol. Catechol was detected as the main degration product of MNP and PNP. SH-1 was also found in the soil from which earthworms were obtained. These results suggest that the dispersal of Burkholderia sp. SH-1 into different environment with the aid of earthworms is likely to play a role in bioremediation of the soil contaminated with MNP.

• 환경생물
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.307-313
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• 2000

석유화학 공업으로부터 생산되는 방향족 탄화수소 화합물질들은 여러 가지 산업과정에서 널리 활용되고 있으나, 자연계에 오염될 때에는 쉽게 분해되지 않는다는 점에서 환경 오염물질로 주목받고 있다. 방향족 탄화수소 물질의 미생물 분해는 산화반응에 의한 benzene고리의 개환으로부터 시작되기 때문에 이 개환 작용을 갖는 미생물의 분리와 함께 그 분해 기능을 연구하는 것은 매우 중요한 일이다. 본 연구에서는 여천 화학공업단지 폐수로부터 benzoate와 catechol 등의 방향족 탄화수소에 대하여 분해능이 우수한 균주를 분리하여 생화학적 특성과 세포 지방산 분석에 의하여 동정한 결과 Pseudomonas putida로 밝혀졌다. 따라서 이 균주를 Pseudomonas putida Z104라 명명한 후, benzoate와 catechol의 분해과정을 검토하였다. Pseudomonus putida Z104의 catechol분해능에 대하여 환경요소의 영향을 실험한 결과, 3$0^{\circ}C$와 pH 7.0 그리고 0.5mM의 농도에서 왕성한 세포의 생장과 catechol의 분해능을 보였으다. 그러므로 Z104 균주는 benzoate를 연속적으로 완전분해시키는 유전자를 모두 가지고 있다는 점에서 활용가치가 있는 균주라고 판단된다.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.283-291
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• 2012

Bioremediation efforts often rely on the application of surfactants to enhance hydrocarbon bioavailability. However, synthetic surfactants can sometimes be toxic to degrading microorganisms, thus reducing the clearance rate of the pollutant. Therefore, surfactant-resistant bacteria can be an important tool for bioremediation efforts of hydrophobic pollutants, circumventing the toxicity of synthetic surfactants that often delay microbial bioremediation of these contaminants. In this study, we screened a natural surfactant-rich compartment, the estuarine surface microlayer (SML), for cultivable surfactant-resistant bacteria using selective cultures of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and cetyl trimethylammonium bromide (CTAB). Resistance to surfactants was evaluated by colony counts in solid media amended with critical micelle concentrations (CMC) of either surfactants, in comparison with non-amended controls. Selective cultures for surfactant-resistant bacteria were prepared in mineral medium also containing CMC concentrations of either CTAB or SDS. The surfactantresistant isolates obtained were tested by PCR for the Pseudomonas genus marker gacA gene and for the naphthalene-dioxygenase-encoding gene ndo. Isolates were also screened for biosurfactant production by the atomized oil assay. A high proportion of culturable bacterioneuston was tolerant to CMC concentrations of SDS or CTAB. The gacA-targeted PCR revealed that 64% of the isolates were Pseudomonads. Biosurfactant production in solid medium was detected in 9.4% of tested isolates, all affiliated with genus Pseudomonas. This study shows that the SML is a potential source of surfactant-resistant and biosurfactant-producing bacteria in which Pseudomonads emerge as a relevant group.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.109-120
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• 1995

As the genetically modified microorganisms (GMMs) and their recombinant plasmid DNAs could be released into natural environments, their stabilities and impacts to indigenous microorganisls have become very importhant research subjects concerning with environmental and ecological aspects. In this study, the genetically modified E. coli CU103 and its recombinant pCU103 plasmid DNA, in which pcbCD genes involving in degradation of biphenyl and 4-chlorobiphenyl were cloned, were studied for their survival and stability in several different waters established under laboratory conditions. E. coli CU103 and its host E. coli XL1-Blue survived longer in sterile distilled water (SDW) and filtered autoclaved river water (FAW) than in filtered river water (FW). A lot of extracellular DNAs were released from E. coli CU103 by lytic action of phages in FW and the released DNAs were degraded by DNase dissolved in the water. Such effects of the factors in FW on stability of the recombinant pCU103 plasmid were also observed in the results of gel electrophoresis, quantitative analysis with bisbenzimide, and transformation assay. Therefore, the recombinant plasmids of pCU103 were found to be readily liberated from the genetically modified E. coli CU103 into waters by normal metabolic processes and lysis of cells. And the plasmid DNAs were quite stable in waters, but their stabilities could be affected by physicoKDICical and biological factors in non-sterile natural waters.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.236-242
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• 1990

여러가지 난분해성 방향족 화합물을 분해하는 균주들을 개발하기 위해 2,4-D 분해 유전자를 갖는 재조합 플라스미드 pKG2. 나프탈렌 분해 유전자를 갖는 재조합 플라스미드 pKG3 그리고 TOL 플라스미드를 합성세제 분해능을 갖는 P p pulida KUD12와 프탈산에스테르를 분해하는 P.pUlida KUPlO에 각각 형질전환 또는 접합시켰다. P.pulida KUD12로부터 KUDIOl(pKG2), KUDI02(pKG3). KUDI03(TOL), KUD202(pKG3, TOL) 균주판, 또 P.pulida KUPlO으로부터 KUD 106(pKG2). KUD107(pKG3), KUD108(TOL) 균주을 각각 개발하였다. 개발균주의 분해능은 KUD101과 KUD102 그리고 KUD107이 원분해 균주와 비솟하였고, KUDI03과 KUD106 그리고 K KUD202는 원분해 균주보다 분해능이 떨어졌고 KUD108의 분해능은 원균주보다 우수하였다. 개발균주들의 혼합배양 에서는 KUD 107과 KUD108의 혼합배양이 다른 혼합배양틀보다 분해능이 우수한 것으로 나타났다.